https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy

Francis Julius Bellamy (May 18, 1855 – August 28, 1931) was an American Christian socialist Baptist minister and author.[1] He is best known for writing the original version of the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892.

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      13 hours ago

      Thank you for this, had no idea.

      Yes im serious idk how reddit like this is so I’ll clarify that for now lol

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      21 hours ago

      It’s absolutely crazy how new a lot of American cultural norms are, given that they all sound so goddamn old.

      The confederacy is our heritage! It’s our history! You can’t take down these statues and rename these buildings they’re a part of our nation!!!

      Checks notes … Most of America following the civil war was horrified and broken and considered the confederacy a stain on their history. Those statues and names were mostly put up a century after the civil war, after everyone who could remember it was dead. They were specifically constructed as a middle finger / scare tactic by angry white people who were worried that their hegemony was threatened by the Civil Rights Movement.

      America is a Christian nation!!! One nation, under God! In God we trust! The Bible belongs in our schools next to the Constitution!"

      Checks notes… The authors of the constitution - including the practicing christians! - were adamant that an officially recognized state religion would be an existential threat to democracy. Any elevation of any religion in government is a death sentence to freedom and liberty. The addition of “God” to our Pledge and our currency was also only 70 years ago, and was also a scare tactic by angry white people who were worried that their hegemony was threatened by other ethnicities and cultures.