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Hooded Heartless Complying Thugs: A Poem
I’m broken by the sound of weeping mothers as they’re dragged down by yet another hooded heartless complying thug dehumanizing people for a thousand bucks I don’t want the drums of war to sound, no more the battle, no more the bound of men and women torn apart, their hopes reduced to aching hearts Don’t want to hear the cries of children lost in pain as their lives are swept away like torrential rain I don’t want the skies filled with smoke and our ancient histories buried, our ties broke How dare I not want the world to burn? A world that still has so much left to learn I…
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You Don’t Have to Come Out to Anyone
My post today is not exactly a sweet call to end the hate and accept people as they are—because it won’t happen. I have only an honest question for the homophobe: How sad, miserable, pathetic must your life be that you give a sh*t about other people’s gender identity and sexual orientation? The same old excuses are not valid points. In fact, nothing you say can justify your hate. “Oh, it’s not right?” Says who? “Oh, but the Bible says…” You need another religion then! Or better yet, none. What kind of “moral” system, as is religion, demands that you hate thy neighbor if they’re different from old social-cultural expectations?…
