BANG YOUR HEAD AGAINST YOUR OWN STONE

Jonah Hill is the newest celebrity to be persecuted for saying something politically incorrect. Who will be next? Hopefully nobody, now that this poem has been published...

BANG YOUR HEAD AGAINST YOUR OWN STONE

by matt burns

The celebrity says the bad word

It insults a group of minorities

Bloggers are abuzz about it

I read all the blogs on the Internet

I actually get all caught up in it, like a spell

I throw my stones at the celebrity, just like everybody else

You horrible person, you!

How could you?!

Shame on you!

Shame!

But then I snap out of it pretty quickly

And I realize I’ve uttered the same word he uttered

On several occasions

Especially when I’ve been angry

And the celebrity was also angry when he said it

So how are we any different?

I realize I shouldn’t have thrown any stones

Only he who is without sin should throw the stones

And we are all with sin

In Hollywood

There is a witch-hunt for the politically-incorrect celebrity

“Who’s going to be the next one to say something offensive?”

It’s a big hunt

A big hunt for the offensive one

So bloggers can write blogs about it

And get a ton of hits

And charge more for advertisements

They aren’t even offended by any of it

They just pretend to be

And convince others that THEY should be offended

They enjoy masturbating to the sight of a celebrity with his guard down

It translates into dollars

It’s money to them

And the proper protocol for the celebrity is to go into damage-control mode

Apologize and say it was disgusting behavior

But if I were a celebrity I would just say 

Fuck off

I was angry

And when you’re angry you say shit you don’t mean

If you’re without sin, throw some fucking stones at me

But otherwise stop pointing fingers my way

And saying ‘shame on you’

Because this is nothing but exploitation

Shaming a man who’s angry and saying shit he doesn’t mean

When you all say shit you don’t mean when you’re angry

It’s human nature

You’re just not in the spotlight when it happens

Hardly anybody notices when you run your mouth

Maybe one or two people notice

But it doesn’t get blogged about

And it doesn’t become a trending topic on Facebook

Exploiting a man who is angry 

And running his mouth

A natural act that we all do…

That’s the worse sin

So do me a favor

And bang your head against your own stone