unfriendlyblackwitch:

arctic-hands:

theconcealedweapon:

Children in elementary school will often say the words wrong, such as “I pledge of allegiance” or “one nation, under God, invisible”.

This shows that they’re expected to recite something without even knowing what it means.

THIS is indoctrination.

And those who constantly whine about schools indoctrinating children are somehow okay with that.

It’s clearly not indoctrination that bothers them.

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No lie, the German exchange students in high school were horrified by the pledge

every time i’ve met an immigrant regardless of their origin country they are absolutely FREAKED TF OUT whenever i tell them the pledge and then recite it by memory

back in elementary school, they picked 1 student from each grade randomly to say the pledge on the student news each day. youd be told that you gotta do it about a week before hand and it wasnt optional.