A kind of madness has swept our world:
\nReplaced our love with fear
\nA suspicion of another
\nBased on their voice, or how they appear.
\nRooted in the same hatreds
\nOf race, now under a different guise…
\nOnce more the natives of the colonies
\nAre people that we despise.
\nTerrorists or savages
\nIs all they now can be…
\nThey question is to be asked: Is this so…
\nOr is that you and me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A kind of madness has swept our world: Replaced our love with fear A suspicion of another Based on their voice, or how they appear. Rooted in the same hatreds Of race, now under a different guise… Once more the natives of the colonies Are people that we despise. Terrorists …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2996,2967,53,3373,2902],"tags":[210,3374,2175,3375],"class_list":["post-3378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-american-presidential-election","category-america","category-civil-rights","category-danse-macabre","category-refugee-crisis","tag-civil-rights-2","tag-danse-macabre","tag-fear","tag-xenophobia","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Su","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5088,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-great-place-to-go-mad\/","url_meta":{"origin":3378,"position":0},"title":"A Great Place to Go Mad","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th October 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Background: I grew up with stories of my father on his honeymoon on the west coast describing it as \"a great place to go mad\". 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