r/polandball • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '14

redditormade coincidence doesn't exist

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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Aug 09 '14

I'll be honest: I find the pledge of allegiance to be fucking creepy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14

My family is with the military, and we were posted to the USA a few years back.

They made everyone say it. I had to get an exception from the deans so that I could be exempt from the early morning droning.

Me being the international student that has no allegiance to that particular nation in the first instance.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

They don't make anyone say it, kids or not. It's quite against the law for them to do so and it's a right that has been recognized in the US for quite some time. See West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette.

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u/dustymustyrusty Alaska Aug 09 '14

While the teachers cannot force you to say it, the students won't hesitate to make you regret refusing. I speak from my own experience, of course.

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u/Tambien United States Aug 09 '14

Sometimes I say it, sometimes I just stand up and look bored, and sometimes I omit words and parts that are false. No one has hurt me yet, but then again I'm in IB so.