Poppies...

Hey.

You.

Yes you.

Come over here, will ya?

I got something really really good...open your mind so wide, it's like the universe is in there.

It's called reality.

You know those Muslims you hate and fear?  Didja know that nearly 50,000 of them fought in World War II for the freedoms you hold so dear?  They died in the trenches, flew spitfires, and bled for you.

Didja know that far right British political parties like Britain First want to scare you into hating them using the poppy symbol that is one of the universal symbols of the blood spilled in the war?

Did you know that Britain First sold poppies without permission of Royal British Legion (who hold the rights to the poppy symbol for supporting soldiers' charities) and then kept the money?

Do you really want to buy into that fear?

Do you know that fear is one of the reasons we're in the steaming pile of shit we're in?

I've got more, you know.  I can tell you about the codetalkers that kept our military messages secret with the only code that couldn't be broken because it adhered to no standard Latinate linguistic structure.  I can tell you how we kept an entire portion of out nation in concentration camps because they looked different and might be sending information to the enemy.

I can tell you how the entire history of the United States is predominantly (as in 99+ per cent) white and predominantly (and in just about the same amount) male.

So...want some reality?

*micdrop*