When I tried not to say the pledge in school the teachers told me I had to do it.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s amazing how kids in suburban middle class schools assume that you have to say the pledge. Lots of the stupider members of the the teaching profession seem to think that too.
It is funny that right was one for us by Jehovah’s Witnesses, as much of a nasty piece of work Watchtower tends to be as an organization.
yourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If they punished you, and there was a lawsuit, they would have lost. (Although who knows what would happen nowadays, the 1st current only protects freedom of speech when it’s money)
Funnily enough - the pledge in schools was basically a way to sell American flags to schools.
yourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
They didn’t punish me for that because at the time I did not know that the teachers were not allowed to force me to say the pledge.
What I ended up doing was just pretending to say the pledge so that they wouldn’t notice I wasn’t actually saying it.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s how freedom is supposed to work.
What’s obnoxious to one is holy writ to someone else.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not a big fan of their “freedom” to let their kids bleed out, but you take some, you lose some.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I never heard about them stopping vaccinations.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They won’t do blood transfusions.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I sat starting in 6th grade. Was told I don’t have to participate but need to stand.
Anamnesis@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I got sent to the principal’s office for not standing for the pledge or saying it. The principal was basically like, “look kid, do you have to be disruptive like this?” But he couldn’t do anything. I guess we have one thing to thank the JWs for.