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Originally Posted by right-track
We did used to have to sing God Save The Queen every morning in school.
Though I doubt they bother these days.
That was bad enough.
This pledge thing...are they expecting a revolution if you don't?
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From what I understand my school didn't actually start saying the pledge until after 9/11 happened, because at that point everyone felt the compulsion to prove their patriotism. If I had known about 9/11 in advance I would have invested all my money into some flag-making company because right after that happened every single ****ing house had a flag on the porch and ever car had thirteen american flag stickers. So yeah, it's not even genuine displays of patriotism, its compulsory nationalism.
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Originally Posted by swimintheundertow
Do people actually say it at anyone's school? I just stand up for the sake of not being yelled at. I don't think I've said it in like 5 or so years.
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And yeah, I don't actually say it but that doesn't mean I can't bitch about it. Sometimes I don't stand but I've gotten bitched at for doing that so generally I stand.
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