Caucusing and Patriotism

[surferrosa14]

I went to my first caucus the other day, and I was surprised by how disorganized and chaotic the whole thing was. I wondered why they had all of us crowded into to one location, since we were split up into our individual precincts anyway. But, I suppose that having us all together makes for a much faster tally and a sense of camaraderie, to go with

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[charaxinae]

In the 1950s, my father refused to say the Pledge when he was a boy. It might have even been the late 1940s, I can't remember how old he was and all of the parties involved are now deceased -- but he got in trouble for it and my grandmother went down to the school to defend him. She gave them all a piece of her mind and he was not required to say it again. He said he'd stand and mouth the words or just do nothing.

I always omit the under God" parts when I go to public meetings and they say the pledge. It's funny, as a kid I swear I thought we were JUST pledging to the flag -- the rest of it, the "and to the Republic..." always seemed like an afterthought! The "to the flag...under god" parts are the only parts that many people seem to take to heart!

[surferrosa14]

Your dad sounds very courageous, and it's people like him and your grandmother who paved the way for people like me, who only had to get a note...

I thought the same way in school. Now that I am thinking about it again, it seems like I had been ignoring the best parts!