"see, we're not racist"

  • Parzivus [any]
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    1 year ago

    I was never a very rebellious teen, but this would be enough to have me firmly seated for the pledge

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      I remember sitting for the pledge a lot in school, high school and literally nothing happening to me or anyone else. And this was in and around 9/11 so the height of early aughts patriotic-fascism that was sweeping the nation.

      • Flinch [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Some chud kid who's dad was a boot or something attacked me for not standing for the pledge in high school. Something something freedom, something something freedom-and-democracy

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        I had an adult who wasn’t even a teacher, he was a teaching assistant, scream in my face when I was 16 for not standing for the pledge. The teacher had to tell him to chill the fuck out, if I remember right she sent him out of the room for basically a timeout, a man 10 years older than her.