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Vin LoPresti's avatar

Then . . . dry your eyes and sing. Bellow. Roar, Thunder, Growl, Rasp. Howl. Screech Every anti-war anthem you know at the top of your voice From Give Peace a Chance to Down by the Riverside to Blowin' in the Wind to A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall to I Ain't Marching Anymore. And so on. Sing first to yourself for courage. Then find one of your neoliberal friends --- Democrap or MAGA zombie, it doesn't matter -- and sing it to them loudly. Instead of insulting their naivete, try the route of music soothing the savage beast that must necessarily be present inside them for them to support such horrors, tacitly or actively. At least make them initiate a dialog, ask why you're suddenly serenading them with old songs.

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nobunny's avatar

This is so powerful. I hope you don't mind, I'll be trying to fit this into an audio experiment this weekend. I have a concept and we'll see where it goes. Thank you for this, we weep, but we are together on our sanity against this insanity.

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