Posted on 01/22/2019 12:32:53 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A prominent immigrant-rights activist launched a drive Tuesday to rewrite the American Pledge of Allegiance, saying as it stands now it’s a symbol of “rooted in nativism and white supremacy.”
Cesar Vargas, a “Dreamer” who came to the country illegally with his mother and now runs the Dream Action Coalition, says the pledge speaks to fear, while he wants to see a version imbued with “optimism.”
“The upgraded version should read: “I pledge allegiance and love to our indigenous and immigrant heritage, rooted in the United States of America, to our civil rights for which we strive, one voice, one nation, for equality and justice for all,’” Mr. Vargas wrote in a commentary piece for The Hill, a newspaper covering Congress and Washington.
He said incidents like “white teenagers harassing a Native American elder or chanting ‘build the wall’ at Mexican immigrants” cry out for a rethink of the way the country views itself.
Mr. Vargas also said the pledge should be taken with people facing each other, not just forward facing a flag at the front of a room, as a symbol of the diversity of those who make up America.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
F$ck you and the horse you road in on...…..
[Why should I care what an illegal alien has to say about the Pledge of Allegiance?]
Because they might become a community organizer and then get elected pResident and finally produce their LFBC 3 years later...
Oh wait, I went all tinfoil there...
I’m sure Barack is 100% truthful and honest.
O.K. gotta go have a late lunch with the Easter Bunny.
[Would it be racist to say it in a Speedy Gonzales voice?]
With this song playing in the background
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZmaJwpsKg
Now that would be bad....
“Actually it has its roots in socialism, which is why I never participate in the pledge.”
Brother that is some interpretation....please expound.
throw his sorry arse back across the border
https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/whats-conservative-about-pledge-allegiance
...From its inception, in 1892, the Pledge has been a slavish ritual of devotion to the state, wholly inappropriate for a free people.
It was written by Francis Bellamy, a Christian Socialist pushed out of his post as a Baptist minister for delivering pulpit-pounding sermons on such topics as “Jesus the Socialist.”
Bellamy was devoted to the ideas of his more-famous cousin Edward Bellamy, author of the 1888 utopian novel Looking Backward. Looking Backward describes the future United States as a regimented worker’s paradise where everyone has equal incomes, and men are drafted into the country’s “industrial army” at the age of 21, serving in the jobs assigned them by the state.
Bellamy’s novel was extremely popular, selling more copies than other any 19th century American novel except Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Bellamy’s book inspired a movement of “Nationalist Clubs,” whose members campaigned for a government takeover of the economy. A few years before he wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, Francis Bellamy became a founding member of Boston’s first Nationalist Club...
LOL
Thanks
I can see the actual words did confuse
Look up Francis Bellamy.
Cesar Vargas Proves Why Dreamers Can Never Be Legit Citizens.
That should be the headline.
Deport them both.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America,
It's red, white, and blue. That's three colors, not one. None are denoted as supreme.
and to the Republic for which it stands,
Republic from the Merriam-Webster dictionary: A government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president. (Not specifying white people or any particular race)
"Standing" is not white supremacist. All races can stand.
one Nation under God,
One Nation (not specifying any particular race) under God (still not specifying any particular race).
indivisible,
NOT DIVIDED into races.
with Liberty and Justice for All.
Still applying to ALL citizens, not just white people.
Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow, FRiend.
Speedy yes. Song no.
I will go educate the first group of Mexicans I meet.
What is happening in south Africa is beginning here, they are labeling white people as the enemy.
“Why should I care what an illegal alien has to say about the Pledge of Allegiance?”
Because it’s nice when the enemies of our country come right out and introduce themselves.
Man I miss Speedy Gonzales. I never thought he would disappear.
You don’t make the rules, buddy!~
Hey Cesar, go to H3LL or back to wherever you ILLEGALLY migrated from, I really don’t care which! Have a nice day!
There is that. A heck of a lot of “Dreamers” are demanding little snots.
If whites don’t start taking a stand the Marxist will destroy it all.
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