I hadn't thought about it that way. I suppose the view people have of the pledge is something like an exercise in patriotism, although there is an argument for it being little more than dogmatic repetition...
I wonder if, instead, the pledge was a voluntary act committed by parents before sending their children off to school if it would be more useful. It could lead to curiousity on the part of children and the parents could explain why they make a point of saying the pledge everyday, thus teaching their kids and learning themselves along the way as their children inevitably ask them questions which they will have to research to give their kids answers...
Clicked on this thread and wrongly assumed that Americans would be like yeh this is great super patriotic let's show the damn commies, U-S-A etc. How wrong I was but in a good way.
Brainwashing kids even in patriotism is just wrong. Nobody should spend their childhood being force-trained in groupthink.
Old country wisdom:
I'm curious. Besides being made by a communist, what exactly is objectionable about the pledge?
A vain repetition chant should not be a legal requirement for school children.
I hadn't thought about it that way. I suppose the view people have of the pledge is something like an exercise in patriotism, although there is an argument for it being little more than dogmatic repetition...
I wonder if, instead, the pledge was a voluntary act committed by parents before sending their children off to school if it would be more useful. It could lead to curiousity on the part of children and the parents could explain why they make a point of saying the pledge everyday, thus teaching their kids and learning themselves along the way as their children inevitably ask them questions which they will have to research to give their kids answers...
I can see that interpretation. I can also see an allusion to an impenetrable unity, along the lines of the four oxen and the lion.
Clicked on this thread and wrongly assumed that Americans would be like yeh this is great super patriotic let's show the damn commies, U-S-A etc. How wrong I was but in a good way.
Brainwashing kids even in patriotism is just wrong. Nobody should spend their childhood being force-trained in groupthink.