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5 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I don't stand for a piece of cloth, nor do I unquestioningly pledge my allegiance to a state. I believe in accountability. I believe in government being able to do both right and wrong. I don't give fealty to a person or nation.
For those wondering, it's been probably 25 years since I said the Pledge of Allegiance. I will stand, I will put my hand over my heart, and I will be respectful in my silence, just as I am when people pray aloud. But I will not pledge my fealty to the flag or my nation.
Call me a traitor if you want, you won't be the first. I'm a realist. I know all the shit we've done as a nation in the name of superiority to others, in the name of racism, in the name of otherism, in the name of warmongering.
Will I intentionally harm this country? Never. I want to make it better. But to make it better, you have to see that there are things in need of change. I won't pledge allegiance because I question and want to change our course from the rather awful history we have.

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