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Has society taken a wrong turn Is there something we can learn, From the viciousness printed by the press To the sick trolls on the internet, Who hide behind their computer screens And post sick twisted things which are obscene, In forms of posts and memes. Meanwhile the media divides With it’s xenophobic cries, Full of hate and discriminatory I want you to love not hate me, Is this way to much to ask That kindness and compassion should last But anger and negativity is easier to muster and to feel, Quick to rise deep inside and takes no thought, So no intellectual reprises needed Which is no suprise at all. Why I ask do people think it’s ok to disrespect other people In so many different ways And if you met those who act in these sick displays, Tend to be strangely normal by day, When out of their bedrooms or their dark basements they come, From their safe zone to carry out harassment But interesting journalist who are often Public school and university educated, Have no excuse for their intellectual displacement, Reporting and participating in fake and divisive news, Trashing people’s reputations And subjecting them to abuse, As ordered by their oligarchy muse Who shape the stories to direct and control societies views. Where has our free and independent press gone Seems now that ideal is truly now bygone. The challenge for us who are not this way Is to bring about a real change, That steers people intellectually and spiritually away, From the viciousness of hate, To bring about a society where people care and share And shine love and light there, As an example of what's true and right To make this future hopeful and bright, So we can celebrate the power and the might, Of standing up for liberty and people’s rights, To be who and what they choose to be, To live lives and hold beliefs in a society where they are free And where people understand the ability To use the internet to connect, Learn to understand different cultures and creeds And be able to share beliefs and become more tolerant When they see that as one humanity, That we are all different and yet still unique And where we can grow spiritually, Into to better people ultimately.
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