The Evil Intent of the Pledge of Allegiance
Southington, Connecticut school children pledge their allegiance to the flag, in May 1942.
“Rex Curry is the historian who revealed amazing discoveries including (1) that the USA’s Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was the origin of the Nazi salute and Nazi behavior adopted later in Germany under Hitler’s socialism, and (2) that the so-called “swastika” symbol was used to represent “S” letter shapes for “SOCIALISM” under Hitler.”
It has pleased me greatly to see the recent headlines and articles lambasting the horrible “Pledge of Allegiance.” It is about time. This is beside the fact that many of the reasons given for abandoning these nation-state glorification (socialist) testimonials, are incorrect, based on some ‘woke’ agenda, or some non-thinking collective nonsense. No one should ever have said any evil pledge to any nation or country, or sang any ‘national’ anthem meant as worship of the State. The fact that this is demanded of children from almost infancy to adult is no accident, as it takes time to indoctrinate, and make compliant an entire society.
Jacob Hornberger’s recent article, “The Pledge of Allegiance and Government Schools,” was well done, and explained some of the history of the heinous pledge, but I think it is very important to concentrate on why most adults still stand at attention at every single demand to say the pledge or sing the national anthem. The children mostly comply because they have been taught to do so almost since birth, this due to being exposed to heinous government schooling (total indoctrination) that only exists in order to harm and brainwash by promoting State worship and obedience.
I have told this story before, but will once again. When I was 16 years old and in a government school, all students in the high school I attended were required to meet the first thing in the morning in a very large auditorium. At that time, there were over 400 students, and all were told every morning to stand, put their hand over their heart (different than the ‘Hitler (Roman) salute’ used from 1892 until December 1942) and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I do not recall exactly when I began to find this to be obnoxious, but it had been a long time. I was shy at this age, but could no longer put up with this idiocy. I stood up in front of the entire hall, and stated that I would never say this pledge to any flag again in my life. As you might imagine, this caused a great stir and disbelief, and those in charge immediately took me to the principal’s office.
As you might imagine, I was threatened, and told I had to say the pledge, but I said never again. I do not remember all that was said to me, or how long this browbeating went on, but eventually, my parents were called. I do not remember how my father was able to get there considering his work, but he showed up and came to the principal’s office. He was told that I refused to say the pledge, and that this was required. My father simply said, and I paraphrase, “If Gary said he is not going to say the pledge, then that is the end of the conversation. It is his decision.” I have never said it since that time.
It was later in life that I came to the same decision concerning the warmongering, and abhorrent national anthem, but I saw little difference in this and the pledge, concerning the attitude of worship for the State. I had no use for that idiocy, which I consider a voluntary pronouncement of slavery to the State.
The history of pledging allegiance and bowing to the State as master, has long been a part of this country’s past, but it was not always so, even given that the constitutional convention was meant to create a large and powerful centralized federal governing system; one with virtually unlimited powers. One aspect of the State gaining submission to its false authority by the common people, is to fool them into believing that the ‘country,’ (nation-state) and its hideous flag are more important than the individual, and that ridiculous ‘patriotism’ to the State is necessary for the ‘greater good.’ This is laughable, especially considering the evil tyranny and murder committed in the name of this country–the USA.
What should be gained from understanding the deceit of such nonsensical madness as worship of government or State, is that in order to be free, one must separate himself from any devotion to rule, or allegiance to any country or false governing authority. When one accepts that any regime or State is more important than the individual, slavery will naturally result. Those in power fully understand this concept, and every fiber of their being is bent on fooling the people into believing that they are subordinate to the State. (Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.) The ruling class considers themselves as gods, and the people their servants, and uses fear as their crutch to capture the hearts and souls of mankind. This is the essence of rule, power, and control over society.
If one is to seek and respect freedom, all governing systems, all government schools, and all aspects of power of one over another, must be abolished. Freedom and rule are opposite, and cannot exist together. There is either rule by tyrants, or there is freedom, and never the twain shall meet.
“You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.”
~ Gandhi
I am sorry for you. I thought you were better.
I do stand, I do swear. If you don’t, that’s your business.
If you have no allegiance to the country and your fellow citizens, then you aren’t a citizen. No better than those folks who invade the southern border and welch off the wealth and security that the Citizens provide. No pride in country.
If you truly believe what is written, then I cannot respect you.
You are a loyal “Citizen” you shouldn’t have to “prove” it by an affirmation, pledge, or a swearing a fealty. Had you read the article, you should have understood the pledge of allegiance is a socialist construct and wasn’t put into fashion until the demo-socialists ascendancy. If that is what I need for your respect, I don’t curry your favor or respect. I own what I say and my deeds, if you can’t respect that, then to hell with you, I hope your chains lie lightly among your effeminate wrists and ankles. I love my country, this one, I don’t have to prove it to you, this government. I served my country honorably, I didn’t serve the traitors and scum we had then and now.
I’m sorry you think that a pledge to the flag (and the Republic for which it stands” is swearing a fealty and that it is a “socialist construct”. Allegiance is one thing, fealty is another.
You’ve never met me, so you wouldn’t know what sort of “effeminate wrists” I have….a weak lash out. Shows how insecure you are that you have to resort to such childish insults.
I’m surprised Phil lets such drivel on his blog.
Shame on you.
E, it may help a bit if you did actually read Barnett’s post, instead of jumping on the co-editor.
Disclosure: I don’t have a dog in this fight, I’m not a Yank, nor do I reside in the US. I admire much about your country and it’s citizens, but I abhor and detest much also, especially the lickspittle lapdogs beholden to the likes of Soros & Son.
Barnett is incorrect in a couple of points he raises: the swastika, a Sanskrit word used by the British to denigrate the Nazi’s Hakenkreuz symbol (or hooked cross) used as their political badge, and from ‘33 to ‘45, Germany’s national emblem (12 short years, but vilified since). They were enamoured with ancient legends, appropriating some as their own, the Nordic hooked cross, or Thor’s spinning war hammer preeminent, as their Hakenkreuz. So why did the Pommies pick that Sanskrit name ‘swastika’? Well, they could hardly use the ancient Briton/Scot name of ‘falfot’, traditionally the falfot, or spinning hammer, was hung as a sign of many a smithy in the British Isles. That symbol, and variations of it, being an international and cross-cultural symbol of good luck and endeavour for millennia, no matter what Zionist propaganda will have people believe.
Now, the Nazi salute, Barnett himself mentions the Roman salute, which it rightly is, chosen by the Italian Fascisti in this early ‘20s, and also adopted by Goring and Hitler when they saw Mussolini lauded with the Roman salute at Fascist meetings. Whatever the children’s salute was, it’s possible, also drawing a long bow, to claim it as the origin of the Fascist salute!
One origin for Fascism: one only need look at the Roman military medal of the Fasce to see the inspiration, a great sheaf of individual sticks all bound tightly, and a war axe over the bundle, itself a stylistic version of the military ‘fascine’, used by attacking forces to fill dry or wet moats when attacking military redoubts like a castle. Like a faggot, tossed on fires, but a metre or so thick, the concept the same: individuals, though weaker alone, are far stronger in unison, all bound together, supporting one another. Surely the origin of the statist, and Fascist concept.
Sorry, Cederq, if this is a TL:DR piece, I had to say it.
There are shit tons of ignert people in the USA Inc. Thanks for, what should have been, remedial education. For many, that’s the 1st time they have seen that info/history.
Thanks Johno. Good summary.
We’re at the point in this country’s history where people are going to find out the truth about it no matter how much it hurts them. They have to choose between good and evil at the same time.
I’m with B.
Some will think that this could be a fed post.
Words mean different things to different people. Look at how The Bible has at times been twisted to convince people to do abhorrent things.
I believe in the United States that I grew up in. A country that stood for something. Ronald Reagans shining city on a hill. https://ourlostfounding.com/ronald-reagan-and-the-shining-city-upon-a-hill/
The Flag is an emblem of what I believe America is. So I respect it, and recite the pledge when the occasion arises. Sentimental old me, at times I tear up when trying to sing along with The Star Spangled Banner at sporting events.
Forces that we do not understand have abducted the direction of the USA. These forces have NOT abducted the deep hunger of patriots to return the country to what it once was, and what it can be again.
These people are just waiting for a spark. If there is no spark, America may continue to fade away. I pray that it does not.
I fear for my children about this, and do what I can to live correctly each day.
I stand, I pledge, I shed blood and have had friends die for this flag.
. I believe that you can do what you want.
I love this country probably more than most Americans because I wasn’t raised here, and I take my hat off when the National Anthem plays.
But it’s very hard to still respect the country I love when I’m exposed to the evil bullshit it’s perpetrated overseas for the last x-number of decades. I try to reason it’s not the country, just the people leading it, but why haven’t we stopped them? Why haven’t we stopped the madness from manifesting itself?. Why have we let it get this bad? Are the real Americans just incapable of defending their way of life anymore? Have we all just given up?
This country is in deep shit. It’s bankrupt 100X over. Our debts will never be paid.
The rest of the world (95+% of the global population) have had enough of our high brow attitude and are currently working to decouple from the dollar and shun us on the global platform. We’re not #1 anymore, not even #10.
Rituals such as the pledge of allegiance cement a common bond between us and help to bridge the gaps between us ideologically. It’s a good thing unless used for nefarious purposes. A double edged sword if you will. But we live in an ideally free country, so if someone decides not to participate there’s no fault in that.
Allegiance to the freedoms afforded to “citizens” of this once Great Nation, is what it’s all about. If you f**k with our constitutional rights, me and my buddies are going to put you down.
Don’t try to subterfuge the facts.
The most dangerous man in the world, is one who just wants to be left alone.
Bold post there, CederQ. I haven’t seen whatever the current noise is, but I can imagine what it might sound like. Barnett makes some very good points. IMHO:
– As far as I know, the Founders of this country felt no need for a pledge of any sort. In fact, it’s difficult to imagine how they would, except perhaps for Hamilton.
– The Republic of the Founders hasn’t existed for a long time. The beginning of the end was in 1861.
– A free man has no need of a loyalty oath.
– Anyone who wishes to make such a declaration is free to do so.
I respect the sentiments and beliefs of those who say the Pledge, out of genuine belief in what this country is supposed to stand for. It’s tragic that those principles now lie in ruin. I hold them myself, but they are no longer operative in any meaningful sense as uniting truths in this country.
I know where I stand, and so do my friends. I see no reason at all to participate in a rote, pro-forma, recitation of a formula. On the occassions when I’ve been around for it, it hasn’t felt like anything more than that, though I admit some in the group were surely sincere.
I see a number of knee jerk comments. read what was written then look up the source info. this has been the slow subversion of the republic…
Bow down and lick the hand that feeds you. when you say the pledge where is the reciprocity??? the US gov has broken every promise it has ever made, every treaty with the American Indian, every citizen has been lied to.
yet you all quibble over fealty to a demon god whose sacrament is the blood of children. and their priests are an abomination to the most high God….may your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget you were our countrymen.
I think he’s going a bit far. There’s nothing wrong with the pledge. In all likelihood it was started with good intentions but coopted. And even then I’m dubious.
It’s a way for us to stand together. Read the actual words. One nation UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE…
We stand together, not for the state.
Far as this dude goes, he wanted to be special boi back then. Don’t want to say the pledge, don’t say it. Nothing is proven by standing up an squawking. We all admire that meme where all the nazis are saluting and one dude is just sitting there staring. Be that guy.
You have a pledge and anthem that have been around forever that mean something very different to the patriots today.
If you ax me, it’s the people like this dude tearing down tradition that are more the issue.
I think I started this bruhaha unwittingly. That said, I think traditions such as the Pledge and the National Anthem and the Flag mean something. I’ve lived in places where they were sidelined and I’ve lived in places where they were embraced.
As Don’t Mind Me said above, these things cement a common bond between people.
As TechieDude points out, this is a tradition that’s being torn down.
I’m pretty sure that’s considered to be a feature of the forces destroying our country.
I don’t think that I’m being enslaved by an ideology or that there needs to be reciprocity of my allegiance to the ideals that founded this Republic. I can see how some would think it’s a loyalty oath and would reject it on those grounds. That’s the thing about this country–you can do so and still love this country.
No, the Founding Fathers didn’t think it was necessary. Neither do a lot of countries think a pledge is necessary. But all of them have reverence for their flags as symbols of their country. Many countries have laws against desecration of their flags–we’re one of the few that allows it under the aegis of free speech. I think the Pledge counters that and acts as a balance.
As I see it, the pledge of allegiance is to the country and the intentions and convictions of the founding fathers that most of us here call home and not to the government itself. We are individuals and take our freedom seriously, but for me (retired mil), we pledge to sacrifice everything for the country that I call home and to protect that way of life. Yes, we have lost a lot the past few years, but still it’s about the concept of the established Republic and not the fascist state it turning into. If you don’t want to stand for the pledge or the Star Spangled Banner as an American, okay, but don’t expect me to respect you.
I’ve pledged my life to protect my fellow countrymen from all enemies, foreign and domestic and I would hope my fellow countrymen felt the same way. Allegiance to your country binds most people together to fight and die for a single cause and wars were won due to this meaning.
https://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm
bellemy was a socialist and a “pastor” which is at best miss guided or at worst a willful disregard of the bible. and constitution. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/the-people-who-pledge-allegiance-to-the-us-constitution/540828/
All of your forthcoming comments are appreciated, guys (and girls, chime in any time!), but I will say this:
I took an OATH to defend this Constitutional Republic from all Enemies, both Foreign and domestic. That Oath has not been broken by me, nor will it. I have made similar (but FAR more binding) Oaths and Covenants to God, whom is far and away always faithful to the Oaths made between Him and me.
So. Rag away if you want to about the Pledge if you must – it’s still a (somewhat) free Country to say what you will, but just remember that Satan is The Father of Lies and has and will continue to twist good things around to suit his evil purposes, and in the Last Days he and his minions (on Earth) and his Legion of devils (those who have chose to to follow him) are “alive and well” and puttin’ in overtime.
Keep your Faith to God, trust but verify, and remember that even the very Elect can be deceived – especially now.
That is all. Carry on.
Double thumbs up.
For most, as shown above, giving up the noose is very difficult.
There’s a difference between “standing together” and being chained together.
One is voluntary, the other is mentally induced from birth.
A legitimate contract must benefit both parties.
I receive zero benefit from any association with anybody in Worshington DC nor any of their co-horts.
Fact is, I am injured by their actions done in my name.
I choose to not stand, I choose to not pledge allegiance.
Fact is, I secede.