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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah it’s a weird fucking ritual isn’t it? It made a couple of my teachers mad in highschool that I refused to stand and pledge. It sounds edgy, but it’s such a weird brainwashy thing to do that

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Looking back, it is really weird. Do they still do "one nation, under god?" As someone who is no longer religious at all, I find this weird, too.

[–] seathru@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I just lied and said I was Jehovah's Witnesses so I could sit out in the hall with the others. That was socially acceptable.

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Sit out int the hall with the others"... eh, who are the others that gets sent to the hallway during the pledge? The pledge is fucked up in it self, so are some people sent to the hallway like "well, if you want to be a traitor you have to leave"?

[–] seathru@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

The other JWs. Or anyone with a religious exemption. I'm surprised they allowed it in such a rural religious school. Probably just because some of those other kids were well off for the area.

[–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

I did the same thing except I wasn't lying. Ironically that cult is even nuttier than the cult of the flag. It was like I dodged a bullet by getting blown apart by artillery before it could hit me.