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Should school have kids doing the pledge of allegiance every school day? in Politics
Presumably so that religious schools can rule the airwaves
I don't get a great deal of free time, for this reason there may be long periods between my posts. Please don't expect me to respond with insults and memes, I don't have time for it. Please don't expect me to respond to Gish-galloping, I don't have time for it.
I deny you have to right to education if that right involves stealing from your neighbors to pay for it. And given what I have seen you post, someone is denying you this right.
I deny you have to right to education if that right involves stealing from your neighbors to pay for it. And given what I have seen you post, someone is denying you this right.
Public schools come from tax money. You say that that public schools come from stealing from your neighbors. I am just simply asking you "Is it stealing because of the taxes, or something else?" That is implied.
A red herring is one which distracts the debate to another topic. My question stays on topic.
Of course not, the act of forcing you to take a pledge is slavery, it denies you personal rights because of what? You happened to be born in the USA? Come on.
I do not care how I “sound” to you. Stop the irrational red herrings and stay out of my pocket.
You were trying to change the subject to taxes. The only person comitting red herrings is you
Retired DebateIslander. I no longer come here actively, and many of the things that I may have posted in the past (Such as belief in the flat Earth theory) do not reflect on my current views.
No, I do not believe in forcing one group of people to fund the education of another group of people. I thought you were against slavery. Apparently not.
BTW, education is not free. It is paid for by funds stolen from me and my neighbors, usually based on the fruit of my labor.
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Please don't expect me to respond with insults and memes, I don't have time for it.
Please don't expect me to respond to Gish-galloping, I don't have time for it.
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Why do you always have to be so abrasive?
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I deny you have to right to education if that right involves stealing from your neighbors to pay for it. And given what I have seen you post, someone is denying you this right.
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Then do you oppose taxes?
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No red herrings.
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That isn't a red herring.
Public schools come from tax money. You say that that public schools come from stealing from your neighbors. I am just simply asking you "Is it stealing because of the taxes, or something else?" That is implied.
A red herring is one which distracts the debate to another topic. My question stays on topic.
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In that case, the topic is the pledge of allegiance, not government school system.
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You mean like forcing people to
fund government schools?
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p6M-VgXHwwdpJarhyQYapBz-kRc6FrgdOLFAd3IfYz8/edit
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BTW, education is not free. It is paid for by funds stolen from me and my neighbors, usually based on the fruit of my labor.
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Being civil is the first step to convincing someone of your position.
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