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Why this veteran is supporting Traci Ellis

by , posted on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018 at 10:00 am

* Initially posted on the Progressives of Kane County Facebook page

When I enlisted in the US Navy in August of 1995 I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.  I did not swear an oath to pledge to a flag or stand during the national anthem.  My pledge was to uphold a legal document that this nation’s democracy was founded on by a group of idealists who wanted a more equal form of government.  Traci Ellis pic 2

The flag debate was recently re-visited when U-46 (Elgin, IL) School Board member, Traci Ellis made a controversial statement abou the flag.  But that is not the purpose of this blog.

I am hoping the readers of this short essay ask themselves an important question – “why do I say the pledge or why don’t I say the pledge?”  Plato said that the unexamined life is not worth living.  So, if you are a flag pledger and anthem stander, “why?”  If you sit, kneel and refuse to repeat with the rest of the herd, “why?”   (more…)

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