Pledge of Allegiance 'rooted in ... white supremacy': Dreamer immigrant activist

The Washington Times ^ | January 22, 2019 | by Stephen Dinan

[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.

[hattend]

If America is such a racist POS country, why are all these assholes trying to come here?

[gogeo]

So...is he here legally?

[traderrob6]

Whatever the background of the composer It has since it’s inception taken on a vastly different meaning for the masses (including me). If Beethoven had been a gang raping pedophile it wouldn’t have caused me to be any less enraptured by his music. One thing has nothing to do with the other a non sequitur.

Here’s a man that feels the same way that the vast majority of us do about the pledge. It’s OUR interpretation and I firmly believe it to be the accurate one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJNL_rhGDq4

[thoughtomator]

The content of the pledge is problematic, not just its origin. The flag is not what we owe allegiance to. We owe our allegiance to each other as countrymen.

[traderrob6]

Sorry but that is an obtuse interpretation,.....It’s not the cloth, or the colors or stripes or the stars, it’s what the flag represents....Military sacrifice and bravery, our Constitutional Republic, freedom, self determination, “our countryman”, all that is good and right and noble.

[Cheerio]

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.”

When you invade another country - or someones home - you SHOULD be afraid, be very afraid. You were NOT invited, you invited yourselves without any knowledge of America's laws or Constitution.

[Cheerio]

There it is in a nutshell. The treasonous democrats want to import millions of these aliens who will never assimilate and never bear true allegiance to America.

Spot on. They can no longer depend on American citizens electing RATS.

[I want the USA back]

GET OUT!

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

So many idiots who should be immediately deported instead of being allowed to stay here and attack our country.

[KTM rider]

His proposed allegiance:

I pledge allegiance to my flag from the country of my origin, and to invade the US border against which I stand, One world government under Gaia, easlily divisable, with entitlements and diversity for all

[KTM rider]

I am also under the impression that the US is taking a fast track to South African style genocide of whites.

Non-white races are extremely racist bigots and liberals are extremely intolerant , not a good combo

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Well played sir!

[Agatsu77]

Get the F^&K out of my country. You belong deported or in prison with the rest of the ILLEGAL invaders.

GET THE F^&K OUT!!