Sunday, 2 July 2017

The Right and Privilege to Protest

I read about Anti-Canada protests (http://globalnews.ca/news/3570572/clac-protest-against-canadian-colonialism-on-canada-day/) and was fascinated.

...

150
Years of
the freedom to criticize
A hundred and fifty years of
Colonialism. This freedom of expressing
Unpatriotism may not feel
like a big deal, but where
I come from, we still
Sometimes
Choose between cows
And human beings, confuse
The bovine for the divine. Your
Harry Potter prime minister
Loves the liberal limelight and
Lives on Facebook Live, labours
Under the delusion that the
Marginalized identify
Themselves as house elves,
That his multicolor multipurpose socks
are magical instruments of liberation,
But where I come from, The
Man would ban libations
And deviation in how
We clasp hands;
In love and in
prayer. More power
To dissent. It's a right -
But be aware of those who would
Give right arms and legs and
Youth and language to walk
Arm in arm in this very
Park. It's a right, and
Perhaps is a
privilege. 

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