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Mr Contradiction

By definition, Mr. Contradiction asserts the contrary or deny the truth of something. He admittedly is hypocritical and controversial, and most often, he refuses to surrender. He fights until only death or doom defeats him. It is his nature to behave this way. Mr. Contradiction. Do you not hear him, as do I, shouting from the high mountains, bragging and boasting with his clever tongues of falsities? Mr. contradiction has been observed in my span of years, many of which have caused a myriad of tears. There is no denying him as being the source of a mass of fears. He is a multiheaded monster that must not be allowed to stand, nor held as dear, but must be put to flight and never allowed to dwell so near. There are contradictions, Intersecting with realities; Interacting with realities; Integrating with realities; Conflicting with realities; Assimilating with realities; Segregating with realities. We say to ourselves, "How inconsistent! How contradictory! How utterly hypocritical!" We dance and dine with him. We hide behind our 'walls of indifference'. We allow contradictions to stand for years, for centuries. Some contradictions are personal, and you and I must own them. Some are societal. Some are global. Some are national. Some are international. They wear many masks with a multiplicity of tasks, and they tend to have endings of 'ism' Sometimes, we deny them. Other times, we defend them until after many moons and sunsets, we finally ascend from our cocoons and declare them indefensible. Over times, eras, and centuries, many contradictions find themselves being rejected for good reasons by mainstream societies and cast upon the ash heaps of history. 093021PS

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