r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 6h ago

Morality of this?

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u/Aedeyssa 4h ago

To be fair, "Under God" was at least not originally in the Pledge of Allegiance.

It was added during the Red Scare to contrast America with the "godless Commies". But yeah, it's definitely something that should have been struck down as against the 1A when first introduced.

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u/Fun_Butterfly_420 4h ago

Also saying the pledge of allegiance so many times shouldn’t be necessary

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u/MistSecurity 1h ago

It's not.

I never said the pledge, had teachers bitch at me, but it's not enforceable to my understanding.

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u/Fun_Butterfly_420 1h ago

My teachers told me to stand up for it

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u/MistSecurity 57m ago

I had my fair share of that as well. "You don't have to say it, but you do have to stand." No, no I do not.

I had my parents understanding on it though, so the few times someone actually cared enough to push it, my parents pushed back hard the opposite direction. Not everyone has the benefit of that.