To Anarchy's Defense (a song)
Channel: BoundToTell
Date: 04/11/2011

I spent the night at a friend's house and woke up and saw what happened in Oakland while I was blissfully unaware. It's been a while since I've played guitar (mine's in Pennsylvania), so I also wanted to play that a bit. It's morning here, so I played super soft.

I'll do a better video more directly expressing the points I make in this song and make it part of my Anarchism series because people shouldn't be able to get away with just stating that a bunch of anarchists showed up and fucked things up when they haven't a fucking clue about the idea of anarchy beyond what's been spoon fed to them by those who have power and don't want to see their power structures disappear. Of course, this is possible peacefully, and, like I said, it's much, much more complicated than what you see on tv. It's like every other news story out there, pretty much, only worse.

Basically, just don't condemn an entire set of philosophies because the only expressions of it that you're aware of due to a lack of investigation are the idiotic anarchists who are no better than what they claim to fight against.

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Lyrics:

I've got a message for the movement occupywallstreet
And the media who haven't a fucking clue about anarchy
'Cause just like they don't represent all of you
These supposed anarchists don't represent me, too

'Cause anarchy is a much more complicated philosophy
Than just wanting to wantonly tear down to the ground the system
But if you bothered to understand why they do what they do
You might just be able to do help them find a different way instead of condemn

And the thing about that is that I'm truly an anarchist
Down to my very core, but I'm just as equally pissed
'Cause when you bring out a philosophy of freedom through violence
It's just oppressive

It's clear that the people want to peacefully change
Not run through the streets like we're all estranged
And it's clear that you disagree
But for the sake of all of us
Don't instigate pain
By bringing the riot police bus