I will never be quiet.

I will not be silenced....Not by the religious who wish I'd crawl back under the door of the closet I was once confined to, who are more than willing to bring me things while I'm in there and who will gladly shut the door behind me so long as I refrain from denouncing their fairytales in public where anyone might hear.... Not by fellow nonbelievers who think I'm just a bit too noisy and a lot too harsh....And not by anyone who merely finds some odd solace in contrived togetherness.

Incessant grumbles shall not deter me from highlighting absurdities and injustices that cause others to quiet themselves so as to avoid persecution.

Silence yields more silence and change only happens when people smash their pots and pans in the streets while accommodationalists grow weary of sleeping with pillows over their heads. They whine to themselves and each other waiting for the uncomfortable noise to pass so that they might regain sleep. Their groggy brains sleepily, desperately claw for inactivity...peaceful, passive, blissful, uncombative ignorance...and they indignantly push the pillows harder into their ears. "Why are they causing such an uncomfortable scene? We deserve to post our religion throughout our institutions and discount the meals of those who show proof of weekly indoctrination and subordination to the church! Don't they know we're a Christian nation and we reward people for compliance? It's tradition!"

For every nonbeliever who is bullied into submissive silence, my volume will only increase. You can sleep when you relinquish your bigotry.



ironkidd