Yesterday, former Jeffco PTA President Michele Patterson, a key figure in the efforts to smear the former Jeffco Board of Education, posted an unusual picture on Twitter. Well, unusual for a self-described Republican. The picture (below) reads “When Facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.”
So, clearly, this picture shows people in the Klu Klux Klan or some extremist group, right? Wrong. It depicts three people praying, pictures of American flags, and a classroom of children saying the pledge of allegiance.
How facist. (That’s sarcasm.)
Even Kyle Clark noted how ridiculous this picture was:
Is it the position of @ColoradoPTA that having students recite the Pledge of Allegiance is fascist? #copoliticshttps://t.co/NxDVJmyqsT
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) January 17, 2016
While many agree that the way the A.P. U.S. History curriculum review suggestion was mishandled by the now-recalled Jeffco Board of Education, doesn’t junk like this sort of prove their point?
Why do so many Americans, who were blessed to be born and raised in the greatest nation on earth, hate the country of their birth? America is so unique in allowing her people so much freedom and the ability to prosper regardless of one's background, yet we hear so often from those on the left how horrible America is. Those comments come from those who have never known true poverty or government coercion or the terror of being thrown in prison for a political view that was deemed inappropriate. There is no gratitude in these people for the blessings of opportunity and wealth America has given them. Where did they learn to hate America so vociferously? In our schools perhaps?
The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by the socialist minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931). It was originally published in The Youth's Companion on September 8, 1892. Bellamy had hoped that the pledge would be used by citizens in any country.
The Pledge of Allegiance – USHistory.org
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm Independence Hall Association
Somone needs to get their history right. Allthough National Socialism really is no different.
Yes.
Reciting the Pledge is a step towards fascism.
Certainly coersive. I have not said it since 1968 (when there was that whole Vietnam War contremps).
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
Samuel Johnson