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Not Ruth

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4. Not legally

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:23 AM

Oct 2017

I recall being in 2nd grade of a diverse public school (probably 99% free lunch) many moons ago and going to the auditorium to sing the anthem. No one knew the words, including the teachers. Pissed off the new principal. So in music class, for the rest of the year, instead of singing about a purple dinosaur, we learned and sang the national anthem. And then we all sang it at the spring concert. I think that is why I hate the national anthem, and I have not sung it since.

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is it manditory to say the pledge of alegience , is it manditory to sing the national anthem, [View all] AllaN01Bear Oct 2017 OP

No. nt Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #1

I stopped saying the pledge of allegiance in high school in 1963. Haven't said it since. Shrike47 Oct 2017 #2

yes, in north korea spanone Oct 2017 #3

Not legally Not Ruth Oct 2017 #4

No, of course, to all of those questionns. MineralMan Oct 2017 #5

It's mandatory to ignore that kind of nationalism because God doesn't like it. hunter Oct 2017 #6