• skozzii@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Who would have thought it was the yanks drinking the fascist koolaid this time around.

      • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        The US is very nationalistic (How many countries force their children to pledge alliance to the flag daily

        The usa doesn’t force the children… You do understand that right? There’s actually been a very high profile case over it

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          Legally, schools and teachers can’t force a student to perform the pledge of allegiance. But it’s also taught so early in school that most students don’t even question it as something to do.

          Anectdotally: I was regularly performing the pledge of allegiance (literally said every morning of school) since kindergarten in the US. Also anecdotally: I’ve literally seen a teacher scold student(s) for not performing the pledge of allegiance. The latter case may not be as common; but the former definitely is common in the US.

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              You’re being pedantic. The original point is referring to how indoctrinating the pledge of allegiance can be. If you’re being made to do something since you’re a very young kid and risk being scolded when you don’t do it: you’re essentially being forced.

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          You do understand that right?

          They probably don’t. Same type of person that brings up Flint MI even though they’ve addressed the issue

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      Nobody should be surprised. The Nazi’s ideas of eugenics were born in America. In 1939 the second-largest Nazi party was in America. A lot of Americans at the time thought we should be fighting for the other side.

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      I think this is one of those “disappointed but not surprised” situations for many of us.