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The Pledge of Allegiance and the "Persistent Appetite for Orthodox" Tribalism is a hard habit to break, or even tame. Tribes demand common clothing, common rituals, common oaths, common symbols. \u00a0And woe betide any nail that stands up; it will certainly get hammered down. 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