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Speechie Lansing Poem
You’re probably wondering how I did it? How did I cure cancer? Science, medicine, the dark arts? No, I took a photo of myself without any makeup on a posted it to Facebook. Through doing that, I raised awareness. Before I posted that photo many people had probably never even heard of cancer. Raising awareness for cancer is the only way to cure it. Because the more people who look at cancer, the less deadly it becomes. Like those ghosts in Super Mario 64. This isn’t the first time I’ve changed the world of course. A few years ago, I shared a video about a robot called KONY2012 who was programmed to kidnap children. As is my understanding, it was a direct result of my posting that video to Twitter that led to Mr. 2012 being arrested and fired directly into the sun, which as we know is the only successful way of deactivating a murderous robot. Am I a hero? In many ways yes, in many other ways, also yes. It takes a certain kind of bravery to post a photo of my face to the internet. The kind of bravery that I think Leonardo Da Vinci displayed when he painted his famous Mona Lisa without makeup to raise awareness about the bubonic plague. A lot of my friends waste their time going to protests, and volunteering for various organizations. What they don’t understand is that they are wasting their, and everybody else’s time. Every second they spend marching, could be spent liking charities on Facebook or helping the authorities find the wreckage of that missing plane by ending all their tweets with a #MH370. Plus a lot of my friends are members of these organizations UNICEF or AMNESTY for several years. Whatever. If you could follow me on twitter @Patty_McGee, or like my page on Facebook, we could save the world, one click at a time.
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Speechie Lansing Poem
Does society treat you the way you want it to, or are there some things that could use a tweak here and there?
Do people judge you without even knowing you?
Do you feel oppressed?
Are you a victim? Have you been abused, raped, taken advantage of?
What do you care about?
Do you care about anything?
What's it like in the shoes you're in?
Do you hate labels?
Who decides what's right and wrong?
Is it okay for men to do "men things" and women to do "women things?" Do gender roles even exist? Did you judge me for saying men before women?
Are having firearms a problem? Those terrorists, how can we stop 'em?
Do you support a cause? Do you stand for something?
Do you stand for anything?!
What rights do animals have?
Should we eat them? Should we breed them?
Why do people propagate porn? Are you trying to help stop it? How?
Are you part of a group trying to be heard?
Or is it just you?
Who do you follow? What do you share? What do you like?
Last year’s news reported hate crimes, church shootings, so you like the post. You see a page about human trafficking and that's bad so you put a sad face. And when you're really moved by pictures of orphan refugees living and dying in the streets, you share it. Twelve people like it, two sad faces.
Who cares?
Obviously you don't.
This sinister cyclical web like a whirlpool puts out the fire of activism as if the cause was just hot air even the brightest balloon can be deflated and each cause--sedated. The passive "like" just consoles your conscience so your conscious mind might forget the influence. Don't matter the party or political position, liberal, conservative or new or used "ism." It's a lazy move--social slacktivism.
'Cause mindless multitudes of Facebook freaks devouring their feed like indiscriminate starving swine look more like "millions of mouthless dead" than supporting a cause.
Supporting a cause?!! You really think you've made a difference? How many shares until somebody does something? Until something changes?
How many likes will it take to stop racism? To stop hate crimes? Rape, abuse, violence, you name it - there will NEVER be enough likes.
So. You’ve got a cause worth fighting for.
#No one cares
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