Hey, don’t look at me
I didn’t say anything
See, I dress like you
I blend in
I drink at Starbucks
Shop at Wal-Mart
Clone me
Speak out
Take the road less traveled
Disagree
Be a stinker
A skunk
Dare to be different
They might
Lock you away
or
Worse
Shoot
Hang
Shun
Burn
Boil
Question the status quo
Spiritual belief
Political dogma
Lifestyles that consume
The Bill of Rights
December 15, 1791
a constitutional document
which defines the rights
of a people
safeguarding them
against undue government
interference
Doesn’t protect one
From the tyranny
Of popular
Public opinions
or
Beliefs
It's hard to stick your head up--and suffer the consequences of a cross burned on your lawn, but you are right, of course. Bravely written! Our Founders were quite a bunch of far-seeing fellas--all that Locke mixed with Hume and flavored with Hobbes got us quite a country.
You've been on an anger kick lately. Lloyd. I like
the way you do it. But sadly the tyranny of public opinion
has been with us forever. The only way to get around it
is to ignore it--if you can. -gene.
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the way you do it. But sadly the tyranny of public opinion
has been with us forever. The only way to get around it
is to ignore it--if you can. -gene.