I'm a Failure

I'm a terrible hippie. I grew up during the 60's. I didn't become a teenager until the 70's, but I did live through the 60's, through the time of protests and free love and rebellion against the establishment. But I never joined a sit-in. Never marched in the streets.

Here I am, some forty years later, and I've still never marched in the streets, joined a sit-in or protested in public. But now, more than ever, I feel I should.

I hate the way our civil rights are being eroded. I hate how corporations take advantage of us. I hate the corruption of the political system. I hate when foreign policy is dictated by greed and politics instead of statesmanship. I protest!

I'm starting to think that if I die without having been jailed at least once for protesting against things un-American, I will have left something un-done. If nothing else, I want to set an example for our daughter.

But I probably won't. And I protest that too.


Posted by Dave    Blog Tag: Opinion