No matter what he composed on the computer, it came out reading: What you have written does not meet the content requirements set forth by the United States of America. He tried to research what this content mandate was. He tried to list all the presidents, type the Pledge of Allegiance, but still the message: What you have written does not meet the… Then, he cracked. He spewed out antigovernment rhetoric ’till he was blue in the face. And, to his surprise, he stared at it all, there, blaring back at him on the screen. Not long after, the doorbell rang.
Allegiance
By K
Thought-provoking – from Australia 2021!
Well done . . . the logical extension of you-know-who’s “Patriotic Education” project. Keep writing.
This is good. I remember that in the 1960s there were people who tried to get the general public to sign up to a statement which was rejected as “probably Communist”, it was “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
“Communist” has come to mean anyone you dislike. Years ago, someone rear-ended my car and then called me a communist because I wanted to see his license. And K, I love your story—and your Kafkaesque pseudonym.
Thanks all!
Perhaps you are referring to Trump Era. I; he was as bad as he was projected. disagreed