The pledge of allegiance was written in English and should always be repeated in English.

[justoffal]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproje...ge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

 

[OldLady]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

 

[WillowTree]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

Horseshit! Keep it!

 

[WillowTree]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

When did they make ewe president of the hate America most club?

 

[frigidweirdo]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Why?

There is no official language of the USA.

 

[Crepitus]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Lol, could you get more xenophobic?

 

[Meister]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

You can insult the citizens of the United States all you want, Oldlady. This is the greatest nation that has EVER been on this planet, bar none.
Pledging an allegiance to it is a very patriotic thing to do, it help teaches not only the young but also the old, the immigrants just how special
this nation is. I feel sorry for you, Oldlady, you missed the entire point of this.

 

[mdk]

The pledge was going to be recited in several different languages and for whatever reason that made some people reach for their smelling salts.

 

[WillowTree]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Lol, could you get more xenophobic?

We know! You open borders guys pledge you allegiance to Mexico!

 

[OldLady]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

When did they make ewe president of the hate America most club?

I love America.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Why?

There is no official language of the USA.

The consequences of which are apparent more each day.

 

[WillowTree]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

When did they make ewe president of the hate America most club?

I love America.

Don’t sound like it!

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

When did they make ewe president of the hate America most club?

I love America.

So why fundamentally change it, a stated goal of the Left?

 

[justoffal]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Lol, could you get more xenophobic?

I hear you.... And I am multilingual myself and a fan of languages. But there is more here than simply language.

Jo

 

[WillowTree]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

When did they make ewe president of the hate America most club?

I love America.

So why fundamentally change it, a stated goal of the Left?

They fail to answer that question every time. They hate this country and democracy, they love socialism and open borders!

 

[justoffal]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

When did they make ewe president of the hate America most club?

I love America.

Don’t sound like it!

I know .... I love America it's just that I also hate it..... Lol.... Wish they'd make up their minds.

Jo

 

[justoffal]

The pledge was going to be recited in several different languages and for whatever reason that made some people reach for their smelling salts.

Cultural dilution is more dangerous than you
assume. This is a significant milestone.

Jo

 

[OldLady]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

You can insult the citizens of the United States all you want, Oldlady. This is the greatest nation that has EVER been on this planet, bar none.
Pledging an allegiance to it is a very patriotic thing to do, it help teaches not only the young but also the old, the immigrants just how special
this nation is. I feel sorry for you, Oldlady, you missed the entire point of this.

How kind to give me your sympathy, Meister. I grew up with the Pledge and I never questioned it, but forcing people--either via rules or cultural pressure--to blindly and publicly pledge "allegiance" to anything is the exact definition of fascist propaganda. We may be a great nation, but we aren't perfect and I'm sick and tired of being told I don't love my country because I don't want to see us behave like unthinking automatons.

 

[OldLady]

https://amp-fox5dc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHCAFYAYABAQ==#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/school-principal-issues-apology-after-students-say-pledge-of-allegiance-in-spanish-in-school-program

What's this? There is a movement afoot to recite the pledge of allegiance and several different languages now? Need we be reminded that language is the precursor of culture and that culture is the precursor of demographics?

On the face of it it seems innocent but if you look underneath the surface it's one more excuse not to have to learn English when you arrive here to become an American.

Bad idea.

Jo

Get rid of the goddamn thing. No other country does this--and no, we didn't come up with it because we're the most enlightened people on earth. We did it because we're the most tinfoil hat nutters that ever lived. It was created SPECIFICALLY as anti-immigrant propaganda and if all it's going to do is create one more thing to quibble over, ditch it.

When did they make ewe president of the hate America most club?

I love America.

So why fundamentally change it, a stated goal of the Left?

Everything changes or it dies.

 

[mdk]

The original pledge was written in 1890’s by a socialist and went as follows:

"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

The parts about the “United States of America” and “under God” were added decades later.