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Yussra MT Ebrahim
12/4/2013

when did it become okay again?
we’ve been through this before
many times
so when did it become okay again?

I’m talking about hating someone
you don’t know
hating them so strongly
that you refuse to know

I’m talking about the ignorant comments people post online
I’m talking about the hostile questions people ask

downright poisonous
bitter bile in the mouth
corrosive acid in the stomach
burning through all reason

online
I used to roll my eyes
and click away
but honestly
I’m sick of seeing the comments
and pretending I don’t

I’m sick of pretending
the questions are valid
are not rude
are not absolutely uncivilized

I’m sick of answering kindly
like I’m in charge of justifying the crimes
committed against my own soul

I am sick
of taking the nonsense
of accepting the nonsense
of not pulling the microphone away from my mouth for a moment
to hit him over the head with it

I say this because I love the human race

hateful comments
last time I saw one
and it didn’t take long for it to find me
I realized
I wanted to know who wrote it
I just wanted a face

when the words make me so angry
when the ideas get me so worked up
it would help to see a face
It would help to know
that the regurgitator
of propaganda
is human, too

yet he doesn’t even know
how little he knows

on behalf of the Muslims
stop hating us for everything
you think
we stand for

talk to us
you’ll be surprised to learn
it’s hard to hate someone
you actually know
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