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Pity the nation Lawrence Ferlinghetti

City Lights bookstore with the poem “Pity The Nation” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and its warning against tyranny displayed for all to see.

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What's that,you say? Israel bombed Lebanon? How very fucking surprising. Ceasefire,you say?

Try Iran. I dare you.

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Long Description: The image is a text-based artwork on a yellow background with slightly rounded corners. The title "PITY THE NATION" is displayed prominently at the top in bold, all-caps black letters. Below it, in parentheses and in a smaller italic font, is the attribution "(After Khalil Gibran)." The text is a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, written in a typewriter-style font. It conveys a critique and lamentation about a nation's people being misled by leaders and losing their rights and culture. The poem is centered on the page, with Ferlinghetti's name at the bottom in italicized white script.

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"Pity the nation whose breath is money and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed. Pity the nation, oh pity the people, who allow their rights to erode and their freedoms to be washed away. My country, tears of thee, sweet land of liberty!" #LawrenceFerlinghetti #PityTheNation #PrayForAmerica

Text of Pity the Nation, a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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A couple, a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl, commit suicide, because their parents wouldn't abide an inter-religious pairing. #PityTheNation https://x.com/GhantaGuy/status/781729401989804032