• masquenox@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Why the Flag? I don’t get it. Why not the Constitution?

    Yes… why worship a piece of colored fabric and when you can worship a piece of paper with scribbles on it instead?

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      4 months ago

      The constitution is still the constitution, when you read it from a website. It is still the constitution, when it is read out loud. It is the text and interpretation that matters.

      So in terms of pledges it is the least troublesome symbol.

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        4 months ago

        Allow me to rephrase, then.

        Why worship a piece of colored fabric and when you can worship a piece of paper that literally institutionalizes the practice of slavery instead of abolishing it?

        I guess that’s just not “troublesome” enough for the average white liberal, eh?

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          4 months ago

          Oh i absolutely agree that it is bullshit. In principle a constitution however is a reasonable thing for pledges. Politicians, judges, military and the like pledging to uphold and protect their countries constitution is a good thing. (Now whether they actually do that is another question.)