It’s easier to find differences, If you’re looking for them. But it’s hard to find similarities, If your heart has contempt for them. So, let’s try harder to find— What unites us, Instead of what divides us. Let’s learn from … Continue reading Their Lives Mattered Too
Alternative facts—You have the right to express.For the Constitution defends,The Freedom Of The Press.But if you shoot the Messenger,My transparent Heart—Will definitely turn opaque! By: ElRoyPoet © 2020 Read Cognitive Ability and Vulnerability to Fake News Commentary: The news media … Continue reading Fake News
What’s the point of having freedom,If you can’t share it?What’s the point of having speech,If you can’t share it?Unless your real intent is censorship,So, that I can’t share it! By: ElRoyPoet © 2020 Commentary: Why do republicans constantly attack the … Continue reading Free Press
To the left you have compelled speech—The woke generation with their cancel culture. To the right you have censorship—Fake news coverage from the state press secretary. Freedom of expression à la carte,Take your pick, oh by the way,When you get … Continue reading Cancel Culture
If you promote racism,It grows.If you accept racism,It grows.If you neglect racism,It grows;And republican hate mongering will win. If you promote respect,It grows.If you accept respect,It grows.If you neglect respect,It dies;And racism wins, again! Do you want to play,One last … Continue reading Patriot Games
My reality is someone else’s ‘fantasy,’And someone else’s truthIs merely a ‘prejudice.’ My stories are sometimes happy,But other times—melancholy,And I feel guilty—For thinking it all too deeply. But I don’t sing sad songs,I tell cautionary tales,And if they’re contrary,It’s not … Continue reading Parallel Equivalencies
If my father’s nationDevolves into a fascist regime,I’m a dead man—Because I’m a liberal blogger. If my mother’s homelandEvolves into a communist state,I’m an imprisoned man,‘Cause I’m also—democracy apologist. By: ElRoyPoet © 2019 Poem Analysis: the Existential Threat of Political … Continue reading Authoritarians hate press
What is the great experiment? What does it mean to you? Is it about our country becoming a democracy? For that to become a reality, doesn’t it mean that we first need to be democratic toward our fellow citizens? But … Continue reading The Great Experiment
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