Long-winded I know but this whole dust-up about the pledge really pisses me off. Admittedly, the only bit under discussion is “under God” which has been part of the pledge for less than 50 years but I think it’s damned important and I think it was a fine thing when Ike had it included and I would be all for a Constitutional amendment enshrining the pledge just as it is now beyond judicial review. That would suit me just fine. Go ahead and try to rule a duly enacted Constitutional amendment unconstitutional you robed poofs. But what’s all the fuss anyway? Well, apparently it offends some people. Well hell, let’s just cut all the offensive stuff out everywhere. Heaven forfend we ever offend anybody! Lessee, what offends me? What should I go to court over?
1. Most network sitcoms – “Seinfeld” was particularly offensive, not merely to me but to my sense of American intelligence. That anyone could find such a patronizing piece of horse dung funny is beyond me and offensive in itself. “Friends” is offensive. Apparently only emaciated former death camp inmates thoroughly ridden with self loathing and living in typical over-priced urban squalor know what it’s like to truly live.
2. Protestant religions. – rejectors of the one true church. Lutherans, Episcopalians, you name it. They all offend me.
3. Mormons – come on, tell me that there is a soul in this nation apart from the Mormons themselves that aren’t offended by these holier-than-thou idiots. Cripes, if nothing else these wigglers have rebelled against the government of the United States and killed innocent settlers and United States soldiers. Not to mention their completely inane belief structure. Man I hate Mormons.
4. Under the rubric of “other religions” I was deeply offended that a Muslim imam gave the closing benediction at Georgetown’s graduate school graduation ceremony. I’m sorry, is this or is this not the nation’s most prestigious Catholic university? And we’ve got a Koran thumper up there on the dais spewing Muhammedan cliches at us? Yep, that was pretty much offensive.
The list could go on and on. Are some of these things just plan wrong? Maybe. Do I think that my opinions should be foisted on the people as a whole, particularly without their input through the legislative process? Hell no. If it offends you, buck up. Get used to it. Change the channel. Leave the room. Press the delete key. But keep your opinions out of my face and out of my home.