Reminds me of the day in 1965, during my Senior Yr in High School, while the class in the auditorium was instructed to stand for the Pledge, Being Self Motivated to only Pledge MY Allegiance to God, I remained seated. It was at the moment in time that the camera person for the Yearbook decided to snap a photo with me as the Center of Attraction. I will forever go down in history as 'That Girl" Thanks for the memory, Aaron. It was a Good One!!
I realized how creepy it was in 6th grade and slowly started to replace america with canada and the teachers didn't notice until it was far to late and I had pledged allegiance to Canada for like a year
I am so glad you put this together. Great information. And the fact that kids are FORCED to say words they don't really understand. What does it even mean to pledge allegiance to some fabric??? AND, every kids show at school is prefaced with the pledge where parents and kids are forced to stand! I don't. Ever. You should see the looks I get. I may as well wear horns on my head or a scarlet A.
@@aaronwriterguy Ha Ha "forced to" it's called patriotism and it is not weird but respectful and correct. This is part of the problem with the newer generations they lack patriotism and this makes it easier for the enemies to conquer the host. Which is exactly what is happening. It is only when we start again with patriotism will we once again be a strong nation.
Got a call from school today, teacher all a twitter bc my son stayed seated during pledge (his idea, not mine). I rattled off SCOTUS 1943, Jehovah's Witnesses v WV, etc, and sent her a link to our state statue that says "These policies shall not compel any person to stand, salute the flag, or recite the Pledge of Allegiance."
I use to think about this everyday passed my sophomore year of high school, after thinking about it, I couldn't do it anymore. It felt wrong and it was wrong. If you don't stand up for the pledge of allegiance in school, you're sought after by authority in the school, you have to have personal religious values to be able to not say the pledge, if you don't say the pledge you're an outcast. I mean, honestly, how can you get around thinking about it like that? It's like standing and saying a Creed to an organization, like you're willing to lay your life down for your country, if you dont, you don't belong here. It's so maddening what you can see if you look from a different perspective, then brainwashed to think that anyone who says something at an opposition is "insane/crazy." I love the world we live in today, can't trust anyone, not even yourself. You are an idea of the state unless you reject the state. Can't claim yourself an independent.
I HATE the government, I blindly said the pledge every school day without ever wondering what it meant, I remember one day I felt ashamed that I didn’t say the pledge over the summer so I said it 60 times to make up for all the days in the summer where I didn’t say it, I just woke up last year when I stopped saying it in 10th grade, it’s sad to think back to how brainwashed I was and I’m so glad I woke up and Stopped saying it!!!
Awesome report! Thank you for doing this. This is exactly why I didn't allow my kids to pledge their allegiance to a flag, or a country. But rather, I told them they should pledge their allegiance to our heavenly Father alone. Blessings to you both!
Emmae its a pledge for the soldiers, my mom told me this. I’ve always pledged to the flag, I pledge to our soldiers. I pledge for my dad who died overseas while he was on duty. So please respect my dad and his fellow soldiers.
Just because someone does not want to do a respect ritual that you prefer, doesn't mean they are showing disrespect to any soldiers. People have the right to choose when and HOW they do their rituals' or not do any at all. Please, don't let negative emotion overcome your critical thinking abilities.
Very interesting. I've bits and pieces over the years. I've also heard that the Pledge is a form of prayer to the Flag... which would be a form of idolatry and against what the Bible says. As kids we were told never to say the Pledge for that reason. To keep Ceasar's things and God's things separate. I'm getting a clearer understanding now.
Grant Short It is idolatry. An excellent observation on your part. Salute a flag full of occult symbolism and pentagrams? Nope. Give allegiance only to your creator.
The pledge could mean something so much more beautiful than what it means now. We hate how this country has been completely taken over by psychopathic interests and how they use it to further their own sickening agendas; but let us not forget what we said it for, and what we thought it meant: honoring the men, women, and children of our past who sacrificed so much to allow us to live the dream they envisioned for us. The pledge could mean something truly beautiful if our reality wasn't as sickening as it is. Hopefully... someday... we may have a country worthy of such a pledge.
That pledge is an indoctrination from any standpoint. Our founding government was comprised of occultic capitalists with one commodity as a motivator; wealth. Millions upon millions of native people were slaughtered in every conceivable method, not excluding dumping smallpox- ridden blankets in the center of camp after dark. Their " dream" was always to exploit this land at the expense of everyone but themselves, and then cull the population once the empire implodes (now) I just pray that we take not part in such sinful ways of the heart, that those who will do repent & NOT share in the plagues of such people.
Well said. I agree our government is corrupt and cld care less about Americans but I feel we shld love our country & our flag. I don't understand how ppl can complain about how much they hate America but continue to live here even though they are free to leave.
"Duh, UM, I pledge allegiance to the flag of a corporation that enslaved millions, uses a fiat currency, murdered millions of natives, murdered labor and civil rights leaders, now persecutes christians, gun owners and those who still believe in the nation's old natural law constitution, Duh, ah dupa doopa doopa dooo".
I remember doing this, but also remember mumbling and not actually saying any words, to this horrible chant, it absolutely meant nothing to me. Today, it still doesn't.
A teacher once told me exactly why the teachers liked having the kids say the pledge. She said the obedience that it invokes will instantly neutralize a classroom full of rowdy children. They know immediately that they have to partake in this ritual, and the importance of it was made to be so great that they would drop everything to conform. She said she realized this was the case, so she adopted the idea and gave her class a song instead, that way she could use it whenever she wanted, rather than randomly having kids pledge allegiance multiple times a day. I've witnessed some cult-like entities employing similar tactics, and extremely effectively. Thousands of people (adults) were neutralized in just seconds.
Was actually kind of cool that I learned about being subversive since my parents were Jehovah's Witnesses and I was not "allowed" to salute the flag. JWs don't vote, celebrate religious holidays or birthdays, either. I left that all behind when I left home at 17 but I guess it made me question things so actually something good can come out of being exposed to a Christian cult...
In elementary, I thought it was weird because I had never even heard of that before and because it felt like a ritual(it felt wrong), and I talked to my mom about it and she told me why I as a Jehovah's witness in studying shouldn't do the pledge of allegiance, she told me to not stand and to not recite anything. But my teachers would get so angry, they'd even physically force me to stand, send me to the main office and more! Even after I informed them of why I could not do it, they still said I was being disobedient and rude. Even so, I still didn't do it because I knew my mom would handle it, which she did. When I got to middle school, my teacher would tell me to stand and I'd say I couldn't take part in it, it wasn't as bad as it was in elementary. My teacher back then respected me and my beliefs. But other teachers would call me rude and disrespectful, and give me mean looks, even after I informed them! I never understood why it was so mandatory for people to do that, especially in elementary, I guess to program us.
Aaron, what are you reading my mind? I've been thinking about this unconstitutional totalitarian ritual a lot lately...I was in a Texas public high school for a job interview last month and, lo and behold, while waiting in the principal's office, passing the time watching truant students rattle off their id numbers before being verbally berated by the assistant principal, after I had to go through extensive security, .we were all required to stand for the Pledge..well, I did stand fearing if I didn't I might not get the job. Well, I didn't get the job anyway. Turns out I should've excercised my constitutional right to remain seated. :p Another REAL history lesson and social commentary from TruthStream.
+Marc James Levesque You do not possess "constitutional rights". The constitution is a CONTRACT between the states of the republic and a private, for profit corporation. Your rights are "natural rights" from your creator. These natural rights are recognized by the International Declaration of Human Rights. When US Corp signed on to this Declaration, they had a couple of reservations....and one of those is that the first 27 declarations are NOT SELF EXECUTING. Meaning, they just don't happen, YOU HAVE TO CLAIM THEM. Through the Supremecy Clause of the Constitution Contract, there exists a domestic law or statute or code that also recognizes the IDHR. You also have rights under the International Declaration of Civil and Political Rights.LEARN WHO YOU ARE:Everyone - means men and women as well as citizens, taxpayers, juridicial persons, etc.Person (unless it is followed somewhere in the sentence by a "his" or "him" it means a juridicial person like a citizen, taxpayer, etc.The Lawyers and the Politicos (pharoses and scribes!!) are all behind this crap.
As Plato wrote, 2500 years ago, first is the nation, second the religion and the third is the family. Every country is minified to its flag and every flag is maximized to the nation.
Our flag is more than a pretty piece of cloth. As a 70 year old proud American citizen I have seen thousands of young men including friends and family give their lives and health in the name of that flag. I today would stand and fight those who would disrespect this flag and what it represents. There are planes and ships leaving e dry day, get on one or spew your scrap in my face and see the consequences.🇺🇸🇺🇸
I put up a flag pole. I think the flag is attractive and I can easily see the direction and strength of the wind. I don't take it down at night or light it up. I leave it up in all weather, I let it touch the ground and I don't burn it or fold it properly and I don't put it at half mast. I do replace it when it gets too faded or frayed. Sometimes I think people may have a " oh brother" attitude towards it but I don't care. I do relate it to the Constitution not the state or the military.
Try it moving from Puerto Rico to the US at the age of 8 and being an intelligent kid! I was FREAKED.OUT by this pledge shit every morning. I was looking around at these kids like... what?! Anyway, I was beat with the patriot stick and forced to pledge bullshit every morning along with the sheep. Behhhhh.
From an outsider's perspective (I'm Canadian), I always thought of America's allegiance to the flag as weird; its citizens tend to cultivate an unhealthy sense of pride and patriotism, thinking they are the greatest nation on earth. I see they are trained to think this way early.
This is part of the problem with the newer generations they lack patriotism and this makes it easier for the enemies to conquer the host. Which is exactly what is happening. It is only when we start again with patriotism will we once again be a strong nation.
For me I was enthusiastic in grade school, content in middle school. But in HS it was starting to feel like idol worship. Any discussions of the pledge's significance was never considered.
And yet you never ever hear it called a "Loyalty Oath". But thats what it is. Many countries require a loyalty oath but usually its just sworn once. Not daily.
If you don’t want to stand and say the pledge, then don’t. But just remember this nation will not last if people keep denouncing and desecrating America and it’s history. This guy did his research, fair enough. But be proud to be an American. We are facing some bad times and that’s all the reason to be a patriot and want to restore the American way, the American dream. The worse things get the more patriotism I feel because I want a better tomorrow for future generations. Stop complaining how hard you think you have it here because even though it’s rough, it’s better than most other places on earth. I mean come on, you don’t even have to leave your house to buy groceries, we are spoiled. As for the flag, six men didn’t raise it atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima for nothing. The flag represents things a lot of people don’t appreciate or understand.
In 1952, at Sacramento, CA, I was expelled from school at 10 for refusing to "Pledge". Again, at 11, specifically because of the added "...under God...", since I was an atheist. Decades later, I learned I had the law on my side, e.g., the SCOTUS had ruled in 1944 that the "Pledge" couldn't be made mandatory. So why was it forced on me? Was it ignorance, or blatant illegality? Either way, it was authoritarianism I have suffered under for 80 years. The purpose of the "Pledge" is to indoctrinate with mindless recitation. When I asked what I was pledging and why, I was told I was acknowledging my freedom (but not actually how that was achieved by surrendering my sovereignty), i.e., "I pledge allegiance...", i.e., I commit to obey, to serve the authorities. Therefore, I asked a followup question: "Then, I am free to not pledge?" My answer was not verbal. It was physical. I was violently jerked out of my seat by my arm, then dragged by arm/ear down to the principle's office, where without explanation I was expelled. I didn't understand what I had done wrong, but I was happy to be out of school, which I hated. It was too regimented, too restrictive, and I only liked math.
Read Bellamy's book Looking Backward. And in the "Dan Brown" book The Lost Symbol, the character called The Architect is named Bellamy. Weird stuff, look at it.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the Confederate States of America. We actually tried to leave. You know what you call it when you feel threatened by someone leaving? That's called strength. We tried to help South Korea , South Vietnam, Southern Balkan States, Ukraine, Crimea etc... break away from their northern counterparts,...but WE can't leave??? Oh, Please. We are the most invasive and war-like nation this world has ever seen. So,...No longer allegiance to this flag, right? And who do they send mostly to fight their bs wars. Guys with my belief system
I will always respect and love my country America 🇺🇸 that’s why I love to recite the Pledge of Allegiance with love ❤️ ,if we Americans don’t do it who will for us? even countries with Dictatorship respect their flag,anthem and symbols.
I believe I read that the idea of introducing flags into the classroom in the first place.....was the suggestion of the owner of a flag factory.......who happened to be a friend of some politician at the time. He was just trying to drum up business for his company.
I remember being in school reading about Mao's little red book and seeing the photos of everyone holding it up and chanting it that was the last time i ever said the pledge again
As a Jehovah's Witness, I do not say the pledge of allegiance because as a citizen of God's Kingdom, I will not pledge my allegiance to any other government or symbol of government. Also, we believe Satan rules the earth and the kingdoms on it (Luke 4: 5-8).
We even pledged allegiance in Catholic school in the 50’s. I suppose the oligarchs did not trust us due to our allegiance to Christ, and God forbid, the Pontiff. I felt like stooge!
I think of it another way. I think of it as reinforcing that we are pledging allegience to the country, not the government. This kind of bullshit is divisive and only continues to divide us which is what the government wants. Never forget that in this is America and the constitution says WE are the government and that those we select to be in power are only supposed to do what we tell them to, not the other way around. We say the pledge to remember that.
standardized conditioning is ubiquitous in this crazy modern world...school , military , jobs , 12 step cult programming...I wonder if ever our behaviors , thoughts and expressions might be able to be considered natural one day...
For everyone who seems to hate the US, maybe we could trade each of you for people like this young man. A letter from a legal immigrant from India. He asks a very important question in his letter: "I have not known any other country where some of the people desecrate their flag, disavow their national anthem or tear down their own country," he wrote. Read and ponder his words -- and be glad that this Indian-American patriot is now one of our fellow countrymen. Dear Mr. Starnes, I am a first generation Naturalized American who was born in India. I am neither white (without white privilege), nor black or Hispanic (not a victim either), I am just a person who came to a land of opportunity with a dream. I have traveled some in this world and to the best of my knowledge I have not known of any other country where some of the people desecrate their flag, disavow their National Anthem or tear down their own country. If I am wrong please straighten me out. BUT if I am right, then please address how do we expect any other country to respect ours when we (under the "excuse" of freedom of speech) do not respect it ourselves. When I became a US citizen, I took an oath denouncing my allegiance to my old country and even agreed to take up arms against my former country if asked to by the USA. Please check the verbiage of the oath these days but do oaths mean nothing anymore? It's not people like him that are destroying our country, it's the people who have no respect for the US. You whine, cry, and complain about it here, yet do nothing to try and change to better our country. The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting the same result.
I'm really disappointed that he didn't mention the definition of the world 'allegiance' and it's root word 'liege' and what it means: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_%28feudal%29 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fealty The Wikipedia entry on the our 'pledge of fealty' is interesting as well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance We should be teaching kids about patriotism, to human Liberty, not a piece of ground and certainly not to any government or a piece of cloth that long ago lost its meaning. The American soldier or fighting man hasn't fought a war for Liberty since 1865 and the bad guys won that one. The patriot movement won’t grow up until it learns to do three things: Stop worrying about what our domestic blood enemies, our greatest enemies that have white skin and aren’t hiding in a cave on the other side of the world, including the mainstream newswhores, say about us. The last one of them to stretch a rope after the war crimes trials will still be lying as its last filthy breath spews out of its upper sewer. Stop kowtowing to their “Liberal”(commie) trash 'friends' who vote to kill them every time they vote. Stop being cowards and start openly declaring what will be required to fix this mess if it can be fixed: an extensive and thorough “Liberal”(commie) trash season whereby we eradicate enough of our natural born statist/authoritarian vermin to restore Liberty and the Bill of Rights There’s no such thing as casual ‘friends’: www.willowtown.com/reality/friends.htm Who's our greatest enemy? Those who build the Trojan Horse or those who open the gate? Nothing will get better until we stop worrying so much about the fundie ragheads and start rounding up and at the least deporting our real enemies, our domestic enemies. So who or what is our real enemy? A tiny no. of fundies who manage to kill a few mush heads now and again or our own white home-grown "Liberal"(commie) trash that works relentlessly to disarm and thus fully enslave millions? What will we do when a commie SCOTUS rules it's OK for the "Liberal"(commie) trash, our real enemies, to demand we 'turn them in?' How many cowards will comply? Those are the questions that matter. What's an 'illegal gun?' Those two words are nowhere to be found in the Second Amendment. Was the Inland Center a 'gun free zone?" Why is commiefornia still a 'may issue' state? Why do we seek 'permission' to exercise the most basic right any creature possesses, that of self defense? If the Marxist mutt and other commie extremists that call themselves 'liberal' and 'progressive' tell us to surrender our weapons and thus our most basic right, they'll find out what blood really is. The most important 'private property' anyone owns is their own life, health, safety, and no one, anywhere, anytime has the 'right' to take that from them or deny them their most basic right, that of self defense. We all get the elected public servants the brain dead sheeple deserve. I’ll vote for the candidate that will bring the troops home, activate the militias, and re-invade and re-conquer commiefornia and the other commie enclaves on the left and East coasts. They're not 'leftists,' 'liberal' or 'progressive.' They're communists/globalists. They want us disarmed so we can't kill them when enough finally wake up to the necessity of doing so. Our Liberty is dying because of our failure to hunt the "Liberal"(commie) and globalist trash to extinction. Free Kentucky Column: What must be done - A manifesto of the 'isms.' www.freekentucky.com/barry-bright-what-must-be-done/ Don't understand my bad attitude? Start here: www.freekentucky.com/the-must-readwatch-page/ Governments will always be able to get guns so we must always be better armed than them. Act politically but prep for what history shows will have to be done. It's way past time to prep for what will be required: www.freekentucky.com/what-will-be-required/ Rules for the militia: www.willowtown.com/promo/blogfpmilitiarules.htm
The sad thing is because of the lack of knowledge by our elders it has trickled down. We volunteer if we don't stand for rights as common law was hidden . Every contract you sign is volunteer., you have been deceived. W2, SS ETC. YOU SIGN THESE FOR STATE PRIVILEGES. PERMITS, LICENCES, CODES. Please study words as they changed them. Blacks Law dictionary is your friend.
residentgrey Teacher says "children, quiet please, time for your morning satanic ritual/pledge, after lunch we'll have a school wide pep rally where and the cheer leaders can dance half naked and we can all cheer our war/football team to go kill/defeat that town down the road full of folks just like us and don't forget to pay respects to that picture of Herr Obama".
Spot on! Just view the Lincoln Memorial, and is that someone who freed the slaves? Nope! Abraham Lincoln: What They Wont Teach You in School ruclips.net/video/FyNS1PMHPqo/видео.html civilwardailygazette.com/2013/
A liege is a vasal, subject or slave. When the liegelord took over, the liege turned over (attorned) his property and took an oath to the liege lord. The pledge of allegiance fullfills this bit of brainwashing, as 14th amendment subjects submit their constitutional sovereignty to the corporation, USA. A citizen in this USA is a subject where the corporation owns everything--houses, cars etc., through a complex system of permissions facilitated by attorneys and people with guns called policy officers or police.
the Pledge of Allegiance means to me what my school taught me about our government. George Washington freedom of speech checks and balances multiple branches of government freedom to have it honest pRESS. Strange that you didn't notice what it was right off the bat. His attempts to unify. All kinds of people have strange agendas. But as long as things are used properly by the people who utilize it. It could be a great thing. You know if you teach the kids about the government and how it works and why it's so important have a armed population. It has the right to assemble. And Freedom of speech. And they are in fact the part of the United States of America one of the only places on earth you have freedom. How much fighting throughout history had to happen. Before anyone on this earth finally came up with A system where everybody's not Slaves. and actually has the capability to defend themselves. Anyways vigilance my friends George Washington Refuse being made at King and told everyone they are Their own kings. Freeing us from serving . And enslaving the government to the people. Forcing them to serve us. And protect us And our freedoms. with the limited tools we provide. I mean it's not like mankind hasn't been fighting for freedom For all of history. Just think the entire world 90% of the population is enslaved by a dictatorship and Tyranny. Think about that nowhere else it's a savage world. Seriously uncivilized. Some places still like it's the mid-evil times. Were they chop off your head or hand. For some pretty insane trivial stuff.
Good research....I love my country and the freedom I have so far, NOT to say the pledge. And especially with the words "one nation under God" because to me it implies that America is the only nation under God....when in fact all nations were created equal.
Tess Dimick true they don't. if they ever saw what it takes to make sure the people stay free so they can come and go as they please. seeing good men and women die for the freedom that theses people take for granted. it makes me sick what they are doing. good thing iam not there
David Cunningham I guess you don't know that people in the military are a group of mercenaries, getting paid to kill for resources so a few people can control and exploit!
David Cunningham unfortunately yes. The facts say yes. You might not have been boots on the ground, you might have been support. Either way. Not throwing shots at you. Just examine the facts. We're you paid? What did you do? No rhetoric, just facts. You heard of Adam Kokesh?
people read the fucking words again. You can READ INTO them whatever you want, but to me the words are simple. The Pledge is saying he will stand for the flag and the Republic for which it stands, and both stand for for Liberty and Justice for all. Of course the country is corrupt....all countries are. If you feel it is too corrupt, not good enough, whatever....why are u here? Leave. Go to the better country.
make No oath lest your Soul be Cursed. . they have you make an Oath on the book that Says make NO oath. let your yea be yea and your no be no. a man of the(ir) Word.. as your Word is ALL you have.
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like being called "unpatriotic" because you're not into subservience, control and conformity.
Reminds me of the day in 1965, during my Senior Yr in High School, while the class in the auditorium was instructed to stand for the Pledge, Being Self Motivated to only Pledge MY Allegiance to God, I remained seated. It was at the moment in time that the camera person for the Yearbook decided to snap a photo with me as the Center of Attraction. I will forever go down in history as 'That Girl"
Thanks for the memory, Aaron. It was a Good One!!
Candacej330 lucky
You made history in your way tho.
I realized how creepy it was in 6th grade and slowly started to replace america with canada and the teachers didn't notice until it was far to late and I had pledged allegiance to Canada for like a year
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I am so glad you put this together. Great information. And the fact that kids are FORCED to say words they don't really understand. What does it even mean to pledge allegiance to some fabric??? AND, every kids show at school is prefaced with the pledge where parents and kids are forced to stand! I don't. Ever. You should see the looks I get. I may as well wear horns on my head or a scarlet A.
I always found it strange how Americans basically chant a mantra every morning.
When we're children we're forced to. We also stand for the anthem at all sorts of formal or sports events. It's weird, I agree.
A lot countries do.
@@aaronwriterguy You don't have too. There's no law in the US that says you must stand.
@Yes Man Version 421 MK 9 They can't force you. So one must stand their ground.
@@aaronwriterguy Ha Ha "forced to" it's called patriotism and it is not weird but respectful and correct. This is part of the problem with the newer generations they lack patriotism and this makes it easier for the enemies to conquer the host. Which is exactly what is happening. It is only when we start again with patriotism will we once again be a strong nation.
Got a call from school today, teacher all a twitter bc my son stayed seated during pledge (his idea, not mine). I rattled off SCOTUS 1943, Jehovah's Witnesses v WV, etc, and sent her a link to our state statue that says "These policies shall not compel any person to stand, salute the flag, or recite the Pledge of Allegiance."
In my highschool class room Hardly anyone pledged allegiance. It felt quite liberating.
It's all conditioning, walk on the right side, straight line, don't be outspoken, take your meds, relax let go let gov
Fuck that
I use to think about this everyday passed my sophomore year of high school, after thinking about it, I couldn't do it anymore. It felt wrong and it was wrong. If you don't stand up for the pledge of allegiance in school, you're sought after by authority in the school, you have to have personal religious values to be able to not say the pledge, if you don't say the pledge you're an outcast. I mean, honestly, how can you get around thinking about it like that? It's like standing and saying a Creed to an organization, like you're willing to lay your life down for your country, if you dont, you don't belong here. It's so maddening what you can see if you look from a different perspective, then brainwashed to think that anyone who says something at an opposition is "insane/crazy." I love the world we live in today, can't trust anyone, not even yourself. You are an idea of the state unless you reject the state. Can't claim yourself an independent.
I HATE the government, I blindly said the pledge every school day without ever wondering what it meant, I remember one day I felt ashamed that I didn’t say the pledge over the summer so I said it 60 times to make up for all the days in the summer where I didn’t say it, I just woke up last year when I stopped saying it in 10th grade, it’s sad to think back to how brainwashed I was and I’m so glad I woke up and Stopped saying it!!!
Thank you for the perspective. I disagree with the premise but glad to live in a country that we can share views.
I remember being 6yrs old and reciting the pledge . I didn't even know what it meant I just had to say it.
Awesome report! Thank you for doing this. This is exactly why I didn't allow my kids to pledge their allegiance to a flag, or a country. But rather, I told them they should pledge their allegiance to our heavenly Father alone. Blessings to you both!
Emmae its a pledge for the soldiers, my mom told me this. I’ve always pledged to the flag, I pledge to our soldiers. I pledge for my dad who died overseas while he was on duty. So please respect my dad and his fellow soldiers.
Just because someone does not want to do a respect ritual that you prefer, doesn't mean they are showing disrespect to any soldiers. People have the right to choose when and HOW they do their rituals' or not do any at all. Please, don't let negative emotion overcome your critical thinking abilities.
@@anapple6517 no respect for mercenary thugs of the world bank!!!
@@anapple6517 it has nothing to do with veterans. It’s all just American Propaganda and try to brainwash kids to blindly follow their country.
The current Pledge could easily have Under God removed and have it replaced with Embraced by Satan.
2024 if trump dont win . kamala will have it to pledge w satan
Very interesting. I've bits and pieces over the years. I've also heard that the Pledge is a form of prayer to the Flag... which would be a form of idolatry and against what the Bible says. As kids we were told never to say the Pledge for that reason. To keep Ceasar's things and God's things separate. I'm getting a clearer understanding now.
Grant Short It is idolatry. An excellent observation on your part. Salute a flag full of occult symbolism and pentagrams? Nope. Give allegiance only to your creator.
Be the bike rider at 5:11 (Carry on)
The pledge could mean something so much more beautiful than what it means now. We hate how this country has been completely taken over by psychopathic interests and how they use it to further their own sickening agendas; but let us not forget what we said it for, and what we thought it meant: honoring the men, women, and children of our past who sacrificed so much to allow us to live the dream they envisioned for us. The pledge could mean something truly beautiful if our reality wasn't as sickening as it is. Hopefully... someday... we may have a country worthy of such a pledge.
+Time 2WakeUp Someday, it will.
Never loose hope!
That pledge is an indoctrination from any standpoint. Our founding government was comprised of occultic capitalists with one commodity as a motivator; wealth. Millions upon millions of native people were slaughtered in every conceivable method, not excluding dumping smallpox- ridden blankets in the center of camp after dark. Their " dream" was always to exploit this land at the expense of everyone but themselves, and then cull the population once the empire implodes (now) I just pray that we take not part in such sinful ways of the heart, that those who will do repent & NOT share in the plagues of such people.
Well said. I agree our government is corrupt and cld care less about Americans but I feel we shld love our country & our flag. I don't understand how ppl can complain about how much they hate America but continue to live here even though they are free to leave.
"Duh, UM, I pledge allegiance to the flag of a corporation that enslaved millions, uses a fiat currency, murdered millions of natives, murdered labor and civil rights leaders, now persecutes christians, gun owners and those who still believe in the nation's old natural law constitution, Duh, ah dupa doopa doopa dooo".
Nothing more than a religious sacrament. It is EXACTLY like any religious ritual only we are directing our worship to the state not a deity.
Ranchpig67 you should reexamine that statement
I remember doing this, but also remember mumbling and not actually saying any words, to this horrible chant, it absolutely meant nothing to me. Today, it still doesn't.
A teacher once told me exactly why the teachers liked having the kids say the pledge.
She said the obedience that it invokes will instantly neutralize a classroom full of rowdy children.
They know immediately that they have to partake in this ritual, and the importance of it was made to be so great that they would drop everything to conform.
She said she realized this was the case, so she adopted the idea and gave her class a song instead, that way she could use it whenever she wanted, rather than randomly having kids pledge allegiance multiple times a day.
I've witnessed some cult-like entities employing similar tactics, and extremely effectively. Thousands of people (adults) were neutralized in just seconds.
Was actually kind of cool that I learned about being subversive since my parents were Jehovah's Witnesses and I was not "allowed" to salute the flag. JWs don't vote, celebrate religious holidays or birthdays, either. I left that all behind when I left home at 17 but I guess it made me question things so actually something good can come out of being exposed to a Christian cult...
RedSpiralHand So where do you stand now?
Don't you like to get presents?
I don’t say it or stand for it anymore🤷🏾♀️ It’s mind control in my opinion💯
ABSO-freaking-LUTELY
In elementary, I thought it was weird because I had never even heard of that before and because it felt like a ritual(it felt wrong), and I talked to my mom about it and she told me why I as a Jehovah's witness in studying shouldn't do the pledge of allegiance, she told me to not stand and to not recite anything. But my teachers would get so angry, they'd even physically force me to stand, send me to the main office and more! Even after I informed them of why I could not do it, they still said I was being disobedient and rude. Even so, I still didn't do it because I knew my mom would handle it, which she did. When I got to middle school, my teacher would tell me to stand and I'd say I couldn't take part in it, it wasn't as bad as it was in elementary. My teacher back then respected me and my beliefs. But other teachers would call me rude and disrespectful, and give me mean looks, even after I informed them! I never understood why it was so mandatory for people to do that, especially in elementary, I guess to program us.
Aaron, what are you reading my mind? I've been thinking about this unconstitutional totalitarian ritual a lot lately...I was in a Texas public high school for a job interview last month and, lo and behold, while waiting in the principal's office, passing the time watching truant students rattle off their id numbers before being verbally berated by the assistant principal, after I had to go through extensive security, .we were all required to stand for the Pledge..well, I did stand fearing if I didn't I might not get the job. Well, I didn't get the job anyway. Turns out I should've excercised my constitutional right to remain seated. :p Another REAL history lesson and social commentary from TruthStream.
Be careful what you wish for (job-wise). Really.
+Marc James Levesque You do not possess "constitutional rights". The constitution is a CONTRACT between the states of the republic and a private, for profit corporation. Your rights are "natural rights" from your creator. These natural rights are recognized by the International Declaration of Human Rights. When US Corp signed on to this Declaration, they had a couple of reservations....and one of those is that the first 27 declarations are NOT SELF EXECUTING. Meaning, they just don't happen, YOU HAVE TO CLAIM THEM. Through the Supremecy Clause of the Constitution Contract, there exists a domestic law or statute or code that also recognizes the IDHR. You also have rights under the International Declaration of Civil and Political Rights.LEARN WHO YOU ARE:Everyone - means men and women as well as citizens, taxpayers, juridicial persons, etc.Person (unless it is followed somewhere in the sentence by a "his" or "him" it means a juridicial person like a citizen, taxpayer, etc.The Lawyers and the Politicos (pharoses and scribes!!) are all behind this crap.
Chimera Gothic it's not a contract! NOBODY SIGNED THE DAM THING!
Better watch out, Chimera. The Paranoids are out to get you.
As Plato wrote, 2500 years ago, first is the nation, second the religion and the third is the family.
Every country is minified to its flag and every flag is maximized to the nation.
I refuse to say the pledge of allegiance.
Love & Division FUCK YOU
Gray Owen why? I don’t say the pledge either... Fuck me right?
" I pledge allegiance to the flag ....of the united plates of asparagus" ....
How about Salad and beef instead 😉
I’m a little sick because of all I’ve learned. My whole perspective has changed. TY for all your hard work.
❤️❤️🙏❤️❤️
Wait until you learn how they have lied about the shape of the world and our TRUE historical past !!!
Be patient love. When you begin to learn the truth it is difficult. ❤
Imagine not being grateful and pledging allegiance to the country who protected us.
Our flag is more than a pretty piece of cloth. As a 70 year old proud American citizen I have seen thousands of young men including friends and family give their lives and health in the name of that flag. I today would stand and fight those who would disrespect this flag and what it represents. There are planes and ships leaving e dry day, get on one or spew your scrap in my face and see the consequences.🇺🇸🇺🇸
I put up a flag pole. I think the flag is attractive and I can easily see the direction and strength of the wind. I don't take it down at night or light it up. I leave it up in all weather, I let it touch the ground and I don't burn it or fold it properly and I don't put it at half mast. I do replace it when it gets too faded or frayed. Sometimes I think people may have a " oh brother" attitude towards it but I don't care. I do relate it to the Constitution not the state or the military.
I remember having to chant this thing in elementary school, when that was done, the whole school sang the National Anthem.
OH CANADA, OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND
Try it moving from Puerto Rico to the US at the age of 8 and being an intelligent kid! I was FREAKED.OUT by this pledge shit every morning. I was looking around at these kids like... what?! Anyway, I was beat with the patriot stick and forced to pledge bullshit every morning along with the sheep. Behhhhh.
You have freedom of speech.
I was born in 1961,also went to a Nazi k 8.
sead it every day.
good work.
You look great for a 62 year old on your thumbnail.
wow creepy
hindsight is always 20/20
From an outsider's perspective (I'm Canadian), I always thought of America's allegiance to the flag as weird; its citizens tend to cultivate an unhealthy sense of pride and patriotism, thinking they are the greatest nation on earth. I see they are trained to think this way early.
This is part of the problem with the newer generations they lack patriotism and this makes it easier for the enemies to conquer the host. Which is exactly what is happening. It is only when we start again with patriotism will we once again be a strong nation.
For me I was enthusiastic in grade school, content in middle school. But in HS it was starting to feel like idol worship. Any discussions of the pledge's significance was never considered.
We all need to wake up... This is wrong
Great work guys! - much love your way.
pledging allegiance means the State is the "god on earth"
And yet you never ever hear it called a "Loyalty Oath". But thats what it is. Many countries require a loyalty oath but usually its just sworn once. Not daily.
If you don’t want to stand and say the pledge, then don’t. But just remember this nation will not last if people keep denouncing and desecrating America and it’s history. This guy did his research, fair enough. But be proud to be an American. We are facing some bad times and that’s all the reason to be a patriot and want to restore the American way, the American dream. The worse things get the more patriotism I feel because I want a better tomorrow for future generations. Stop complaining how hard you think you have it here because even though it’s rough, it’s better than most other places on earth. I mean come on, you don’t even have to leave your house to buy groceries, we are spoiled.
As for the flag, six men didn’t raise it atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima for nothing. The flag represents things a lot of people don’t appreciate or understand.
In 1952, at Sacramento, CA, I was expelled from school at 10 for refusing to "Pledge". Again, at 11, specifically because of the added "...under God...", since I was an atheist. Decades later, I learned I had the law on my side, e.g., the SCOTUS had ruled in 1944 that the "Pledge" couldn't be made mandatory. So why was it forced on me? Was it ignorance, or blatant illegality? Either way, it was authoritarianism I have suffered under for 80 years.
The purpose of the "Pledge" is to indoctrinate with mindless recitation. When I asked what I was pledging and why, I was told I was acknowledging my freedom (but not actually how that was achieved by surrendering my sovereignty), i.e., "I pledge allegiance...", i.e., I commit to obey, to serve the authorities. Therefore, I asked a followup question: "Then, I am free to not pledge?" My answer was not verbal. It was physical. I was violently jerked out of my seat by my arm, then dragged by arm/ear down to the principle's office, where without explanation I was expelled. I didn't understand what I had done wrong, but I was happy to be out of school, which I hated. It was too regimented, too restrictive, and I only liked math.
I Strongly Prefer "The Bellamy Salute"
Stand For The West & Stand For The Truth.
Read Bellamy's book Looking Backward. And in the "Dan Brown" book The Lost Symbol, the character called The Architect is named Bellamy. Weird stuff, look at it.
"All ONE in the body of Landru."
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the Confederate States of America. We actually tried to leave. You know what you call it when you feel threatened by someone leaving? That's called strength. We tried to help South Korea , South Vietnam, Southern Balkan States, Ukraine, Crimea etc... break away from their northern counterparts,...but WE can't leave??? Oh, Please. We are the most invasive and war-like nation this world has ever seen. So,...No longer allegiance to this flag, right? And who do they send mostly to fight their bs wars. Guys with my belief system
Control the people, round them up for labor and have them do your work
I will always respect and love my country America 🇺🇸 that’s why I love to recite the Pledge of Allegiance with love ❤️ ,if we Americans don’t do it who will for us? even countries with Dictatorship respect their flag,anthem and symbols.
Amen!
To respect your country you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance. Be loyal to your country.
@@ERTChimpanzee I’m Loyal to my country America there is no doubt about it!
@@84cubangirly Loyal to USA or to the flag?
@@ERTChimpanzee don’t try to be smart ass ,bye!
I believe I read that the idea of introducing flags into the classroom in the first place.....was the suggestion of the owner of a flag factory.......who happened to be a friend of some politician at the time. He was just trying to drum up business for his company.
wow, this seems pretty fascist to me now...
Yeah, now that we're out of school and can think for ourselves....
Very Interesting, Thank You Aaron.....................FLAT EARTH 2016 will be Interesting too.................
I remember being in school reading about Mao's little red book and seeing the photos of everyone holding it up and chanting it that was the last time i ever said the pledge again
As a Jehovah's Witness, I do not say the pledge of allegiance because as a citizen of God's Kingdom, I will not pledge my allegiance to any other government or symbol of government. Also, we believe Satan rules the earth and the kingdoms on it (Luke 4: 5-8).
We even pledged allegiance in Catholic school in the 50’s. I suppose the oligarchs did not trust us due to our allegiance to Christ, and God forbid, the Pontiff. I felt like stooge!
I think of it another way. I think of it as reinforcing that we are pledging allegience to the country, not the government. This kind of bullshit is divisive and only continues to divide us which is what the government wants.
Never forget that in this is America and the constitution says WE are the government and that those we select to be in power are only supposed to do what we tell them to, not the other way around. We say the pledge to remember that.
I was curious why Bellamy's daughter did not want the word under god added to the this?
I tried doing some research and couldn't find any info
standardized conditioning is ubiquitous in this crazy modern world...school , military , jobs , 12 step cult programming...I wonder if ever our behaviors , thoughts and expressions might be able to be considered natural one day...
I never understood why I had to say it as a kid, and I didn't like it.
It didn't look too much like the Nazi salute, it IS the salute the Nazis got from the US.
Have you heard about the hidden verse in the national anthem?
For everyone who seems to hate the US, maybe we could trade each of you for people like this young man.
A letter from a legal immigrant from India. He asks a very important question in his letter:
"I have not known any other country where some of the people desecrate their flag, disavow their national anthem or tear down their own country," he wrote.
Read and ponder his words -- and be glad that this Indian-American patriot is now one of our fellow countrymen.
Dear Mr. Starnes,
I am a first generation Naturalized American who was born in India. I am neither white (without white privilege), nor black or Hispanic (not a victim either), I am just a person who came to a land of opportunity with a dream. I have traveled some in this world and to the best of my knowledge I have not known of any other country where some of the people desecrate their flag, disavow their National Anthem or tear down their own country. If I am wrong please straighten me out. BUT if I am right, then please address how do we expect any other country to respect ours when we (under the "excuse" of freedom of speech) do not respect it ourselves.
When I became a US citizen, I took an oath denouncing my allegiance to my old country and even agreed to take up arms against my former country if asked to by the USA. Please check the verbiage of the oath these days but do oaths mean nothing anymore?
It's not people like him that are destroying our country, it's the people who have no respect for the US. You whine, cry, and complain about it here, yet do nothing to try and change to better our country.
The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting the same result.
I contest that the final nail in the coffin of America was the Coup of Lincoln.
Isn't it the East India Company flag anyway?
I sit for the pledge
I'm really disappointed that he didn't mention the definition of the world 'allegiance' and it's root word 'liege' and what it means:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_%28feudal%29
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fealty
The Wikipedia entry on the our 'pledge of fealty' is interesting as well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance
We should be teaching kids about patriotism, to human Liberty, not a piece of ground and certainly not to any government or a piece of cloth that long ago lost its meaning.
The American soldier or fighting man hasn't fought a war for Liberty since 1865 and the bad guys won that one.
The patriot movement won’t grow up until it learns to do three things:
Stop worrying about what our domestic blood enemies, our greatest enemies that have white skin and aren’t hiding in a cave on the other side of the world, including the mainstream newswhores, say about us. The last one of them to stretch a rope after the war crimes trials will still be lying as its last filthy breath spews out of its upper sewer.
Stop kowtowing to their “Liberal”(commie) trash 'friends' who vote to kill them every time they vote.
Stop being cowards and start openly declaring what will be required to fix this mess if it can be fixed: an extensive and thorough “Liberal”(commie) trash season whereby we eradicate enough of our natural born statist/authoritarian vermin to restore Liberty and the Bill of Rights
There’s no such thing as casual ‘friends’: www.willowtown.com/reality/friends.htm
Who's our greatest enemy? Those who build the Trojan Horse or those who open the gate?
Nothing will get better until we stop worrying so much about the fundie ragheads and start rounding up and at the least deporting our real enemies, our domestic enemies.
So who or what is our real enemy? A tiny no. of fundies who manage to kill a few mush heads now and again or our own white home-grown "Liberal"(commie) trash that works relentlessly to disarm and thus fully enslave millions?
What will we do when a commie SCOTUS rules it's OK for the "Liberal"(commie) trash, our real enemies, to demand we 'turn them in?' How many cowards will comply? Those are the questions that matter.
What's an 'illegal gun?' Those two words are nowhere to be found in the Second Amendment.
Was the Inland Center a 'gun free zone?" Why is commiefornia still a 'may issue' state? Why do we seek 'permission' to exercise the most basic right any creature possesses, that of self defense?
If the Marxist mutt and other commie extremists that call themselves 'liberal' and 'progressive' tell us to surrender our weapons and thus our most basic right, they'll find out what blood really is.
The most important 'private property' anyone owns is their own life, health, safety, and no one, anywhere, anytime has the 'right' to take that from them or deny them their most basic right, that of self defense.
We all get the elected public servants the brain dead sheeple deserve.
I’ll vote for the candidate that will bring the troops home, activate the militias, and re-invade and re-conquer commiefornia and the other commie enclaves on the left and East coasts.
They're not 'leftists,' 'liberal' or 'progressive.' They're communists/globalists. They want us disarmed so we can't kill them when enough finally wake up to the necessity of doing so.
Our Liberty is dying because of our failure to hunt the "Liberal"(commie) and globalist trash to extinction.
Free Kentucky Column: What must be done - A manifesto of the 'isms.'
www.freekentucky.com/barry-bright-what-must-be-done/
Don't understand my bad attitude? Start here: www.freekentucky.com/the-must-readwatch-page/
Governments will always be able to get guns so we must always be better armed than them.
Act politically but prep for what history shows will have to be done. It's way past time to prep for what will be required: www.freekentucky.com/what-will-be-required/
Rules for the militia: www.willowtown.com/promo/blogfpmilitiarules.htm
How come they cut out the "Under God" part?
never mind, I just read the Wikipedia version. :)
The US is divisible 50 ways.
It is a country not a nation.
@ 4:58 I heard chain of slavery.Great video, hope you do one about how the school system got started and where it came from.
The sad thing is because of the lack of knowledge by our elders it has trickled down. We volunteer if we don't stand for rights as common law was hidden . Every contract you sign is volunteer., you have been deceived. W2, SS ETC. YOU SIGN THESE FOR STATE PRIVILEGES. PERMITS, LICENCES, CODES. Please study words as they changed them.
Blacks Law dictionary is your friend.
good job on the video, and research, this is what I had come to find out as well.
I stopped saying it in 7th grade because I noticed how creepy it was
I never say the pledge of allegiance! It is foolishness to worship (pledge allegiance) a FLAG!
hand on heart = blood pledge.
residentgrey Teacher says "children, quiet please, time for your morning satanic ritual/pledge, after lunch we'll have a school wide pep rally where and the cheer leaders can dance half naked and we can all cheer our war/football team to go kill/defeat that town down the road full of folks just like us and don't forget to pay respects to that picture of Herr Obama".
There is nothing wrong with allegiance to a just and Christian state.
Why was God not in that pledge?
Interesting.
5:00 - the US Empire confirmed.
Unfortunately this nation is not under God
So..the Pledge of Allegiance was created to commemorate something that never happened: Columbus "discovering" America. Logic.
Spot on! Just view the Lincoln Memorial, and is that someone who freed the slaves? Nope!
Abraham Lincoln: What They Wont Teach You in School
ruclips.net/video/FyNS1PMHPqo/видео.html
civilwardailygazette.com/2013/
Wow. So maybe the Jehovah's Witnesses have it right when they refuse to recite the Pledge.
So in the US school children salute to stupid flags ? Learn something any day at youtube :)
A liege is a vasal, subject or slave. When the liegelord took over, the liege turned over (attorned) his property and took an oath to the liege lord. The pledge of allegiance fullfills this bit of brainwashing, as 14th amendment subjects submit their constitutional sovereignty to the corporation, USA. A citizen in this USA is a subject where the corporation owns everything--houses, cars etc., through a complex system of permissions facilitated by attorneys and people with guns called policy officers or police.
*13.* Do away with loyalty oaths.
The 13th tenet of the 45 Goals of the Communist Party in America
the Pledge of Allegiance means to me what my school taught me about our government. George Washington freedom of speech checks and balances multiple branches of government freedom to have it honest pRESS. Strange that you didn't notice what it was right off the bat. His attempts to unify. All kinds of people have strange agendas. But as long as things are used properly by the people who utilize it. It could be a great thing. You know if you teach the kids about the government and how it works and why it's so important have a armed population. It has the right to assemble. And Freedom of speech. And they are in fact the part of the United States of America one of the only places on earth you have freedom. How much fighting throughout history had to happen. Before anyone on this earth finally came up with A system where everybody's not Slaves. and actually has the capability to defend themselves. Anyways vigilance my friends George Washington Refuse being made at King and told everyone they are Their own kings. Freeing us from serving . And enslaving the government to the people. Forcing them to serve us. And protect us And our freedoms. with the limited tools we provide. I mean it's not like mankind hasn't been fighting for freedom For all of history. Just think the entire world 90% of the population is enslaved by a dictatorship and Tyranny. Think about that nowhere else it's a savage world. Seriously uncivilized. Some places still like it's the mid-evil times. Were they chop off your head or hand. For some pretty insane trivial stuff.
Good research....I love my country and the freedom I have so far, NOT to say the pledge. And especially with the words "one nation under God" because to me it implies that America is the only nation under God....when in fact all nations were created equal.
Travel the world ppl.. you'll understand better what this country still has to offer.
no child should have to salute shit. i know but wont say the lords prayer. atheists dont have enemies
to the guy that did this. have you ever been in the military I say not
Tess Dimick true they don't. if they ever saw what it takes to make sure the people stay free so they can come and go as they please. seeing good men and women die for the freedom that theses people take for granted. it makes me sick what they are doing. good thing iam not there
David Cunningham I guess you don't know that people in the military are a group of mercenaries, getting paid to kill for resources so a few people can control and exploit!
Ronnie Montana I was in the military what are you trying to say that I was in murder-for-hire
David Cunningham unfortunately yes. The facts say yes. You might not have been boots on the ground, you might have been support. Either way. Not throwing shots at you. Just examine the facts. We're you paid? What did you do? No rhetoric, just facts. You heard of Adam Kokesh?
I think soldier in Latin is translated to "paid thug"
5:10 is hilarious
Fourth of July, 7/04, GOD in gematria.
people read the fucking words again. You can READ INTO them whatever you want, but to me the words are simple. The Pledge is saying he will stand for the flag and the Republic for which it stands, and both stand for for Liberty and Justice for all. Of course the country is corrupt....all countries are. If you feel it is too corrupt, not good enough, whatever....why are u here? Leave. Go to the better country.
That explains a lot. I stopped standing up for that pledge in school because I didn't see the point.
make No oath lest your Soul be Cursed. . they have you make an Oath on the book that Says make NO oath. let your yea be yea and your no be no. a man of the(ir) Word.. as your Word is ALL you have.