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"Oops, you weren't supposed to think about that socialist stuff too much. Just focus on the 'under God'" (lemmy.world)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy

Francis Julius Bellamy (May 18, 1855 – August 28, 1931) was an American Christian socialist Baptist minister and author.[1] He is best known for writing the original version of the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892.

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[–] 59 points 1 year ago (1 child)

...they made people that didn't have freedoms say the pledge.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You did have the freedom, but nobody told you that you did. There aren't a lot of perks to growing up a Jehovah's Witness, but never having recited the pledge is one of them.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I didn't think that was the kind of freedom they were referring to.

    And "made" is relative. I'm an atheist, so I skipped the "under God" part. I was in a pretty liberal school district so I'm sure I could have gotten away with not doing it at all, but peer pressure is a hell of a drug.

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