Manifesto No. 16
Social Justice Warrior
To me means a college kid
In a balaclava
Pepper spraying a co-ed
While protected by campus police
But it may mean something different to you
Each word so rich in texture
Warrior – a person whose profession it is to kill
Justice – Official fairness
As officials change and change and change
What is fair
It was Just to gas a Jew in 1942
And Just to throw a gay off a tall building today
In some places
Social – means a lot of things
From ice cream to media
But combined with justice
Has always been another synonym
For socialism
Now Marx may have been the most smartest genius
Who ever thunk a thought
But his ideas have been tried and tried and tried
And succeeded exactly zero times
In Venezuela right now it’s working so well
The average guy’s lost 20 pounds
When I was young we were taught to say
Question Authority
But a Social Justice Warrior
By definition
Must have some authority
They cannot question
They wouldn’t kill in the name of nothing
Would they?
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great wording throughout, but is the poem for the gassing of jews or the tossing of gays? it introduces those realities before equating social justice to socialism – condemning both in one breath. maybe it wasnt intended for the image to linger on; maybe its me.
My crazy goal was to write what I’m loosely describing as a manifesto “on the fly” and to be succinct, because I don’t usually get through long poems. This one, like most posted, are what I consider good starts, needing a boatload of editing to fulfil the dream I had when I wrote it. I take debit for all lack of clarity or rabbit-holing
aside: i’m not a fan of the term “social justice warrior” … but i am a poet in favor of war; we’re human – there’s always a time to defend yourself or someone other.
Objectivity being dead, at least it’s nice to hear someone call “Bullshit!” when things have come to such a state.
Your manifestos are stir my cerebrum!
Peace!!!
there’s 2 sides to the coin of violence
heads: you lose
tails: I lose
the world is full of you & eyes