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Originally Posted by gtdxeric
As to why people like sasquatch don't really identify as strongly with their national fraternity as their own chapter: many fraternity men disagree deeply with the current policies of their national organization, and the way that the national organization chooses to interpret their founding values. I could go into details, (mostly from other organizations besides my own, for the record) but I'll refrain.
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I don't think that's an exclusively male thing...or an exclusively NIC thing, by a long shot. However, I think that you can state it that way without saying "my only brothers are those from my chapter." That's kind of like saying the only Americans are the ones with the same political views as you.
A person might be displeased by some of the things their current national board is doing, or bylaws that were passed, but the more you distance yourself from it, the less likely you will be able to turn it back around to where you think it should be.
The implementing of standard pledge programs and the like is due to two things: 1) our litigious society and 2) there are just plain fewer people volunteering full time. You can't vet everyone's pledge program when you don't have the man/womanpower to look them all over. It's just easier to tell everyone to do the same thing. We used to be local diners, now we're McDonald's.
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