Respect For Freedom Shows Inborn Good Character. Respect For Socialism Shows Inborn Bad Character.

Rex Curry

To me, government schools and the "Pledge of Allegiance" promote a creepy feeling. The feeling grows when I see more laws passed to dictate that government schools lead little children in a totalitarian-style robotic chant of the Pledge as a collective, en masse, on cue from the government every single day. It is creepy knowing that the Pledge was written by a socialist who wanted government to take over all schools to create an “industrial army.” It is creepy knowing that the Pledge originally used a straight arm salute like that of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. It is creepy to watch a crowd of adults chant the Pledge and to know that each one (except me) is ignorant of the origin of his act. I help many adults lose the creepy bliss of ignorance.

No one should be forced to pay for that creepy behavior, nor for socialized schools. That is my right to be free. Should that right be taken away from me? Are your rights more important than mine? I don't think so.

Anyone who actually enjoys all of that creepy behavior is free to get up every morning and congregate with any like-minded neighbors to chant. None of the pledge-defenders do.

They are also free to send their children to non-government schools where their children can chant in their stead. Few of them do that either.

As for Francis Bellamy (author of the pledge in 1892), he showed that ideas have consequences that can be atrocious. His ideas launched the socialist Wholecaust under the industrial armies of the socialist trio of atrocities (see http://members.ij.net/rex/socialists.jpg): the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 62 million deaths; the People's Republic of China, 35 million; and the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, 21 million (numbers from Professor R. J. Rummel's article in the Encyclopedia of Genocide (1999)). It is terrifying how close the U.S. came, and is still coming.

They all saw government schools, industrial armies, pledges and socialism as things that are good and that unite a country. They didn’t see it as "totalitarian" at all. Many people today still agree with them, and think that if people are united, what difference does it make where the source originated from? Unity and collectivism are their catch-phrases.

The majority of the American people were educated in government schools and were taught to robotically chant his socialist pledge daily on cue from the government, and so, it is no surprise that the majority want the pledge to stay as it is. If the majority of the American people had been schooled in the former U.S.S.R., then they would support socialism also, and openly by name. Many people in the U.S. would still submit to the same path as the socialist trio of atrocities, and Bellamy’s totalitarian vision, just as they submit to his government schools and his Pledge. It explains how Bellamy’s ideas inspired so many socialist hell-holes worldwide, and how they lasted so long and killed so many. It explains why the government in the U.S. just grows and grows when it should be shrinking.

It all comes down to some people being so "selfish" that they want things their way or else, and they are willing to use government, taxation and government schools to have their way. That’s what Bellamy and his ilk thought and still think.

My family feels the same way as I do about the pledge. You know why? Because freedom promotes respect for the rights of others, and for good government (tiny government). The respect they have for their freedom and the freedom of others reflects a libertarian seed planted in them when they were young.

On the other hand, socialism promotes government “discipline” and forces respect for bad government and for bad leaders. Remember the original straight-arm salute and the industrial armies of the socialist hell-holes worldwide.

Respect for freedom is not inborn. Instead of people who want government schools imposed upon everyone, they need to form their own schools, churches, and cultures within their own communities. No one should be allowed to tear down freedom and impose government schools.

People who hate freedom should think about migrating to another country (such as the former socialist trio of atrocities and other socialist hell-holes) instead of destroying freedom here. If there was a country freer than the U.S. (a country without government schools chanting a socialist Pledge) then I would not move there and tell them to impose government schools and start chanting Bellamy’s Pledge. No one should use government schools to force others to conform to how they want things done.

You have the right to express your opinion on subjects and I have the same rights. If not for evil in the world, everyone would be united in what is the right road to take down life's moral byways. We all have a choice in choosing sides between good and evil. I will choose free will. I know I am on the right path.

Just because some people think that government schools, industrial armies, pledges and socialism are good. . . does not make it so. What a wonderful country this would be, if those who are trying to tear down America, would rebuke the enemy.

There are many people who do not know that the Pledge of Allegiance was written by a totalitarian to promote government-schools and socialism. Some people, even after learning the creepy truth, continue to support the Pledge, government schools, socialism, and the constant growth of government and the police state. They continue to support the evil. Is that the case with you ?

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Rex Curry is published worldwide as a libertarian and a lawyer with a degree in journalism. http://RexCurry.net is the only site on the internet that collects and displays historic photographs of the original Pledge of Allegiance. Rex collects historic photos that show how socialism has harmed the U.S., and his hobby is also photography and graphic art, displayed on the website. His predecessors helped settle Key West back when Florida's government was virtually non-existent. The Curry Mansion (historic home of Florida's first capitalist millionaire) is still on the local tour.
Rexy@ij.net