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In America June 14th equals flag day and in Pennsylvania a federal holiday. "...I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all...." Ever since setting foot in the classroom at Audubon Elementary School (circa mid ninety sixties) first thing in the morning witnessed all the students holding their right hand over their heart as a form of respect for Country and Flag and uttering the above words in quotation marks. Now as a grown adult (not quite three score years) since initially being inaugurated into my country tis of thee acquiescing without protestation the blood, sweat and tears signified courtesy stars and stripes, though now I feel squeamish blindly, fervently, obediently... uttering those thirty one words. Awareness about the bloody history delineating when "discovery" of forty eight contiguous states usurped by roving band of explorers since soured sentiment to experience native obligatory patriotism. Rather yours truly a passive activist exhibiting quiet riot mien as rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania doodling Yankee... dismissed as anomalous ill fête recognition came rather late in his life, yet he cannot craft literary endeavors at a fast enough rate to appease the sudden pleasantly unexpected spate of request, which hesitation on my part cannot wait. Pacifist bard of Perkiomen Valley regaled at Alpine Fellowship conclave regarding erosion of Democratic rights grave alarming usurpation of power - Republicans each and every one a nasty and brutish knave intent to pronounce decree sentencing every Homo sapien to pave (courtesy their lovely bones) back breaking laborious bloody path trumpeting, signaling and attesting slave versus master linkedin relationship essentially scuttling emancipation proclamation lifetime of human bondage forced to pledge flag of servitude amidst wreckage broken souls washed away courtesy totalitarian wave. Foreclosure on purported inalienable rights life, liberty and pursuit of happiness though hard won freedoms crimped foregone conclusion demanding fealty and loyalty to sovereignty therefore necessitates electorate to stage coup d'état and overthrow autocrat ideally thru peaceful modus operandi. Though aforementioned verses hypothetical, mine overactive imagination can easily envision governmental, née societal debacle witnessing yours truly, an extremely shy Norwegian bachelor wannabe gobbling up ample powder milk biscuits to acquire courage to protest (no matter the temperature seasonably cool today June fourteenth two thousand and twenty three) and stand firm against one unnamed political party aiming to upend voting rights, thus disenfranchising most economically vulnerable people (predominantly) persons of color to cast their vote for representation. Absolute zero chance for change unless even those risk averse (such as one garden variety wordsmith) to protest without resorting to violence and staking a claim to denounce opposition against exercising freedom for citizens to elect eligible candidate. I too would join aspiring bravehearts (each of us participants tightly grasping an amulet), not looking for fame nor fortune, only martyrdom and sainthood ha, nevertheless able, eager, and ready to risk life and limb in an effort to preserve (even at expense getting into a jam) principle figurative bulwark buttressing buzzfeeding land of milk and honey myth. Throughout American history many patriots as well as indigenous tribes bled, the latter viciously tracked down nsync with ominous dread, no matter how fast they fled taking refuge courtesy sympathetic and empathetic abolitionists, who silently motioned at (hiding) in hogshead. Outspoken voices helped spur Emancipation Proclamation and subsequent manumission diametrically opposed to bedrock attitudes, ideologies, prejudices... kept in check by scare tactics thus disallowing formerly shackled to experience full fledged freedom, whether enjoying opportunities available to the leisure class or exploring inherent potential to amass learning and become financially successful, which suppression of free will, (within parameters of self expression - artistic, literary, musical et alia) gives credence to notion of white privilege automatic guilt linkedin with skin color. Each generation of oppressed, especially those who break the color barrier subjected with bigotry (ofttimes subtle mistreatment) challenging well earned freedom rightfully bequeathed from forebears labor. The ghosts of Africans, who suffered pre colonial rule (namely European exploitation) robbed of their national identity will forever haunt the offspring, whose forefathers/mothers brutally suffering desecrated haven housing rightful autochthonous men, women and children livingsocial within their own Lake Wobegone.
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