You don’t have to do it. I stopped doing the pledge around 6th grade. 9-11 made me read into our history a bit more, and pledging allegiance to a flag that is supposed to represent “of the people, by the people, for the people” seems a backwards. Then you realize that it’s straight up McCarthy-era bullshit. It’s more patriotic to not say the pledge.
You don’t have to do it. I stopped doing the pledge around 6th grade. 9-11 made me read into our history a bit more, and pledging allegiance to a flag that is supposed to represent “of the people, by the people, for the people” seems a backwards. Then you realize that it’s straight up McCarthy-era bullshit. It’s more patriotic to not say the pledge.
I mean I was punished for not doing it one time. Agreed otherwise