I work in education. Earlier today, I was accidentally out of the room during morning announcements (I'm usually sitting in the back). When I came in, the pledge of allegiance was going HARD. It took all my willpower to prevent myself from sprinting to my desk to sit down so I wouldn't be standing during the pledge of allegiance (fascist brainwashing!).

Evidently, my behavior was conspicuous and my coteacher asked 'Are you an objector?'

Sheepishly, I replied "...yeah."

On 9/11 of all days.

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[–] ScrewdriverFactoryFactoryProvider@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are you an objector?

Love how the severity of this makes it sound like you’re a draft dodger or something. “Being an objector” sounds like slang from a YA dystopia.

[–] EmotionalSupportLancet@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

It would fit as a YA dystopia term so well. If the author wanted to really push it the in-universe chuds would have a dehumanizing slur where they call them objects.

[–] JuneFall@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

You see people who don't care did exist before the oath of allegiance, but since it is established the relation to it is framed in the terms of for or against (objectors).

Of course this has a dialectical attribute the non-participant of the oath was only created due to the "oath ritual" in its specificity.

Corollary if someone would object or not participate, then this becomes a very clear political act, the negation of it. So while it is a tool of forced unity it also bears the seed of resistance in it, even for "unpoliticals". Would love to know how many "unpolitical" students in the USA do object, though.