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[–] [email protected] 198 points 3 months ago (53 children)

Such a creepy thing, getting children to chant in devotion to a state flag in schools.

It's the sort of thing they probably do in places like NK, or the Third Reich, you don't expect it to come from a supposedly modern, non imperialist nationalistic nation, ya know? :-(

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The Bellamy Salute was pretty much the same. The Pledge of Allegiance was done with it. It was changed to the hand over heart style in 1942.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Good call there

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