• Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    The constitution is still the constitution, when you read it from a website. It is still the constitution, when it is read out loud. It is the text and interpretation that matters.

    So in terms of pledges it is the least troublesome symbol.

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      5 months ago

      Allow me to rephrase, then.

      Why worship a piece of colored fabric and when you can worship a piece of paper that literally institutionalizes the practice of slavery instead of abolishing it?

      I guess that’s just not “troublesome” enough for the average white liberal, eh?

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        5 months ago

        Oh i absolutely agree that it is bullshit. In principle a constitution however is a reasonable thing for pledges. Politicians, judges, military and the like pledging to uphold and protect their countries constitution is a good thing. (Now whether they actually do that is another question.)