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Response to a Right-Wing Rant

Forgive me for being an asshole

but honestly

this country was built on bullshit.

 

Living and dying for an idea

Freedom

Living and dying for a concept

Terrorism

Living and dying for nothing…

 

Patriotism. Belief in a war and your country is proof that you have been conditioned, your mind reprogrammed, and your self destroyed for the benefit of your government and/or your need to be righteous (or have an illusion of it).

 

Forgive me

I’m being an asshole

Because I believe in peace

Peace is an intangible

Respectable

Something to live and die for

Something

I live and I sometimes die for

Peace

of mind

literally…

 

Righteousness. I’m not sure how it happened but I suddenly find myself no better than anyone else, even conservatives. I have fought and struggled for liberty from and for myself, from and for my mind, convinced in my mission and unwavering in my conviction. I’m not sure how it happened but somewhere along the way I’ve become an ordinary asshole who instead of being enlightened is simply pretentious.

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5 responses to “Response to a Right-Wing Rant”

  1. bindo Avatar
    bindo

    Yep

  2. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    Well if you are gonna aim a rant at someone it might as well be yourself. Life is struggle and the outcome is unimportant.

  3. medicatedlady Avatar
    medicatedlady

    Yes, and I am glad you recognize that even when I want to rant about something else, I end up internalizing it. It all becomes by fault…there should be a Seven Degrees of Medicated Lady game where I am connected with any problem anyone has ever had in their lives and how I am to blame.

  4. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    You are startlingly intelligent and quite amazing. Sometimes I swear I can hear you smile.

  5. poeticgrin Avatar
    poeticgrin

    Paul is right.

    The shift in this poem from outward rant to inward rant was handled very well.

    Subtle like a head-on collision.

    Good stuff.

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