The pic of the blonde little girl reminds of the black and white newsreels of little blonde nazi kids saluting hitler. I always thought how can a little kid do that and that would never happen in our time.
I don't know. It creeps me out that in the US young kids have to stand and "pledge allegiance" to a flag.
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You mean, like this:
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You know, this was the norm for school kids to recite the 'Pledge Of Alliegence' prior ot December of 1942.
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The pic of the blonde little girl reminds of the black and white newsreels of little blonde nazi kids saluting hitler. I always thought how can a little kid do that and that would never happen in our time.
I don't know. It creeps me out that in the US young kids have to stand and "pledge allegiance" to a flag.
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You mean, like this:
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You know, this was the norm for school kids to recite the 'Pledge Of Alliegence' prior ot December of 1942.
i can understand how some people might get upset if people do not put their hands over their hearts and recite the pledge or the national anthem. in my experience, it was always the older men who i am assuming were vets of wwII and vietnam. those guys sacrificed a lot for that piece of cloth, so i would think if i were in their shoes i would be upset about it toooo...but that goes back to the whole aspect of drawing little invisible lines on the ground and separating the land into nations. eventually nations invade one another and go to war. the flag is just a symbol representing whichever side you are on. but all of that is a discussion for another thread. but the nationalism angle actually relates to the common theme of these israel/palestine threads in that nationalism is one of the problems that exacerbates the anger and conflict.
Nationalism is a huge problem... People really need to sit back and see exactly what the hell it is doing...
If I was to go into your land and strip it from you, would you be pissed? Hell yeah
Hell, I certainly feel bad for the Native Americans, too.
Fuck war.... makes me sick. It's basically never fought for a good reason.
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Don't get me wrong... I love my country and I love my flag. I just don't like that creepy as fuck shit about institutionalized indoctrination pledges.
Too often, patriotism is confused with militarism and the belief that your country is better than others and others would be better off if you were running their show.
Wear your country's flag on your heart and you don't have to prove to anyone about your patriotism.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
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Don't get me wrong... I love my country and I love my flag. I just don't like that creepy as fuck shit about institutionalized indoctrination pledges.
Too often, patriotism is confused with militarism and the belief that your country is better than others and others would be better off if you were running their show.
Wear your country's flag on your heart and you don't have to prove to anyone about your patriotism.
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Don't get me wrong... I love my country and I love my flag. I just don't like that creepy as fuck shit about institutionalized indoctrination pledges.
Too often, patriotism is confused with militarism and the belief that your country is better than others and others would be better off if you were running their show.
Wear your country's flag on your heart and you don't have to prove to anyone about your patriotism.
Well put, but what you're describing is more like xenophobia than patriotism. But I get what you're saying about "patriotism is confused with..."
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Don't get me wrong... I love my country and I love my flag. I just don't like that creepy as fuck shit about institutionalized indoctrination pledges.
Too often, patriotism is confused with militarism and the belief that your country is better than others and others would be better off if you were running their show.
Wear your country's flag on your heart and you don't have to prove to anyone about your patriotism.
Well put, but what you're describing is more like xenophobia than patriotism. But I get what you're saying about "patriotism is confused with..."
xenophobia. that was the word i was looking for when reading this thread the other day. i just remembered it and saw that you beat me to it.
i think that patriotism gets confused with a lot of things and a lot of times the term gets twisted to meet a certain agenda.
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You mean, like this:
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You know, this was the norm for school kids to recite the 'Pledge Of Alliegence' prior ot December of 1942.
Hail, Hail!!!
Okay, it did start that early. I wasn't sure...
Nationalism is a huge problem... People really need to sit back and see exactly what the hell it is doing...
If I was to go into your land and strip it from you, would you be pissed? Hell yeah
Hell, I certainly feel bad for the Native Americans, too.
Fuck war.... makes me sick. It's basically never fought for a good reason.
Don't get me wrong... I love my country and I love my flag. I just don't like that creepy as fuck shit about institutionalized indoctrination pledges.
Too often, patriotism is confused with militarism and the belief that your country is better than others and others would be better off if you were running their show.
Wear your country's flag on your heart and you don't have to prove to anyone about your patriotism.
Hail, Hail!!!
Agreed
i think that patriotism gets confused with a lot of things and a lot of times the term gets twisted to meet a certain agenda.
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