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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Even worse, some versions of the pledge make you swear "under god" which is fucked up. Christian Nationalists are what is destroying america.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

~~Christian Nationalists~~Religious fundamentalists are what is destroying ~~america~~ everything

FDFY

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's not that I disagree, but it seems like a very separate statement with very little connection to the main topic of this discussion.

We have a very specific and very pressing issue in the USA that deserves more focus than your broad global stroke.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You think backward-looking, misogynistic religious nationalist nutjobs trying to seize power are a specifically US problem?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

No, I think they're a specific problem in the USA, not to the USA or from the USA.

[–] BakedGoods 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~Christian Nationalists~~ ~~Religious fundamentalists~~ religious people are what is destroying ~~america~~ everything

FDFY

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, you can thank Eisenhower for that. Didn't use to be like that. I usually pause at that point or idk maybe say under Satan.

https://www.history.com/news/pledge-allegiance-under-god-schools

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Indivisible is the funniest part to me though. It's like saying the Titanic is unsinkable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

~~Good~~ How can there be different versions of the pledge? Is it that each state technically has their own pledge?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Under god is part of the pledge from my understanding. Beyond that, other states do have their own pledges.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

The "under god" portion was added in the 50s or 60s, same with adding "in god we trust" to all currency

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

We added "under God" to the pledge in the 50s or 60s. At the same time we put "In God We Trust," on the dollar. We were differentiating against the USSR which was an atheist state.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

If you were expecting me to play google and give you a rundown on pledge of allegiance modern history, I'm afraid you've hit a dead end.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Christian Nationalists are what is destroying america.

So it's not all bad news, then.