RE: Student sits during pledge of allegiance; gets chair kicked out from beneath him
October 26, 2017 at 2:44 pm
(October 26, 2017 at 1:45 pm)LastPoet Wrote: It is perhaps Portugal has been under dictatorship until 1974, that I find stupid, this notion. Kids back then had to know the lyrics of the Portuguese anthem and had to recite them in nice parades often as the state demanded. these notions of respect being instilled at kids since young age scares me to no end.
Its something the US has in common with North Korea.
Yep. Hyper nationalism is not a value of the west. Indoctrination with religion or politics with youth are what theocracies and one party states demand.
The founders would be rolling over in their graves if they were alive to see the GOP garbage today.