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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
Look at his shirt!
My mother said she stopped saying the Pledge in school; my grandparents had absolutely nothing to do with it. If she was able to pull that off on her own free will over 50 years ago, why is anyone surprised that a kid today--who tend to be much more informed about how the news and politics than most of us were at his age--would do the same thing?
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Exalt.
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Originally Posted by ree-Xi
I was simply musing as to whether or not typical a 10 year old has the insight to develop and stand up for a strong conviction on an issue as complicated as the application of the Pledge of Allegiance to gay rights to marriage.
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This is around the age where children start to question everything theyre told as fact. Discovering that Santa and the tooth fairy aren't real turns into thinking "omg my parents lies to me, what else have they lied about?"
then it turns into "this history book lies! this teacher lies! everyone is lying, why should i believe this?"
If anything, we should applaud that children, young adults, are able to make these connections and engage in this discourse. its awkward and uncomfortable, but what isnt?
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