(#6096) I wish people would be as committed to winning our democracy as they are about our sports teams

      The fervor over rooting for our teams every year in most cities makes me envious that we cannot have the same excitement concerning preserving our democracy. Sports teams are fun when they are doing well and not so much when they suck. But we never seem to stop our hope for them to win it all every year. I think back just last year when more than a third of our voting electorate failed to support our team America's democracy by not voting. I say that to illustrate the bewilderment I feel when all of our sports teams are built upon democratic principles.
     I suggest that the majority who didn't bother to vote last time in 2024 think about the priority to democracy when supporting our teams. Without democracy our teams would be rigged with no hope of a "miracle on ice" moment. I think of it this way. I love my sports teams but I would not take up arms to defend them. They are for fun and socializing in the best of fun ways. They are not the foundation of my life that democracy is. I wouldn't hesitate to take up arms to defend the democracy our founding foreparents gave us. I would protect it with my life in the same way Nathan Hale gave his life with his only regret being that he couldn't live to sacrifice his life again and again!
     That is the fervor I admire. It was real for Nathan Hale and sets an example that all we true democracy loving patriots should strive to attain when needed. Most of us are looking for purpose in our existence and one of the greatest we may involve ourselves in is to vote to keep our democracy a living promise to our future generations as well as people around the globe. Each sports season comes and goes but our democracy is the backbone of all of us. We all win when democracy wins and that is the greatest and most enduring celebration for all of we the people.