lmao every country has that "right"
Okay wasn't gonna write an essay but you putting right in quotation makrs irked me to no end..
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Nations today take their right to express their opinion for granted constantly, especially in USA in my experience. It is a norm for you that you have enough security to worry about gimmicky stuff like pledge of allegiance. The freedom your ancestors fought for, died for, was so you wouldn't have to hide your flag in your backyard in a box praying for the conditions to change. As an Estonian I have the privilege to know how much it means to have the right to wave your flag, own it even, and celebrate your country how you see fit. Since I wasn't born yet/very young I have no first-hand experience, but my parents lived the better part of their lives under soviet rule. My mother tells me stories about how once she found a small estonian flag, you know, the ones with the wooden stick the size of your finger, in the cupboard and told his parents, they didn't exchange a word about it and it was gone by tomorrow. There was so much fear about snitches, you could literally tell your neighbor was an estonian nationalist and get them in a lot of hot water, into gulag if he had an something like a flag or something. More rebellious youngsters used to gather in more isolated places and while camping carefully sing songs about freedom, what they really wanted. Do not make the mistake of taking what your ancestors fought for, paid for with their lives for granted, I know I won't.
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