Oddly enough, Benen mostly insists, No, he's not! He's Christian! And he does!
Um, so what if he was Muslim? One of the commenters borrows from Seinfield to remind readers, "Not that there's anything wrong with that."
My favorite commenter though, before s/he digresses into a borderline kids-these-days-suck rant, writes
"I don’t understand why human beings are so ritualistic and ceremonial. I’ve got a codicil in my will that says I won’t attend my own funeral because I can’t stand ceremonies.Form over substance, every time, it seems. Even with religion. As if you could fool this god that nearly everyone believes in by praying out loud and talking a good game and browning him up.
I stopped saying the Pledge when I was seventeen. Aside from objecting to compulsory and public attestations of loyalty and faith, I found the first phrase, “I pledge allegiance to the FLAG,” to be ridiculous. Why would anyone pledge allegiance to a symbol? And the “under God” thing I found to be abhorrent, and unconstitutional. But as a matter of courtesy, I stand when it’s repeated at public events.
As for the national anthem, I also stand out of respect for others, but don’t place my hand over my heart, and I don’t sing, partly because I can’t sing, and partly because I can’t stand this thing - I’ve heard it a billion times in my 66 years. Enough is enough.
I just don’t understand why this empty symbolism is so important to so many people."
I'm not going to my funeral either! Fuck that.
5 comments:
-I hate funerals. I don't want one. I know I'll probably get one against my will (haha pun), but at least don't wear black!
-I've never said the pledge. Jehovah's Witnesses object to it on religious grounds, but even after I left the religion, I couldn't bring myself to say it. I couldn't bring myself to regard a piece of cloth like it was indicative of my identity, my place in the world, my birth country. I don't pledge allegiance to this country, either. It's just a place; it's been good to me but I can't say it has my allegiance. I don't necessarily agree with 'one nation', 'under God,' 'indivisible' or 'with liberty and justice for all' -- none of that stuff has proven to be true over the years, so I'd rather just remain silent and think liberal thoughts instead :D
-Don't get me started on The Star-Spangled Banner. UGH!
i'll write a eulogy soaked in puns and sexual innuendos for your funeral, to which i will wear no shirt, in honor of the first time we met.
and i'll begin, "melissa was a Great Black Leader"
Steve also does not put his hand over his heart while he says the Pledge of Allegiance.
Presbyterian Terrorist.
please, amy. if anyone at the Y was going to be a terrorist it would be you. you know it and i know it. "takes one to know one."
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