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Commentary Notes on Peaceful Protest

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                              (August 2016)

 

In the spirit of peace

Patrick Henry once cried:

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

In the spirit of peace

he was eventually granted his request.

 

How true it is—wonders

never seem to cease.

Where there’s peace

there’s no need for protest.

There’s no instant

in this country’s history

where it has peacefully gone war

but consistently waged war  

in the name of peace.

 

It is said that history

can’t be changed—repeated maybe—

emphatically teaching its lessons:

“Give me liberty or give me death!”  So be it!

“No justice, no peace!”  So be it!

So has it been in the history of protest:

peaceful protest by the oppressed

has always been responded to

with peaceful violence by the oppressors.

 

Nowhere in history

has protestation between the oppressed

and the oppressor

ever ended peacefully. 

Today, when the angered oppressed

come face to face

with combat-ready oppressors

peaceful protest ceases to be

a viable strategy—least we too

desire the fate of Patrick Henry.

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mlowe5 says:

Thanks, love_supreme. Peace and Love.

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