Brinens and Things

urbancatfitters:

do u guys understand how creepy the pledge of allegiance is though like every day when ur a kid everybody just chants how great america is every morning it’s creepy

 

holmes-sweet-holmes:

You do that every morning???

 

jolivet:

EVERY MORNING.

 

youblowuponesun:

wait

wait

is this a real thing i thought that was just in the simpsons

 

jolivet:

no son

 

youarelookingatthis:

Wait, other countries don’t do this.

 

wholock-rab:

*whispers* Not even Russia

 

khito:

i know its the weirdest thing to move to the US partway through your schooling and everyone recites this prayer to the flag every day wtf

 

plures:

the Pledge is so fucking creepy! we were just thinking about that about an hour ago. the patriotism in this country freaks a lot of us out… ~H.

 

ophiuchusdenied:

oh, and you can get detention if you refuse to say the pledge at some schools.  or at least get scolded by your teacher, get your parents called, or be socially ostracised.  all because you refuse to swear fealty to a piece of fabric as a daily ritual.

How do they know if you refuse to say the pledge?

Being homeschooled, my first exposure to routine Pledging was when I tagged along at my little brother’s Cub Scout meetings. By which time I was nearly eleven, had read Guardians of Ga’Hoole, and therefore knew how to look like I was taking part in a group chant without actually doing so.

(Yes, that does mean not Taking a Stand, but I personally think one should not Take a Stand against brainwashing cults until after one has escaped them. And I was still slightly too young, by my parents’ standards, to stay home by myself on a regular basis. (Mom was helping out with them, so I couldn’t stay home with her.))

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