Karen, the Wise and Reasonable One,
That is really excellent advice. I have a friend who has three kids, and she went to the mat on EVERYthing, right up to the superintendent and the school board. And people stop hearing you when you are ALWAYS in their face. It's like- here comes that nut again. I'd say, does this really matter, and to her it always did, and she usually got ignored. So it's good not to start out too strong early on!
I really like the letter idea, also. Nothing confrontational, merely presenting a polite alternate view.
And also it starts a paper trail if the incidents grow more blatant.
I love all those patriotic songs, and I think it goes back to small town parades and drums and a sort of comfort that I lived in the best country ever, something I still believe. So the feeling of patriotism got ingrained in me, but I don't think the words did it as much as the music. I still cry when I hear the Star Spangled Banner.
Well, I did until they started always taking that stupid high note in the next-to-last line. I really hate that. |
