{"id":76842,"date":"2026-09-28T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=76842"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T16:08:43","slug":"untamed-pledge-for-the-2026-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/09\/untamed-pledge-for-the-2026-elections.html","title":{"rendered":"Untamed Pledge for the 2026 Elections<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An article by Rafael Sorin in the French newspaper Le Monde, from February 25, 1972, about untamed literature, Cut Up or Shut Up<\/a>,<\/em> “the ‘Cut-Up’ movement” and Nova Broadcast Press, points out that “by blurring the line between press rumors and advertising, the ‘cut-up’ works against the language of totalitarian government<\/a>, whose ‘magical, authoritarian, ritual elements’ Marcuse has described in One-Dimensional Man<\/em>.” It drew this untamed response 54 years later from S\/U’s staff of thousands.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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OFFICIAL PLEDGE<\/em><\/strong>
The Pledge of Allgiancee is codified under federal law in U.S.C. Title 4, which specifies the exact wording and the proper way to deliver it (standing facing the flag with the right hand over the heart):<\/em><\/strong><\/font>
I pledge
allegiance
to the flag
of the United
States of America,
and to<\/strong>
the Republic
for which <\/strong>
it stands,
one nation 
under God,
with liberty
and justice 
for all. <\/strong>

\u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0 

UNTAMED PLEDGE<\/em><\/strong>

I will 
not pledge 
allegiance to 
this peculiar 
zone of mirth, 
the misbegotten 
flag of Trumpistan 
and to the corruption 
for which it stands,
one nation\u2019s <\/strong>
twisted afterbirth 
with stupidity 
and avarice
for all.<\/strong>

Staff of Thousands<\/strong><\/em>
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