“Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock”

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

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Entry from July 21, 2020

“Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock”

“Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock” is a saying that has been printed on several images.

“Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock” was posted on Twitter by Dana Ahmad on May 26, 2013. “Pledging allegiance to a flag…is like reciting a love poem to a sock. Flags, like socks, are immaterial objects that can’t hear you” was posted on Twitter by J D Haze on August 18, 2019. The saying originated on an image.

Twitter
Dana Ahmad
@danaxahmad
Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock. (This is shown on an image.—ed.)
1:43 PM · May 26, 2013·Twitter for BlackBerry®

Facebook
Jeff Peterson II
July 14, 2013 · Salt Lake City, UT ·
Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock puppet.

Twitter
xander channing
@415xander
Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock.
4:58 AM · Aug 20, 2013·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
DINAR ADRIANA
@dinaradrianaa
Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock (=|
1:19 PM · Aug 22, 2013·Twitter for Android

Twitter
The Little Tinker
@TheLittleTinker
Pledging allegiance to a flag is like reciting a love poem to a sock Face with tears of joy #NoBoaders #RefugeesWelcome #WeAreAllEqual #FuckNationalism
3:18 PM · Sep 7, 2017·Twitter for Android

Twitter
J D Haze
@JDHaze3
Pledging allegiance to a flag…
...is like reciting a love poem to a sock. Flags, like socks, are immaterial objects that can’t hear you. (This is shown on an image.—ed.)
8:53 PM · Aug 18, 2019·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Just JD (Agorist)
@SVScooters
Replying to @abc15
Pledging allegiance to flag makes about as much sense as reciting a love poem to a sock…
5:21 PM · Dec 4, 2019·Twitter Web App

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