[Drango]

Why am I not surprised this is on 9/11? An NPR reporter refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

I'm going to be sick.

Honestly, NPR and its reporters hate America.

[GeronL]

That person is an idiot, that person is a leftwing propagandist not a journalist

[bray]

Wish these America haters would just move to Russia and leave us alone.

Pray for America

[bronxville]

They’re discussing it as if they were actually nonpartisan. :)

[Paleo Conservative]

At the political and tea party meetings I go to, we pledge allegiance to the US flag, then the Texas flag; then we have a prayer.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Since we are paying her salary, she could pledge allegiance to her employer.

[Impala64ssa]

As a reporter I'm torn about joining in the pledge of allegiance/national anthem at rallies. I'm a rally observer, not a participant.
No moron, you're not a participant, but you are an American citizen, aren't you? Is saying the Pledge that detrimental to your fragile sensibilities?

[TYVets]

Honestly, NPR and its reporters hate America.

You nailed it!

[MacMattico]

He freaking works for NPR! He’s not some “independent” guy from another country. He should stand for the pledge that supports the flag of the country that pays his salary!

[LachlanMinnesota]

I pledge allegiance, to the nothingness and everything for which we stand, and to the socialist mob for which we stand, many tribes, under no particular god, with dwindling liberty and crony justice for all.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Fags like this clown should be paid with Monopoly money. I can’t stand the thought of these asshats walking around with “United States Of America” and “In God We Trust” in their pockets.

[Norm Lenhart]

When I worked in the media, this came up a couple times a year ‘in-house.’

While there is a ‘PURELY” philosophical arguement to be made about impartial observers and all that, the bottom line is this. To entertain the idealism of impartiality, one must by definition place themselves ‘above’ the issue in question.

And that is where the egotistical Bs of the average reporter comes from.

Secondly, the mere thought that a group of liberals who redefine partisan politics daily being ‘impartial’ about anything is so beyond absurd that it is but to laugh.

[a fool in paradise]

@Ari_Shapiro: Yet I vote, as an independent.

What is the Independent Pary? Communist Party USA? Worker's World Party? Socialist Party? Socialist Workers' Party? Internationale Green Party?

Come on, out with it.

[a fool in paradise]

@Slichtor FWIW, I'd stand (same for any nat'l anthem) but history has shown that there's a fine line btwn blind patriotism & xenophobia.

And some red diaper doper babies just have a total hatred of the homeland. The inverse of patriotism and xenophobia.

[Tzimisce]

THESE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING YOUR COUNTRY

Have a nice day. :)

[P.O.E.]

By choosing not to participate, he is also making a political statement.

But this pretentious ass is too dumb to notice that.

[paudio]

Apparently,his idea of ‘observer’ is still like anthropologist Margaret Mead observing the savage Samoan in mid 20th century.As one response said, if you want to be a good observer, blend. That way, the subject would be less self-conscious about being observed and wouldn’t adjust their behavior or speech for the benefit of the so-called observer.

[arderkrag]

Considering that the pledge was developed by a socialist, you’d think these people woukd be all for it.

[raybbr]

@Ari_Shapiro: Yet I vote, as an independent.

LIAR!

[1010RD]

The taxpayer-funded NPR hates America. The problem isn’t their opinion, but my tax money going to pay for it.

[Third Person]

Hey NPR... send Ari Shapiro to muzzie-infested Libya to cover the Arab Fall. His gay tweets will be so amusing then.