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princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Yeah, as an Australian, when I learnt as a teen that they do the “pledge of allegiance” everyday in school, I kind of wondered how easy it would be to hijack that into something evil.

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ZephyrXero@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
They slipped “God” into it in the 1950s. So probably a sizable factor in why we have Christian nationalists now

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Dragonstaff@leminal.space ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m not sure how many classrooms still do this, but it is becoming less common.

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samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I remember doing it in elementary school, but not later on. I can say that as a kid it doesn’t mean shit. It’s just an annoying chore you have to do to start the day.

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