Once upon a time as a teenager, a friend and I did not stand for the pledge in protest. The next class was dedicated to an hour's lecture on how criticizing the government in any way disrespects soldiers who died for our freedom. I wish I could tell him how very much I think of him every time I hear they do not do a pledge in other free countries, that we are perceived as brainwashing in doing so. Sometimes attempting to control the beliefs of others backfires.
@tippitiwichet Yes! Remember how they taught us that other "bad" countries brainwashed their people with "propaganda:. Our entire lives have been nothing but propaganda under the guise of patriotism.
@JusDucky Yup. Pretty soon (after I finish studying Regan's influence) I'm going to be brushing up on my cold war knowledge, I think it's time to show people the difference between loving your country and community and being blindly obedient because you're being exploited.
@tippitiwichet I love brushing up on past events that I was vaguely aware of in my past but never really understood or cared to. Since I have been watching Derry Girls (multiple times--I still LOL no matter how many) I decided to brush up on all of that background. There are conflicts today thanks to COVID and Brexit. Reviewing this history was enlightening. Much more complex than I thought at the time. I get it now.
@JusDucky I'm finding that looking into history to homeschool is giving me things to fill my journal, and it's all the same thing, dusting off that basic education in the back of the head. Spent the last couple of days writing to myself about erroneous logic because we'll be talking about ancient Greece soon, I realized also that when we swing to the subject again in 4th grade and high school, I'll be whipping out my journal. It all fits so well. Bet I'll froth when I get to the cold war.
@JusDucky Ok, I'm assuming you can make the connection to Greece and logic, you fully seem capable, but I felt the need to clarify in specific Aristotle's laws of logic. Studying for her made it click that I've heard too many people try to fit humans into the laws to justify strict gender roles, even saying "It's just logic", but humans don't have laws governing behavior, thus psychology is a "soft science", and it is erroneous to apply the laws in the first place, but in 5 handwritten pages.
@tippitiwichet Agreed. Anyone who tries to generalize and pidgeon-hole any part of the human experience, has an agenda.