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J'Accuse...!: (Poem Versus Silence)
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What is it like to be “cancelled,” to be shouted down by the virulently self-righteous, and to be permitted no hearing, no defence?
In
Versus
an essay-in-poetry by Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate emeritus, George Elliott Clarke contemplates how terrifyingly easy it was for him to fall victim – in January 2020 – to shrill defamation and scurrilous denunciation, to face “anti-social” media intimidation – all facilitated by reportage that spurred outrage rather than reflection. The result? Censorship and silencing, blacklisting and gag orders, the specialty of tyrannies, including the newfangled cult of #8220;cancellaires” and “digilantes.”
is a poignant manifesto that calls upon intellectuals and radicals to never submit to impulses that intentionally, or even unintentionally, forbid debate and questioning.
ponders what is truly unspeakable: injustice.
is a
that unflinchingly reveals the personal cost – borne by all poets who strive to “bear witness to Treasure – / despite all opposing Battery.”