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“Slave screams / he hears but doesn’t want to listen”
— Nine Inch Nails, Happiness in Slavery
“The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the first one doesn’t work out.”
— Dave Chappelle
“Now, I’m living in this temple / where they tell you what to do”
— Leonard Cohen, On the Level
This is for my heroes who will denounce me as soon as they hear what I have to say.
This is for your heroes, too, who won’t hesitate to denounce you once it’s the cool thing to do.
This is for all our heroes who will say anything to keep the mob from knocking on their front door.
This is for the landscape of amnesiacs, the gaslighters, the zealots, and the sellouts.
This is for the graverobbers putting the corpses of good men on trial in the court of public opinion.
This is for the warlords with mixtapes.
This is for the doomsday cults who’ve made November 3rd the next Hale-Bopp to Heaven’s Gate.
This is for the party that’s abandoned me.
This is for the party that’s turned into a bunch of humorless born agains who do nothing but preach chaos and censorship.
