here’s to the people who look the other way
when someone is encouraging the crowd
to close their eyes to simple decency
and hit strangers they don’t like--hard
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here’s to the television news channels
on the left and the right
who look at neo-fascist rallies
as ratings opportunities,
waiting until old-fashioned newspapers
do actual reporting
before asking questions--
but not saying “fascism” or “lies”
because it displays a lack of “balance”
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here’s to the people on social networks
who “don’t want to get political”
when friends and family
post ugly remarks and bigoted jokes
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how will you cope with
the future you helped to create?
by doing the same old things
in the same old ways?
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