On Liberty vs Authority and the Pledge of Allegiance (today vs before the '50s)

Silly Authoritarian post on Facebook
posted on a so-called Libertarian page

Quick political science lesson: Forcing students to follow a state (as in government, not one US state) religion is authoritarian, not libertarian.

Just like you have Conservatives and Progressives (aka Liberals) and everybody in between, you also have Authoritarians and Libertarians.

Conservatives are opposed to progress; Progressives are for it. Generally this means minority rights, as well as welfare programs. In theory but not always in practice, it also extends to gun rights (which Conservatives fight for, mostly).

Authoritarians believe in the Authority of the State. Libertarians believe in the Liberty (freedom) of the Individual.
It's a 2D graph, not a 1D line. You're either all of one or both of each, or somewhere in the middle. I'm a little left of center on the Conservative/Progressive line, but very high toward Libertarian, almost as far from Authoritarian as possible. Some authority is obviously necessary. Without any you have anarchy and I'm not for that.

Now, if you're a Christian, and you're looking at that picture and nodding, ask yourself: Do you agree about that for yourself, or do you think it should be forced on everyone (or rather, that everyone should naturally agree)?

I think we should go back to the original Pledge. "Under God" was added because we were afraid of the USSR (what is now Russia, and other countries) and a senator called McCarthy was accusing anybody who wasn't a Christian of being a Commie (supporter of the USSR). So we made kids pledge to be Christian. You know when the USSR was formally dissolved? 26 December... 1991. It has been over 22 years. Count the days. Please.

So what do you say we un-tuck our tails from between our legs and dare to admit that it's okay to not be a Christian? It shouldn't divide us. We should be 'indivisible,' after all. Religion only serves to divide us. Christians are cool, but so are Jews and Muslims, Buddhists and Atheists. Sure, they all have bad apples, but what do y'all say we just start looking at the good ones. When all of them can come together and work together for the greater good... then we will truly be indivisible, and we can start working on liberty and justice for all.