Kristin Pitzen, a schoolteacher in California, recently shared a TikTok video of herself telling students to pledge allegiance to a Progress Pride flag instead of the American flag.
She claimed to have previously removed the latter as it made her feel uncomfortable, resulting in fierce backlash from conservative critics. “I always tell my class stand if you feel like, don’t stand if you feel like it, say the words if you want, don’t say the words if they don’t want to,” Pitzen said in the video, referring to the American pledge of allegiance. “So my class decided to stand but not say the words.
Totally fine. Except for the fact, my room does not have a flag.” According to Pitzen’s now-deleted LinkedIn profile, she teaches 11th grade English