ForestOrca

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did anyone else from the USA grow up being forced to say the pledge to the flag in school? (kbin.social)

im 20 for reference. ever since i was a kid, up until hs, we were forced every morning to stand, look at the flag and hold our hearts and say:...

BraveSirZaphod, 1 year ago

That's actually relatively recent, which is way, given the meter of the poem, it feels a little shoe-horned in. It was.

I wanna say it was in the 60s or so? Essentially as a way to promote a devout Christian image of America to contrast against the godless Soviets.

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