Reply #84: Not to defend the teacher's behavior, because I'm not.....

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The teacher and what she stands for are exactly what is wrong with America today (look at the very first post on this thread).

However, I disagree with your manner of defense of his behavior.

I believe that in pledging allegiance to the flag, you're not pledging allegiance to the government, but, instead, to your country. Whatever freepers say our flag represents, what it really represents is life, liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness for all. These are the founding principles of our country, and they are righteous. And while I wholeheartedly support everyone's right to sit, stand, or stick their fingers in their ears while the pledge is being said (no one should ever have to pledge allegiance to anything, no matter what it is), I think that we ought to remember what the flag really symbolizes, and not see it as a personification of those who are in power at the moment.

Don't let the freepers steal our flag, and don't deny the principles that it stands for simply because our current government doesn't uphold them.