The Pledge of Allegiance and this whole sports debacle around the national anthem and flag makes me cringe. People have absolutely been conditioned. I remember once in high school when I went to a Rage Against the Machine concert, and they brought out the flag, turned it upside down, and spray painted an anarchy "A" on it and I remember feeling uneasy about it. So deep the indoctrination goes that even at a RATM concert, that gave me pause. It's insane to make 5 year olds do the pledge.