If you have to indoctrinate kids through blindly repeating their allegiance to a country, that country is not worth pledging their allegiance to, and the kids will grow to hate both the country they were forced to swear allegiance to, as well as the parents and teachers that forced them to swear that allegiance.
I grew up reciting it daily and love being an American. I’m blessed to have been born and raised here. I’ve traveled a bit and am always happy to come HOME.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
As did I, and I also love this country too. But look at all the normies that were made to recite it and now detest everything about this country. Obviously it is not the only factor, but in a "perfect world" or atleast a better one than we live in, you wouldn't need to force kids to recite anything because they would have allegiance to the country based on the fact they love living there and love the people they live with. Even if the country was amazing, perfect in every way and all the people were gloriously happy, I still think it isn't right to force a kid to recite it.
If you have to indoctrinate kids through blindly repeating their allegiance to a country, that country is not worth pledging their allegiance to, and the kids will grow to hate both the country they were forced to swear allegiance to, as well as the parents and teachers that forced them to swear that allegiance.
I grew up reciting it daily and love being an American. I’m blessed to have been born and raised here. I’ve traveled a bit and am always happy to come HOME.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
As did I, and I also love this country too. But look at all the normies that were made to recite it and now detest everything about this country. Obviously it is not the only factor, but in a "perfect world" or atleast a better one than we live in, you wouldn't need to force kids to recite anything because they would have allegiance to the country based on the fact they love living there and love the people they live with. Even if the country was amazing, perfect in every way and all the people were gloriously happy, I still think it isn't right to force a kid to recite it.
I see your point there pede.
Perhaps it’s not about recitation, which is just words spoken as part of your regiment. It’s like mindless prayer,
But better to focus on what do the words actually mean. What is the idea behind the pledge? Why do nation have one? What is the point? Etc etc etc
From there you can steer towards Civics education (which hardly any American even know about), etc.
No one forced me to recite the pledge. I was happy to recite it. I love the America I grew up in.