09-13-2015, 08:43 AM
(09-13-2015, 08:13 AM)billy Wrote: may god have mercy on your soul, i take it you're not a republican no no, you're a texan so the odds are me being wrong.
to the poem.
i have to agree with it to a point. and i'm guessing that is the point. that some use our fears for their own ends. twould make a great discussion point. i like the poem a lot.
Yes, I'm a Texan; but no, I'm not a republican/conservative. I'm a socialist, but I usually
tone it down to "liberal democrat" -- not that my neighbors think there's any difference.
My neighbors, mostly republicans, are good people, they treat me right. They're mostly honest, well-meaning
people who've been tricked into working against their best interests, been convinced that rich people
somehow give a damn about them. As my dad, a long-time liberal democrat, union supporter, and tireless
campaign worker used to say: "Republicans: The party of the rich and the gullible."
And yes, that is the point of the poem.
And yes, it would make a great discussion topic; only I can't bear to think about it anymore.
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I commented the below under Mark's 9/11 poem, but I thought I'd include it under mine because it addresses the topic:
What upsets me is how quickly 9/11 was turned into a commodity. Not just the media preying on
survivors, but all the people who saw in it an excellent opportunity to advance their agendas.
Do you think writing a poem about it is taking advantage of it?
Knowing that people -- well, at least those over 25 -- will be more likely to read it?
Considering the evil of the act has been outstripped by the opportunists, I've come to
think -- as terrible as it might sound -- that it is best to let it pass into history.
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions