It's Just a Mask (a response to a stupid poem)
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Originally posted on November 13, 2020
My response to some stupid poem I found online (not sure where it originally came from):
It's just keeping contact.
It's just the freedom to get together.
It's just how we worship Jesus Christ.
It's just hard earned income.
It's just another entitled employee.
It's just one contractor.
It's just one coffee date.
It's just one night of drinking.
It's just one night with another woman.
It's just a few deaths.
It's just a few cases.
It's just a wave.
It's just a small charge.
It's just to pay less taxes.
It's just a few thousand for great health care.
It's just a small act of courage.
It's just dodging one draft.
It's just another man not fit for the military.
It's just too long to wait to open things up.
It's just herd immunity.
It's just handcuffs to protect you.
It's just tear gas.
It's just to ensure privacy.
It's just a first impression.
It's just an outside perspective.
It's just Fox News.
It's just the fake news media.
It's just a theory.
It's just a white lie.
It's just Tony Robbins.
It's just locker room talk.
It's just boys being boys.
It's just a minor insult.
It's just to give you thicker
skin.
It's just the police.
It's just law and order.
It's just another court
judge.
It's just an exemption from
class.
It's just a feeling.
It's just to "save the children."
It's just a gathering to
worship.
It's just a form of
alternative
medicine.
It's just to prevent
autism.
It's just another
gangster with mental
health issues.
It's just another
black man.
It's just a
Jew.
It's just a
Hispanic.
It's just an
Asian.
It's just a
sweatshop.
It's just
a
homosexual.
It's
just a
trans-person.
It's
just
wrong
numbers.
It's
just
wrong
religion.
It's
just
to
protect
Israel.
It's
just
to
help
us
appreciate
home.
It's
just
an
education
with
good
grades.
It's
just
a
university
degree.
It's
just
to
prevent
adultery
and
divorce.
It's
just
so
you
can
get
hired.
It's
just
so
you
can
take
more
responsibility.
It's
just
a
white
picket
fence.
It's
just
an
overseas
bank
account.
It's
just
the
mortgage.
It's
just
the
interest
on
debt.
It's
just
a
few
more
hours
to
pay
the
bills.
It's
just
a
promotion.
It's
just
a
full
clip
to
protect
myself.
It's
just
so
I
can
show
off
my
latest
thing
I
bought
from
the
store.
It's
just
so
the
kids
can
watch
a
good
show
and
not
be
scared.
It's
just
so
kids
can
listen
to
wholesome
music
without
foul
language.
It's
just
appreciation
for
my
country.
It's
just
not
what
he
said.
It's
just
so
we
can
defend
ourselves.
It's
just
so
women
can
have
more
children.
It's
just
male
and
female.
It's
just
so
we
can
use
more
fossil
fuel
or
get
more
oil.
It's just the air we breath.
But in reality, it's just
- meritocracy
- fundamentalism
- hatred of government
- rampant capitalism
- blind nationalism
- blind activism
- hatred of a free press
- authoritarianism
- ableism
- American Christianity
- facism
- populism/neoliberalism
- distraction from local issues
- deep racism
Because it's not just upholding the American alt-right.
It's just another system to preserve white purity and to control what is non-essential compared to this hard thing called life.