(December 4, 2023 at 3:11 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: As a young kid, I spent almost no time thinking about what the words meant in the Pledge. I had to learn it, memorize it, and say it. Done and done and done. At no point was I told I had to understand it, adhere to it, or give a fuck about it. Just stand up at the start of the school day and say it.
Same here. After we returned from Iran, I stopped saying it. No big deal.