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Hate speach
Contributed by
Bigj
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Monday, 21st September 2020 @ 09:36:37 PM in AEST
Topic:
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Right versus left
Black versus white
Differences of opinions
A war on whose right
There are 1000 ways to be wrong
And just as many ways to be right
But we chose to believe in one
And to the death we fight
Let us all back away
And focus on the bigger picture
The poor is getting poorer
And the rich is getting richer
Let/'/s look at the tactics
The method to the madness
What system creates this hate
What systems create this sadness
Can we find events in history
When hatred would prevail
Has it happened before
Is it explained with detail
Many stories like ours
Are precursors to genocide
It starts out small
Then the differences magnified
Let/'/s look at Rwanda
Death in the masses
It didn/'/t erupt overnight
No gasoline or matches
Herders versus farmers
Same country of people
Occupations that differ
Created bloodshed and evil
It began with an occupation
1918 When Belgum took control
Determined one was civilized
Turning the other into a foe
Many decades later
The division began to grow
Many wars had been fought
In the rivers, the bodies would flow
Before the breakout of war
What ignited the event
It was the speech of hate
Over the radio waves it was sent
Not a newspaper in site
Very few had a tv
But radios owned to every ear
And the hate speech on repeat
"They are cockroaches" it stated
"They will kill us in our sleep"
Fictional events to create fear
And death would have his souls to reap
The division became so wide
It became death or survive
Genocide was the result
With few left alive
The voice behind the radio
Was not a man of the poor
But amongst the elite
And had more money than before
Times have changed
But the tactics have not
Manipulate the people
And wars will be fought
Who profits in these times
Within these United States
Who profits from division
Who is pandering this hate
Let/'/s take a look
How media has evolved
A man would stand on the corner
Hear ye hear ye he called
It began with word of mouth
Reaching those who were near
Only speaking to the locals
No competition to fear
Along came the paper press
"Read all about it" the new line
Taking the messege further
To the neighboring cities it would find
Every state wanted one
A paper of their own
Fighting for our attention
And this market has grown
But lies began to spread
Because outrage could sell
Let/'/s create a scandal
And profit from this hell
Advertisements came along
Paying for places on this paper
So we would see them daily
With hopes of purchasing later
Advertisement increases the money
And the media concocted a plan
Let/'/s fight for more of their attention
And people becoming the product, began
Since outrage keeps our attention
And our attention can be sold
To the highest bidding Advertisement we go
Our attention is now worth more than gold
Hate speech is selling
Faster than they can speak it
We all focus on it
And death is waiting to reap it
Two things profit
From this hate and divide
Death himself
And the media that provide
We need to shift our focus
Repair this divide
Before war breaks out
And its death or survive.
Copyright ©
Bigj
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2020-09-21 21:36:37]
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Re: Hate speach
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by unknown_utopia on
Wednesday, 23rd September 2020 @ 12:58:39 AM AEST
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So deep
well done
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Re: Hate speach
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 1st October 2020 @ 10:57:18 AM AEST
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Excellent poem. Very well written. Keep up the good work.
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