newmare wrote:
PonehWarrior wrote:
And you're hoping to change what exactly? You aren't going to get the support of others if people think you're being disrespectful.
I'm hoping to change a lot of things LOL.

But to keep it on topic about sitting for the pledge, and what that would change. Sitting for the pledge is a way to show dislike for the way this country is going. To NOT give my allegiance to a country I feel is moving in the wrong direction. To show others that I don't support.

As for not getting the support of others if I'm being disrespectful, well I highly doubt that the whites thought Rosa Parks was being respectful. Sometimes things need to get ugly, sometimes things need to get dirty for them to get better.

I think it's a bit unfair that you're comparing what the country is going through now to the Civil Rights movement. You aren't seeing people being lynched in the streets because of the recession.