this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
1249 points (97.6% liked)

Comic Strips

11779 readers
2477 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Author's website: www.piecomic.com

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 198 points 1 month ago (19 children)

I'm German and learned about this via a friend from the US. When they mentioned it, I thought their teacher was a lunatic. Then they told me that this is normal course of action. Just what in the absolute fuck.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

It depends on where and when in the US. In areas that are Democratic (the more liberal party) it doesn't really happen much anymore, but in areas that are Republican (the more conservative party) it still happens at the start of every single school day.

And the custom of doing this was started by a salesman trying to sell flags and magazine subscriptions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy#Pledge_of_Allegiance

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean that’s just an unfortunate coincidence given it predated the rise of naziism.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah, it definitely is in that sense. The point is that patriotism is hard to discern from facism. That they happened to use the same symbol here is just a good illustration of that. Ultimately, the Hitler Salute also started out as a symbol of patriotism before it all turned to genocide.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (15 replies)