Oh Say Can You Say
If you have a viewpoint now
you must keep it to yourself
because Big Tech may be watching
they will censor you
or put you in a time out
facing the wall
we are not children
we are Americans who have
the right to speak
it is in the First Amendment
the very first for a reason
if we cannot express our opinions
Democracy dies
America will be no more
expressing ideas is the foundation
of who were are as a country
it is in our DNA
our history
but now we are being tracked
traced and monitored
they demand we fall in line
or else
can I say this?
or will I be banned
doxed
or fired
harassed into compliance
say what you will
I think we are being browbeat
into submission
can I say what I think
without repercussion
can I say what I think
even in a poem?
M.C. Newberry
Thu 14th Jan 2021 17:31
Love the title. Good one!
Much to consider here. Beware the benign smile that lulls the
mind into acquiescence. The Capitol Hill invasion had its egregious
adherents - those I and my old colleagues in law enforcement, used
to call "the usual suspects" or "renta-mob" - with the experience of
watching (and suffering from) their antics and listening to their
various rants. It is a fact of life that all notable public events have
these people attach themselves and often "high-jack" the occasion
by their aggressive behaviour so that the event itself is tainted in people's minds. Voices raised in vigorous dissent are the reminders of what freedom is about and why it must never be suppressed or
reduced by false virtue and its sinister sisters; subterfuge and the removal of public platforms for giving voice to what might be
"unpopular" views.