As an immigrant, I find the Pledge of Allegiance pretty creepy.
I don't think it has anything substantial to do with freedom of speech issues.
Obscenity laws and flag burning are better examples.
I don't think it has anything substantial to do with freedom of speech issues.
Obscenity laws and flag burning are better examples.
(after reading your comment below I think I get it. It's one of the infringements of freedom of speech that you're willing to tolerate because it's merely "creepy?" If so, that's illustrative of the larger point I was trying to make about people treating freedom of speech hypocritically.)
It doesn't mention "creepy", and says something quite different from what you got from it.
You're welcome to entertain an eccentric definition of "freedom of speech" that doesn't include one of the major freedom of speech issues of our time. It's just very odd.
That's probably all the progress we'll make here :)
Occasionally being compelled to say something is also bad, but a separate issue to me.