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It is freaky that this type of casual brainwashing isn’t frowned upon here. Like forcing people to pledge allegiance to the country and to god (one nation under god) yeah… that’s not great…
As a non American who has visited the US,
It’s the creepiest thing when the anthem starts playing and everyone around you turns into zombies, all facing the same direction, all frozen in place. The first time it happened I felt like I was the only human left in an Invasion of the Body Snatchers situation.
Real brainwashed vibes.
When I was in highschool I always sat because fuck the us government, but also, I agree, that the pledge is really creepy. One guy who sat next to me in French class actually punched me in the jaw one time because he was upset that I never stood.
As an Americam who was subjected to the pledge in highschool, I thought the same and refused to stand for it starting in middle school. The school cant force you to do the pledge of allegiance, but they dont exactly tell students…or teachers.
Every school year id run into a teacher who took sitting during the pledge to be the same as taking a dump on the flag and send me to the front office only for them to send me right back to class because im within my rights to sit. One teacher in particular angrily “lectured” me, a 16 year old, about how her husband served over seas and me sitting is the same as telling him to get fucked more or less. By my junior year the office staff started making excuses as to why i needed to stand like “teachers check dress code during the pledge” or “they check attendance”, but I continued to sit anyway since these excuses were always bullshit.
the pledge is brainwashing of kids.
Yeah but the pledge in Japan is rad
May your reign Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations, Until the tiny pebbles Grow into massive boulders Lush with moss
Lush with who?
They still do it at all the sportsball games, and woo boy if you ever want to really understand the power of social pressure try to stay quiet and seated through that.
I was that kid in my high school years. Teachers were usually pretty cool about it, like they already understood.
Fuck religion and fuck “under god” bullshit.
I’m fucking ranting today 🙃
I’m American, but I went to a private school run by Brits. No flags, pledge of allegiance or anthem, ever. The only reason I knew it was a thing was because of cable tv.
