RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: ON TYRANNY
Symbols of Hate
The face of the world has meaning
It should never be ignored
Signs and symbols of hatred
Precede the dragon that roared
Remember when the N word
Was in everyday use
Racists laid it out there
To test the limits of their abuse
They test our sensibilities
By observing how we react
To see how much we will accept
Their racist creed as a given fact
Tolerance is a license to abuse
The new swastika is the letter Q
If you would not be a supremacist
Do not walk in a supremacist’s shoes
If you would not tolerate a gangland mark
Do not accept the Proud Boy game
A swastika or the numeral XIII
A MAGA hat is just the same
Bigotry is bigotry
Racism is racism
Intolerance is intolerance
By any other name
[NOTE: Inspired by Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny]
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