My Mother is a hippy so when I say "I have been protesting since birth" it is not hyperbole.
I have protested the Vietnam war, Nixon, birth control, women's rights, nukes, the gulf war, the Afghanistan war, LGBTQIA+ rights, abortion rights, women's rights again, Abortion rights again, no kings, worn pussy hats, carried signs, written letters called congress critters and seen some shit.
Because a bicycle ride through Lincoln park was our mode of transport back in the day, I was in the Chicago Riots at 4 years old. I have smelled the sting of pepper spray and felt the ring of the billy club against the metal frame of a purple schwinn.
And still, and still I have never feared the government......until now.
What will it take for america to wake up to this insanity? To the atrocities being done with their tax dollars, in their name, with a secret police reminiscent of the brown shirts of nazi fame?
It preens on a stage in front of men who should know better, about how strong they are
I have never before seen such an embarrassing display of weakness and incompetence
It rhymes already, it quacks, it beats unarmed protesters in the streets
It rappels onto the roof of apartments and arrests american citizens at 2 in the morning, with flash-bangs tear gas and tactical gear.
It Zip-ties babies in their underwear on a cold night at 2 in the morning
It crows about how it's making it safer and better, but I don't feel safer or better
It shoots protesters running away from them.
it is not out of the realm of possibility they will kill someone, soon.
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