Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic = Angry Rubes (1 Viewer)

[Officer Pete Malloy]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/03/19/upstate-n-y-school-apologizes-for-reciting-pledge-of-allegiance-in-arabic/

Not sure which is worse....

The dullards who were offended or that the school apologized.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

So are we just skipping all the intermediary steps to getting people to hate America now? Even if you want to like us, you'd damned well better not do it unless you can do it in english?

 

[DaVinci]

A school in upstate New York has apologized for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic after getting complaints from district residents who lost family members in the war in Afghanistan.

They don't speak Arabic in Afghanistan.

 

[AcerFC]

My principals kid goes to this school. He was telling me about this yesterday.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I prefer that indoctrination be in English.

 

[El Floppo]

The district said the school’s foreign language department arranged to have the pledge recited in different languages for National Foreign Language Week, which was last week.

Andrew Zink, the senior class president, usually gives the morning announcements and recites the pledge. He said he allowed an Arabic-speaking student to handle the pledge duties Wednesday.

“The intention was to promote the fact that those who speak a language other than English still pledge to salute this great country,” the district said in its statement.

“Had it been done in Spanish first or Japanese first, we wouldn’t be having this conversation today,” Principal Aaron Hopmayer told Young.

outraged

 

[joffer]

This is 'murica. We speak 'murican.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Hey man, what country do you think this is?

 

[The_Man]

When we say "one nation under God" in our public institutions, it's well-known that God is God, not Allah.

 

[pantagrapher]

Watched that poor guy get interviewed by some idiot local TV reporter this morning. "Why were they reading the pledge in Arabic?" "Who thought this was a good idea?" smdh

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

When we say "one nation under God" in our public institutions, it's well-known that God is God, not Allah.

Screw you. When I say it I mean "Zeus".

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

My principals kid goes to this school. He was telling me about this yesterday.

Is his kid OK? Has he ran off and joined ISIS yet?

 

[Jack White]

When we say "one nation under God" in our public institutions, it's well-known that God is God, not Allah.

Screw you. When I say it I mean "Zeus".

In reality, the God in The Pledge is The Almighty State.

That's what you're pledging allegiance to.

 

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This is 'murica. We speak 'murican.

Idiots. Mouth breathers like this are a good part of the reason much of the world hates us.

 

[Amused to Death]

Comment on the article at Fox News:

180AinAZ 2 minutes ago
@birthersaredumb We speak English here - it is the Official Language of the USA. Get used to it.

 

[kentric]

Close minded people.

 

[ffldrew]

Not sure what to think until I get the "bombshell" email that tells me the Duck Dynasty guys are outraged and that this is the doings of Obama, Valarie Jarrett and that Muslim lady that works for Hillary

 

[CBusAlex]

As stupid as this is, I still don't think it tops the idiots who got all outraged at Coke for that Super Bowl commercial they sang the national anthem in the "terrorist language" of Spanish.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

When we say "one nation under God" in our public institutions, it's well-known that God is God, not Allah.

Screw you. When I say it I mean "Zeus".

In reality, the God in The Pledge is The Almighty State.

That's what you're pledging allegiance to.

No it isn't.

 

[beerbarron]

Perhaps they should have chose Sanskrit.. or used semaphore?

 

[kentric]

Perhaps they should have chose Sanskrit.. or used semaphore?

How about smoke signals?

 

[Rirruto]

A school in upstate New York has apologized for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic after getting complaints from district residents who lost family members in the war in Afghanistan.

They don't speak Arabic in Afghanistan.

This country is extremely overrated.

 

[Galileo]

Missouri HB 499 which would require all public schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per day has adopted an amendment to the bill which specifies that it be recited in the English language

http://www.kshb.com/news/state/missouri/missouri-house-oks-requiring-pledge-of-allegiance-in-english

And in related news, Neil deGrasse Tyson has been taking some heat for his "truthful"pledge

http://egbertowillies.com/2015/04/03/neil-degrasse-tyson-if-the-pledge-of-allegiance-told-the-truth-it-would-say-this/

 

[cstu]

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Divided States of America. And to the PACs, for which it stands, one Nation, at odds, divisible, with Liberty and Justice for some.

 

[Fennis]

When we say "one nation under God" in our public institutions, it's well-known that God is God, not Allah.

Screw you. When I say it I mean "Zeus".

In reality, the God in The Pledge is The Almighty State.

That's what you're pledging allegiance to.

No it isn't.

its to the Almighty Dollar.

 

[Fennis]

So burn the flag if you must, but before you do, you better burn a few other things! You better burn your shirt and your pants! Be sure to burn your TV and car! Oh yes, and don't forget to burn your house! Because none of those things could exist without six white stripes, seven red stripes, and a hell of a lot of stars!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Missouri HB 499 which would require all public schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per day has adopted an amendment to the bill which specifies that it be recited in the English language

http://www.kshb.com/news/state/missouri/missouri-house-oks-requiring-pledge-of-allegiance-in-english

Jeez

 

[Jayrod]

Missouri HB 499 which would require all public schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per day has adopted an amendment to the bill which specifies that it be recited in the English language

http://www.kshb.com/news/state/missouri/missouri-house-oks-requiring-pledge-of-allegiance-in-english

Jeez

We do thangs right here in the sho-me State.

 

[jhib]

The district said the schools foreign language department arranged to have the pledge recited in different languages for National Foreign Language Week, which was last week.

Andrew Zink, the senior class president, usually gives the morning announcements and recites the pledge. He said he allowed an Arabic-speaking student to handle the pledge duties Wednesday.

The intention was to promote the fact that those who speak a language other than English still pledge to salute this great country, the district said in its statement.

Had it been done in Spanish first or Japanese first, we wouldnt be having this conversation today, Principal Aaron Hopmayer told Young.

outraged

Seriously, if you're going to do something special to acknowledge a themed week, start doing it on Monday, not Wednesday.

 

[Todd Andrews]

KooKs are frustrated

 

[Insein]

I'd think this is a win. We used your language to have you pledge allegiance to our country. You will be assimilated.