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When I was a teen in midwest USA I took a German foreign exchange student to an NFL game. They were mortified at the whole stadium standing to sing the national
by cmurf 5y ago
When I was a teen in midwest USA I took a German foreign exchange student to an NFL game. They were mortified at the whole stadium standing to sing the national anthem, thought it was bizarre and scary.
- quacked 5y agoWhen I was a teen in <large college town> I thought it was bizarre and scary that anyone would feel enough patriotism to sing the national anthem. Now I think it's bizarre and scary for anyone to feel such a lack of patriotism that they would think it's bizarre and scary to want to sing the national anthem.
- darkwater 5y agoYou have been successfully assimilated /s
- goodpoint 5y agoPretty much. If countries were religions any group with that attitude would be considered a cult.
- quacked 5y agoCountries were religious; when the social technology of the "nation" was developed, the primary justification lay in religion. Why do you think that a loyal preference to land, law, and shared history is cult-like?
- goodpoint 5y ago> Countries were religious; when the social technology of the "nation" was developed, the primary justification lay in religion Everybody knows that. But I wrote "If countries were religions" not "religious".
- Ekaros 5y agoOr reading that some schools do Pledge of Allegiance every day. That is the most fascist thing I can imagine. Something that would never happen in Europe outside single time in army or similar institution... National anthem is limited to independence day...
- SyzygistSix 5y agoI find the pledge to the flag, especially in school, much worse than singing the national anthem.