Yeah it’s a weird fucking ritual isn’t it? It made a couple of my teachers mad in highschool that I refused to stand and pledge. It sounds edgy, but it’s such a weird brainwashy thing to do that
Looking back, it is really weird. Do they still do “one nation, under god?” As someone who is no longer religious at all, I find this weird, too.
It wasn’t always like that, either. The “under god” part was added by Eisenhower in the 50s during the red scare. He added the “In God We Trust” thing to the money around the same time.
Shouldn’t this upset Christians, then? To use the Lord’s name in vain against communism?
I just lied and said I was Jehovah’s Witnesses so I could sit out in the hall with the others. That was socially acceptable.
“Sit out int the hall with the others”… eh, who are the others that gets sent to the hallway during the pledge? The pledge is fucked up in it self, so are some people sent to the hallway like “well, if you want to be a traitor you have to leave”?
As a teacher, this is our daily ritual. They think we indoctrinate students, but by law we have to say this every morning. If students want to abstain, they just sit quietly. When asked if I can demonstrate that as a teacher, the school lawyers said I have that right, but they can’t defend me if a parent complains…
I love to remind people it was invented by a flag salesman to sell more flags. Are you allowed to mention that?
Wait. Is this (still) a real thing?
"I pledge allegiance
To the flag
Of the United States of America…"
Yeah, kids still do this in schools across the US.
My wife is an elementary school teacher and she lets her students choose whether they want to participate or not each day.
Most kids do it because they are following along with the rest, but some do actually sit out during the pledge
Okay but why the Flag? Wouldn’t be the Constitution better? (I’m from Europe and actual curios because I thought that was more a stereotype than something people really do)
And who the FUCK is “Wichet Stands”??
It’s like a grocery list:
2 The Republic
4 Wichet Stands
1 Nation Under God
Ah fuck they’re out of nations under God so I bought a nation under Cathullu instead.
I was diagnosed with Asperger’s when I was younger but I don’t show any signs now, but I would refuse to pledge and I especially never liked the “one nation under god” part from a rather young age. I moved around a lot as a kid and sometimes Teachers understood and were kind but other times they were the most hissy belligerent people about it and turn it into a whole ordeal.
I’m extremely happy that society is slowly progressing past that cringe as a whole.