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Contemporary Notes On Peaceful Protrest (Repost From 20160

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            (Repost From 2016)

 

In the spirit of peace,

Patrick Henry cried out:

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

In the [un]spirit of peace,

He was granted his “or” request.

How it is—wonders never seem to cease.

 

Where there is peace, there seems to be

No need for protest.

There’s no instant in this country’s history

Where it has peacefully gone into war; rather,

It has always waged war in the name of peace.

 

It is said that history can’t be changed—maybe

Repeated—emphatically teaching its lessons:

 

 “Give me liberty or death!”

 “Bang, so be it!”

“No justice; no peace.”

             “Bang, 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; indeed, nowhere in history

Has protestation between the oppressed

And the oppressors ever ended peacefully.

 

Today, when the angered oppressed come

Face to face with combat-ready oppressors,

Peaceful protest as a viable strategy, echoes

Patrick Henry’s cry of “…give me death!”

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Coalhouse says:

Timely piece my brother

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Charles2 says:

Worth dying for... patriot

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mlowe5 says:

Peace and Love, Brethren!

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