The Charge of the Lite Brigade

The title means what it says
The spelling mistake is not one
Not a typo, a deliberate concept
Lite defines as a lesser event
Or weaker ingredients
Some things are so lite
They are impossible to see
With the naked eye
Side issue: What is a naked eye
Answers on a postcard

There are many contentious issues in life
Some minor and some that have a severe impact

Take racism for instance
Racism is apparently out of fashion currently
It was big in the past
It has not disappeared
And it will return in the future
Those that lead the charge against it
Have a huge army behind them
And temporarily are winning the war

Take the behaviour of sexual predators
Mostly mean lead about by their dicks
Some women too, for want of a better
Expression "Gold Diggin Ho's"
Misogyny and feminism now, are twins
They're two cheeks of the same arse
Large groups of people unite
And fight against these evils
The charge for change seems unstoppable
But may well do long term damage
Depending on how far it goes


Take freedom of speech for instance
Akin also to freedom of expression
Society, presently, is arse over tit
The left was always portrayed as
The protectors of liberal values
Underdogs and life's freedoms
These are now the very ones
Bent on censorship, policing what we say
Legislating for terms we must say
Totalitarianism writ large and clear
De-platforming ideas and speakers
Strangling the very life of freedom
Stalinistic in approach and policies
Yet another holocaust is on the cards
In this top and turvy world, it is weirdly
Right-wingers standing up for these freedoms
What the fuck is up with that
There is a growing army against this
Attack on freedom I wish and hope
The charge will be successful
Or we are all fucked

Take bullying for instance
The internet compounded
The ways that someone could be one
New avenues for this type of scum
Cyber narcissists and psychopaths
But they stand tall and proud bathed in ego
They choose their victims carefully
Intimidating them to the point of being
Frightened or anonymous and silenced
They drive people into dark places
Without headlights, substance abuse
Anxiety, depression, cutting, suicidal
This they do without an ounce of guilt,
Compassion or understanding of empathy
They create human carnage and death
And all for their own amusement
Supported by their fans and sympathisers
Bully enablers are just as guilty
The blood is on both of their hands

I could go on but what would be the point
Enablers roll their eyes, "Oh not this again"
They see it happening but choose to do nothing
Like Germans during the rise of the Third Reich
Witnessing deliberate cruelty evolving into evil
Having been desensitised to the initial cruelty
Go on to sanction the evil that men do
Sadly in the main victims of bullying
Feel shame want anything for a quiet life
This is sad but completely understandable
And in most cases, the bullies and their enablers win
Apart from victims, those who see and deny
Or ignore are clearly guilty as well. As they say
'If you are not part of the solution you're
Part of the problem' and that is so true

The voiceless need a voice
Honest people will give them a voice
Honest people will campaign to stamp it out
Honest people will lead the charge
But what happens when leaders of the charge
Turn round to view the expected honest army
And there is only a mere handful of people
This is "The Charge of the Lite Brigade."
Ultimately it will falter and fail because
In this situation, people revert to type
It is easier to lay down than it is
To stand up - the path of least resistance
Where are the honest and the strong?
Eyes wide shut and hearts numbed
As they let people go to their grave