Now we have to say our pledge in a closet

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by Horn6721, Jul 17, 2019.

  1. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    so we don't offend anyone?:confused2:
    Todd Starnes: Seniors told to pledge allegiance to the flag -- in a closet


    "A raging battle over prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance at a Washington State community center took an ugly turn when military veterans were thrown off the property and elderly patriots were told to recite the pledge inside a closet.

    The board of directors at the Mullis Community Senior Center on San Juan Island decided to revise its lunchtime program by removing the traditional prayer and the recitation of the pledge.
    “We discovered that many of the incoming seniors were uncomfortable with an introductory ceremony where the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were recited,” they wrote in a letter to the San Juan Islander.

    The senior center went on to say they had a “duty to provide a safe and peaceful environment in our building and on our property, inclusive to all.”

    Minnie Kynch, a longtime member of the community center, told me that a majority of the citizens staged a rebellion and decided to show and recite the flag in spite of the rule. So then, the operators of the community center decided to play hardball.
    One day they went in there and the flag had been taken away and locked in a closet,” she said on my radio program. “That flag had been in the building for more than 20 years.”

    When that happened, they reached out to some of the most patriotic folks in town for some assistance – American Legion Post 163.

    “It’s unbelievable this is happening in the United States of America,” Post Commander Daven Holzer told me. “When an Army veteran got up to say the pledge (a staffer) was waving her hands a half-inch from his face and yelling at him that he’s not authorized to say it.”

    He said another staffer was overheard telling an elderly resident that if they wanted to recite the pledge they should do it in a closet – where they had hidden the flag."

    Hiding our flag??

    What have we come to?
    Miss Minnie will not take this sitting in her wheelchair. She rocks.
     
  2. Clean

    Clean 5,000+ Posts

    Uh, looks like the end of the road to me.

    I don't even recognize this country that I grew up in. I'm glad that I grew up in the U.S. in the fifties when we had no doubt we were living in the greatest country on earth and were damn proud of it.
     
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  3. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    My response would have been: "f**k off. You're not authorized to prevent me from saying it."

    Doesn't sound inclusive to the veterans and the faithful at all.
     
  4. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    Just another move that reinforces what Trump says about the Left and helps him win.
     
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  5. Monahorns

    Monahorns 5,000+ Posts

    The one thing that could help Trump rally conservatives is radical Progressivism, Socialism, and aggressive Political Correctness. It is almost like Democrats want Trump to be President in 2020.
     
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  6. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    Why does it not surprise me that this happened on the Left Coast?

    The comments on a local media outlet are even MORE appalling...comes across as though they have some idiot SJW millennial running the place. Am. Legion members say senior center compares Pledge of Allegiance with Nazism

    My guess is that it was NOT the seniors there for lunch who were doing the whining and sniveling...

    Seniors do at least know how to try and get rid of idiots... Seniors request Mullis Center Operations Committee recall | Islands' Sounder
     
  7. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Miss Minnie ROCKS.
    She may be over 70( which is the age some poster here feels should no longer have relevant views)
    If you read mb's link Minnie went after the trio of leftists revealing their bias.
     
  8. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    She referred to their governance as "shenanigans". I like her already.
     
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