Autumn: The Season of Mellow Fruitfulness and Poppy Fascism.

 Autumn in Britain is the time of year when we begin to hunker down, preparing for the onset of winter, when I our minds turn to the impending celebrations for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, and when by honouring the fallen, who, in two world wars, saved us from living under the yoke of fascism, people seem to think they can occupy the moral high ground by telling others what they should think, say, and wear. Oh the irony.

The constant vitriolic criticism of anybody who happens to not be wearing a poppy, whether it be a member of the public in the street, or a celebrity, a television presenter, or politician, is sickening, nauseating and worst of all shows an astounding level of hypocrisy and lack of personal awareness.

The poppy is worn to commemorate those who gave their lives so we could live a life free from oppression, in a society where freedom of thought and speech is cherished and where, within reason, people can decide who they commemorate, how they commemorate them and what they wear.

To all those people who try to cloak the wearing of a poppy as some sought of patriotic act that is rooted in nationalism, you fail to recognise that fighting nationalism and patriotism was the reason lives were given in the first place and going around trying to impose your warped belief system on others defeats the purpose of the celebrations, as well as casting slurs and insults upon those who gave their life so we could live ours.

I will now exercise the freedom of speech safeguarded for me by the soldiers who sacrificed their lives, and for whom I wear a poppy to celebrate and commemorate, by telling you that you are a bigoted, jingoistic, ignorant bunch of f%&k&%g MORONS!!!!!!

A final question for all the self-proclaimed guardians of the moral high ground. What do you do with your poppy after Remembrance Day? Chuck it in a draw? Toss it in a bin? Chuck it on the fire? That’s not very respectful…………. is it?

 

 

 “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win”

( Mahatma Gandhi)