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erronis

(21,365 posts)
1. They sure fooled almost all of us with their patriotic drivel. Repeating George Carlin's immortal video:
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 05:53 PM
Sep 17

TomSlick

(12,724 posts)
2. I still believe that is what the flag and Republic stand for.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 06:04 PM
Sep 17

Unfortunately, the GOP does not.

summer_in_TX

(3,839 posts)
3. I still am committed to every word of what I pledged clear back in first grade for the first time.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 06:39 PM
Sep 17

(No kindergarten at my school way back then.)

When it comes to "with liberty and justice for all" in the Declaration of Independence, seems to me that although most of the original signers mostly meant "with liberty and justice for men…for property-owning men first…and then for other white men" there's power in the words.

Many believe the Bible is a Living Word. Well, the idea of Liberty and Justice for All certainly has proven to be a living word that has worked in hearts and minds to cause people of every color, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation to work hard to achieve it so that the United States does indeed become that "more perfect Union." Look what it has accomplished with the vote being expanded to include those marginalized and excluded before.

We are in a terrible place now, but I will not ever stop doing my part as a citizen to live up to our founding ideals.

BidenRocks

(2,257 posts)
5. One nation (eh)
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 07:44 PM
Sep 17

Indivisible (bullshit! Also, no god)

With liberty (Alligator Auschwitz)

And justice (ICE)

For all (white people)!

Never Again!

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