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I love my country. Exceedingly glad to be a citizen here, but, like... if I had a boyfriend who suggested "it's traditional that you pledge your love for me each morning, and you are of course free to opt out with only my minor disapproval," I'd be like... welp this was fun
It's a little weird to still be able to recite the pledge to perfection... as far as I can tell, there's no other slice of memorization from my childhood that's survived to adulthood with the same fidelity. Even the standard classroom cadence survived
Not that small imo. It's a remnant of the McCarthy era red scares and it has the noxious stink of authoritarianism and militaristic nationalism all over it.
1/I agree. Putting aside the totalitarian/fascist vibes, it feels very strange to pledge allegiance to a FUCKING FLAG. If the flag tells me to shoot up an enemy encampment, am I supposed to do it? The whole thing is, in substance and origin, a clumsy attempt at creating a civic
2/religion and imbuing a metonym of empire with the sacral force of crown or standard. Deeply unrepublican.
i rebelled against the pledge in 4th grade. my teacher didn’t budge at all, but i’m glad i stood up for myself at least
I didn’t even know this was a thing in the US, freaks me out quite a bit... also maybe explain this obsession US people have with the flag.. in France waving a flag at all is seen as overly nationalistic by many.
The US isn’t built the way France is. We’re a loose federation, as our name suggests, and very few elements of our culture suggest national unity. In fact, the pledge, the anthem, and the flag, are about the only ones. That makes them special reminders that we’re a family.
idk I feel like its the opposite of totalitarianism/fascism since it stays true to the values of a republic that will always outshine anyone being its representative, which ultimately the president is just on a global geopolitical playing field.
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