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Electronic Notepad

Init weird,

Im sat here,

just thinking of what to write

 

voicing my thought through an electronic note pad on my phone ,

so ,

I can get into words what im gunna say.

 

no structure or rhyme, not usually how I do it,

just saying things that may help me get through it,

the day

that is

stop me head exploding.

 

Cant think of anything,

so not gunna force i...

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free speech   thoughts

Offence

All sorts of things offend me every day,

But it would be unfair or underhand

To call for such expression to be banned

Or to be silenced in some other way.

 

Imagine interdicting simple acts

Or stopping circulation of a joke,

Or 'de-platforming' some misguided bloke

Because you do not like his take on facts.

 

A lot of views will make us quite annoyed

And statements...

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free speech   openness   tolerance

TO STARMER, KNEECAP IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GENOCIDE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STARMER AND NETANYAHU ARE AFRAID OF KNEECAP!

YVETTE BARRELMAKER IS AFRAID OF KNEECAP!

THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS

WHO DON'T REPRESENT BRITISH JEWS

IS AFRAID OF KNEECAP

IS MISE MO CHARA!

FREE MO CHARA!

FREE DO CHARA!

FREE ÁR gCARA!

IS É AN TSAOIRSE CAINTE

MO CHARA!

IS É AN TSAOIRSE CAINTE

DO CH...

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FREE SPEECH   MO CHARA   TSAOIRSE CAINTE

The Woke Inquisition

Every post a sermon, every joke a trial. Laughter is a landmine now— step wrong and you're vile. Eyes scan feeds like scripture, policing tone and word, where irony gets cancelled before it can be heard. They brandish rules like weapons, etched in trending tags, turning nuance into weakness, and context into flags. The crowd won’t storm the palaces, real power lies ignored. T...

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censorship   free speech   hypocrisy   language   modern society   outrage culture   political correctness   satire   woke culture

Beneath A Tyrant's Boot

 

They dragged him from his rightful place, With chains of lies, they bind his grace. A mayor strong, a people's voice, Now silenced by a tyrant's choice. His crime? To win where one might fail, To show that change could still prevail. But truth is crushed beneath the weight Of he who rules with fear and hate. The streets are filled with muffled cries, Yet protests fall where...

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censorship   dictatorship   election fraud   Erdoğan   free speech   Istanbul   Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu Turkey   oppression   political prisoners   protests   resistance   tyranny

Time for our X-odus!

In defiance of the forces that manipulate and suppress, this poem calls for an "uprising" to defend truth and our freedom of speech, against the forces of censorship, fake news and misinformation led by Musk, Trump and his rebellious, subversive henchmen. Musk’s efforts to restrict or abolish "Community Notes" threaten the very foundation of truth and free expression on his platform  threat...

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algorithms   censorship   free speech   freedom of the press   lies   Musk   propaganda   rebellion   resistance   Trump   truth   X-odus   Zelensky

The War on the West

I’m your smooth - talking

free speech warrior,

I like posing in military gear

in helmets and flack-jackets

that say 'PRESS',

(not that I’d need one)

‘cos these are my mates,

yes, I’m here in the Middle East

‘cos I am defending THE WEST,

in the war THEY’ve declared,

‘cos they’re jealous that we’re the best,

well, that’s what I’ve heard!

know - what - I – mean?

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free speech   middle east   shariah   shawarma

Life Blood

The life blood of the being of our world

Is thinking, creativity and art;

These bourgeon through our minds and through our veins

And make us feel uplifted in our heart.

 

Their practice may produce art few will like,

And writings with which many won’t agree,

But comfort’s not the point of inspiration,

At least not when society is free.

 

But those in power, of whateve...

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Arts   Creativity   Free Speech

A Different Kind of View

I have asked myself what we’re fighting for,

And have acted at times as if I knew,

But now I understand what really counts:

The right to take a different kind of view.

 

If you wish all opinions the same,

The enemy’s arrangements are for you,

But some of us will battle to preserve

The right to take a different kind of view.

 

The free flow of exchanges and ideas

Co...

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free speech   Liberty

FLAMETHROWER

FLAMETHROWER

_____________

My internal spirit of rebellion

Is far from calm--

Incendiary

 

Anger builds

Single spark ignites

Observing injustice

 

From figures of authority,

Power moves, prejudice--

Inferno in the making

 

Refusing to be

The next victim, the next pawn,

I know these sensations well--

 

Long ago, I marched on California's streets

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activism   amplified chanting   free speech   loudhailer   police intimidation   protest   social justice   street march

Poem in Progress E

Sometimes you just have to 
throw your cards 
against the wind 
and watch where they land 
six plus five is eleven 
shows me where to dive 
how to jump 
blind 

deep inside 
the mirror behind 
the future a wall 
blank 

white 
tall. 

 

©JM. Cole 

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free speech   Freewriting

A poem for Ashraf Fayadh


Saudi courts, your rule of fear is finished
- the sentence on this poet negates your faith.
Your hollow incantation "God Is Great"
is plainly false if God can be diminished
by lines of verse. Should murder be admonished
to Ashraf Fayadh, forevermore his fate
will hold as evidence that you're afraid 
of poetry. Frankly I'm astonished:

astonished that a land so steeped in culture,
in li...

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Ashraf Fayadh   atheism   execution   free speech   poet   poetry   religion   Saudi Arabia

PoLieTics - NaPoWriMo Day 2

We're all in this together,

we're here to represent you.

We will protect the NHS,

pensions, public services, free speech,

the right to protest, journalistic independence

and repair the economy.

 

But we must keep money

we NEED money.

Generators will not work without capital,

the magnetic pulse of the world will cease

and the crust shall become ...

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Bastards   Conservatives   Cuts   Economics   Erosion   Free Speech   Humanity   Injustice   Liars   Liberty   Politics   Protest   Put the N into Cuts   Scam   Scammers   Scum   Tories

President's Speech

 

2012. A new president of the United States

addressing to Congress:

 

You, morons with wood brain!

Sawdust your heads contain!

Listen to me, you fools!

Lift your asses from the stools!

Go! Toddle or hobble to do good deeds!

Grow fruitful seeds!

Moderate your own greed!

Find out what people need!

 

©Larisa Rzhepishevska (Odessa, Ukraine)

T...

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