Quote from: TDoS on Today at 06:09 AMWell now that is interesting. Did you know at that age the word for what you were, or did that come later.
You're joking, right? I had a college level reading ability in the 4th grade. I already knew the history of socialism in the FSoA, I knew about the union busting, the Pinkertons, the works. You probably don't remember those years because you were still playing Cowboys & Indians and reading comic books, but the early 60s was the era of the Folk Music explosion with guys like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and of course Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Joan Baez. In those days before Rock got so loud, you could still understand the lyrics and sing along. By the time I was 5 at the Unitarian retreat Homestead in Upstate NY we would sit around the campfire and sing the songs. I knew all the words by heart. Here's a favorite with Joan singing one of Phil's masterpieces.
Here's Natalie Merchant singing Woody Guthrie.
I knew which side I was on before you could read.
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