Hello everyone, this is just an op-ed i made for my schools literary magazine entitled "With Liberty and Justice for Some" and I'd really like to get some honest feedback on it;
"Everyday we as Americans are asked to stand together and pledge our allegiance to the flag that represents our nation, though many who take this pledge don’t even understand what they are saying. Whenever we take this pledge we swear our allegiance to one nation under a god that many don’t believe in, “Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”. Unfortunately the promise of liberty and justice for all has not been met in today’s America.
Since the very creation of the pledge the phrase “With liberty and justice for all” has been a part of it, even when it clearly wasn’t true. In 1892 the pledge was created, in this same year 191 African Americans were lynched simply because of the color of their skin, still the phrase remained “With liberty and justice for all”. In the early 20th century women fought for the right to vote and were told that they should ‘stay in the kitchen‘ yet still the phrase remained “With liberty and justice for all.” In the 1950s and 60s African americans fought for civil rights and were attacked by vicious dogs and, sprayed with fire hoses, some were even lynched, yet still the phrase remained “With liberty and justice for all.”. During World War II Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and forced to stay in internment camps run by the government, but still the phrase remained “With liberty and justice for all.”. Even today Gay and Lesbian Americans do not have the right to marry nor can they serve openly in the military, but still the pledge remains “With liberty and justice for all.”
The next time you are asked to recite the pledge I ask only that you listen closely to what you are saying and when it comes time to recite the line in question think about what we mean when we say that liberty and justice is “for all.”. Until all Americans are given the basic rights that they deserve as citizens of this nation we will remain,
one nation, under every god or no god at all, indivisible, with liberty and justice for some"
The motto is just the ideal. You're not being very realistic if you are expecting complete "justice and liberty" for everyone. That goes for any kind of government.
Too much rhetoric, not enough persuasive argument, imo.
The oxymoron here is well written
[QUOTE=seattlegluepiss;24056417]The motto is just the ideal. You're not being very realistic if you are expecting complete "justice and liberty" for everyone. That goes for any kind of government.
Too much rhetoric, not enough persuasive argument, imo.[/QUOTE]
Its just an op ed, so its just meant to be my opinion not an argument
its just to make people think about some of the things Ive mentioned
Japanese american's part should come before the civil rights for black people, as you seemed to be maintaining chronological order.
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