Evan Hawthorn's Blog

Evan Hawthorn's Blog
(visual aid by Christian Schloe)

Sunday, October 2, 2016

the emperor's new veto

to our repetitively ironic president,
the "dangerous precedent"
of allowing US war criminals (er, citizens)
to be held accountable by persons in other countries
is something that must be avoided at all costs.
and he doesn't even bother to justify it.
he takes it as a given that Americans,
brainwashed since birth,
are so utterly convinced of their superiority
(despite the never ending litany of illegal imperial invasions)
that they do not believe that laws apply to them.
this is how so many
pale-persons-who've-no-doubt-their-lives-matter
fail to grasp even the fact of black lives,
let alone red or yellow ones,
or Afghans, Russians, or Iraqis, take your pick.
after all, Hollywood, newspapers, history books,
and virtually every Democrat and Republican candidate
pander to this warped, essential ingredient
in the enabling of empires.
just ask the Nazis.

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