The betrayal of the white liberals
Is one so peculiar
For a party that claims allyship
Why are black people not invited
Or?
Do you already have your token
To show you are open
To the lie of progression
The covert nature of your motive
Is a secret that is no longer hidden
No tear shed for yet another innocent black victim
But outspoken to defend a republican
Then again
Birds of the same feather must stick together
The pitiful pretence of support you perform
Is evil only a 'wolf in sheep's clothing' could have
They move as if they are sleeper cell spies
Rising only for a white man's death
To them race comes before politics
White liberals 'care' until it comes to defending whiteness
They are just cowards dressed up in a cloak of 'niceness'
What? -
All to prove your differences
Or
Just as a way to boost your views
Acting like the odd one out with your 'individualistic' truths
Spare me your drawn on wounds
Especially when you have never had to walk a day in our shoes
Someone is conservative
Someone is liberal
But
Someone is
Transcendentalist and
Universalist
Is he a conservative, too?
I am a liberal snowflake.
I’m threatened by words that you make.
If you don’t agree,
Don’t dare let me see
Because I am WOKE not awake.
I believe that everyone should have the right to be whoever they are
And allow others to exercise that same right
I believe that everyone should have the right to think what they think
And allow others to exercise that same right
I believe that everyone should be able to speak their mind
And allow others to speak theirs
I believe that I have the right to disagree with your thoughts and beliefs
And that you have the right to disagree with my thoughts and beliefs
I know that my thoughts and beliefs have been influenced by your thoughts and beliefs
Because I listened to your voices not your shouting.
And I would hope the same is true of your thoughts and beliefs.
I believe that we are all Americans, or came here and became Americans
Because in America we can find a way to become whoever we are,
Believe and think as we will, and speak of these beliefs openly.
I believe that we all have a responsibility to protect and defend
The principles of this nation and to preserve the promise of its Constitution.
If you have read this far you may be becoming A CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL….
©9/19/2023
To hold a liberal viewpoint is a good thing
For we liberals believe in our inalienable rights,
Rights to “the pursuit of happiness” we bring.
Freedom with responsibility, a good feeling,
Opportunity with civility is worthy of its fights
To hold a liberal viewpoint is a good thing.
For America, her flag, her anthem we sing
Proudly supporting her fundamental might,
Rights to “the pursuit of happiness” we bring.
We will not buckle to an insurrectionist wing,
In our belief in liberty for all, we delight,
To hold a liberal viewpoint is a good thing.
When our government is threatened, we sting
And for our freedom of speech, we will fight
Rights to “the pursuit of happiness” we bring.
Our commitments are more than a passing fling
We keep our proven institutional values in sight,
To hold a liberal viewpoint is a good thing
Rights to “the pursuit of happiness” we bring.
Written July 12, 2022
I am an old-line Liberal and proud of it, too
Though we are told liberalism is a dirty word,
Most Americans stand with me in the queue.
We liberals are willing to stand and be heard,
Always seeking what’s best for the majority
Though we are told liberalism is a dirty word.
Believing equal rights a Constitutional priority
All people should have the same opportunity,
Always seeking what’s best for the majority.
We stand for every citizen’s right to security
Equal pay for equal work; good medical care,
All people should have the same opportunity.
Our agenda demands clean water and pure air
Taking care of natural resources by regulation
Equal pay for equal work; good medical care!
Every child deserves a home, food, education
I am an old-line Liberal and proud of it, too
Taking care of natural resources by regulation
Most Americans stand with me in the queue.
Written July 2, 2022
She gives me her ideas, none of them mine.
I nod my head, but my soul is dancing in time.
The hippie wagon is coming for me today.
With a smile and a wave I yell hip hip hooray!
She is a member of a political party I abhor.
But this does not keep her away from my door.
She hates liberals, she tells me, and I keep quiet.
She sees the hippie wagon; I think it’s a riot!
But why would you go with those people? She asks, a bit dippy.
She has no idea but others know I am totally a hundred percent hippie.
I give her the peace sign as they carry me away.
Seeing her astonished face has kind of made my day!
Live and let live without prejudice
I believing in basic freedoms for all,
Being fair and just, principled
Equality being a God-given right,
Regardless of race, creed, or nationality
Always following the Golden Rule,
Loving always overcomes hating.
Written March 20, 2022
the false liberal
a profiteer
takes advantage of good and vice
wants to profit from our sacrifice...
Does not llove life sucks it up,
does not love humanity
explores it...
Is a pariah,
a parasite
between usury and theft
he exits,
to usurps and boasts
with the fruit of sin...!
So, I am a liberal, and you should expect this of me
To be one who looks forward with a new approach,
Thinking outside of the box, moving progressively.
One inclined to play the game, seldom ever to coach,
I check out the statements from the various media
To be one who looks forward with a novel approach
You can expect me to come up with a new idea,
My opinions are many and open to expression
I check out the statements from the various media.
I am quick to make a most thoughtful confession
I will always stand up for the underdog, the victim,
My opinions are many and open to expression
Let’s fix it if something’s wrong with the system
I cannot wallow in criticism without any solution,
I will always stand up for the underdog, the victim
I’m a tree-hugger and an enemy of rank pollution
So, I am a liberal, and you should expect this of me
I cannot wallow in criticism without any solution,
Thinking outside of the box, moving progressively.
written January 23, 2022
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POETRY SOUP
Mind if I tell you, honestly, I’m not
Proud of obstructionists who forget peoples’ needs
Who speak derisively of folks like me …
Call us liberals because we see vast acres of land
Lying fallow while millions go hungry for a place,
While the wealth of the nation is pocketed by a few
Or, spent lavishly on worthless trips into space
We who believe the past is history … cannot be changed
But can be atoned for, and, can be correctly taught;
We who believe basic healthcare is a human right,
That no child in America should ever go hungry
That no woman should be forced to bear a child
Nobody wants! and who will be another burden,
For I have observed hundreds of children in foster care
Often destined for the ghetto life and abject poverty
While politicians argue themselves into insolvency.
written October 31, 2021
I am so proud to be a liberal--
Despite those who disparage the fact,
Because I support medical care for all
And help for those who have lacked.
I have sympathy for the downtrodden
Want the finest education for our kids
I welcome to America the refugees
And those who are down on the skids.
I believe in freedom and opportunity
No problem when government helps out
For we the people are the goverment
Helping each other is what it's all about.
written September 12, 2021
Are you ever wrong? I mean,
admit being wrong –
Do you make decisions based
on: head, heart, or backside? I'll
answer for you: Backside –
Should everyone's opinion be
validated and respected? For, you and I,
do not have common sense enough
to know right from wrong. Thieves. Murderers.
Sexual Abusers. Politicians, etc..
+1 point if your answer is
yes or no. +20 points
if noncommittal participation
is enough
in your opinion –
So, you're a liberal!
she invited,
Are you liberally intolerant
of the unknown,
of pests,
of inconvenience,
of mere sufficiency?
Or liberal in your cooperative esteem
and co-investments?
So, you're a conservative?
redeeming ChristMother,
economically and politically co-investing
in trans-regenerational listening
for win/win culturally synergetic questions
posed by cooperatively thriving historic transactions
Before win/lose assuming
empowering sufficiency
of resilient win/win conversation
could not lead back to interfaith conservation
Of all EarthMother's healthiest liberal opportunities
while also conserving MotherEarth's wealthiest conservation
Safe and healthy
polyvagal inter-good green faith
goals of healthy global purpose
Wealthy empowerment
enlightening
by religioning
reconnecting EarthHealth
of synergetic,
metaphonic meaning
wellness purposes
Recalling enlightening songs
empowering
polypathic dances
of voice
and throat
and mind
and non-verbal soaring
and leaping
and liberal loving
graced bodies.
A liberal
Is moderately progressive
Believes in giving generously
Broadening the mind in a general way.
A liberal is not too strict and not too literal
Is tolerant and open-minded
Favors good reforms
Loves Liberty.
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