{"id":27,"date":"2013-10-30T11:13:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T11:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2014-08-08T11:17:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:17:16","slug":"let-us-now-gather-together-the-bust-bag-of-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/let-us-now-gather-together-the-bust-bag-of-feathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Us Now Gather Together the Bust Bag of Feathers"},"content":{"rendered":"
After the \u201cthey steal babies\u201d press in Ireland will the press devote as musch time and column inches to publicising that the children are the natural offspring of the Romani parents? The children taken by Irish police from their families as being \u201ctoo blond and blue eyed to be natural children of Romani (Gypsy) parents, have been proven to be related to their families.<\/address>\n

Hitlers dream of purest blood
\nWas shattered by millions of sacrificed lives
\nYet today behind liberal words
\nA dark stereotype of lies thrives<\/p>\n

\u201cThey steal babies, don\u2019t you know\u201d, they say,
\nIn Greece a couple dark had a child, hair blond, eyes blue,
\nAnd so every blue eyed blond baby in a gypsy family
\nIs deemed stolen, for gypsies steal, it is said, maybe babies too.<\/p>\n

And so in Tallaght, and in Athlone,
\nPeople look with suspicious eyes,
\nAnd wicket whispers fueled by hate,
\nIs dressed as concern, children\u2019s protection laws a disguise.<\/p>\n

Where were the whisperers when the clergy strayed
\nFrom their self imposed celibacy rule
\nNot with women and men of age to choose
\nBut with innocent children still in school?<\/p>\n

Ah, silent they were, children disbelieved
\nBecause no-one wanted to know,
\nToday acknowledged, mildly dismissed
\nAs now rectified, and a long time ago.<\/p>\n

We have new victims we can smear,
\nWe can about them tell lies
\nDehumanize them as the Nazis did
\nThat is how the Fascists rise.<\/p>\n

Then as now, a campaign, Propaganda
\nA media by a people trusted,
\nHas been shown to be but a vehicle of hate.
\nNow must gather a bag of feathers busted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the \u201cthey steal babies\u201d press in Ireland will the press devote as musch time and column inches to publicising that the children are the natural offspring of the Romani parents? The children taken by Irish police from their families as being \u201ctoo blond and blue eyed to be natural …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,55,54,56],"tags":[39,57,62,60,2345,61,63,59,58],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-ireland","category-racism-in-ireland","tag-athlone","tag-civil-right","tag-current-affairs","tag-gypsy","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-racism-in-ireland-2","tag-romani","tag-romany","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-r","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":294,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-walking-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":0},"title":"The Walking People","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th February 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_SI99QscZxk In times past they were craftsmen skilled But today they have no skill That has a value in the modern world As they head for the next hill For over it is the wide world beyond A road they travel until Death in his time comes traveling The road\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Following the Patrin"","block_context":{"text":"Following the Patrin","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/video-poetry\/following-the-patrin\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/_SI99QscZxk\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2391,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/this-could-be-1939-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":1},"title":"This Could Be 1939 Again","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"23rd October 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\"This Could Be 1939 Again\" Czech Roma refugee, a friend of mine, who will remain nameless, circa 1998 The flames of fate had barely cooled When the flames of hate were fanned We though, we hoped, these days were gone We saw, we see, cannot understand Not since the rosary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Current Affairs in Ireland"","block_context":{"text":"Current Affairs in Ireland","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ireland\/current-affairs-in-ireland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The residents, who did not want to identify themselves, told RT\u00c9 News that while they had sympathy with those affected by the tragedy at Glenamuck there was ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.rasset.ie\/000b3d54-614.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.rasset.ie\/000b3d54-614.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.rasset.ie\/000b3d54-614.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":300,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/sky-is-our-ceiling-the-land-our-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":2},"title":"Sky is our Ceiling, the Land our Garden","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"19th August 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The sky is our ceiling, the land our garden - Romany Proverb Smile, yes there are clouds The morning may be dull Your life may seem difficult And of problems, be full But they shall pass in their own time All problems sorted in their own way For many was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Nature"","block_context":{"text":"Nature","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/nature-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Gypsies on the Road. \"The sky is our ceiling, hte land our garden\" - old Romany proverb","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Gypsies-on-the-Road.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Gypsies-on-the-Road.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Gypsies-on-the-Road.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Gypsies-on-the-Road.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Gypsies-on-the-Road.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1893,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/hatred-in-the-heart-of-olde-england\/","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":3},"title":"Hatred in the Heart of Olde England","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qj5NPWGEiC4 Once again Dale Farm is in the news, where Irish Travellers implemented a plan by John Major, ex Tory PM of the UK, to objections by locals. 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