Identified as a trouble maker by the authorities since childhood, and resolved to live up to the description, Charles Carreon soon discovered that mischief is most effectively fomented through speech. Having mastered the art of flinging verbal pipe-bombs and molotov cocktails at an early age, he refined his skills by writing legal briefs and journalistic exposes, while developing a poetic style that meandered from the lyrical to the political. Journey with him into the dark caves of the human experience, illuminated by the torch of an outraged sense of injustice.
(It’s like a wind that blows a thousand miles an hour. You will be like -- “All my shit has been blown away…”)
Yeah many man's tried And many man's died Because you can’t defeat An avocado An avocado may look small But inside, it’s ten feet tall, That’s why you can’t defeat an avocado You may learn some lessons in your life From your husband or your wife But until you see the light You don’t know wrong from right But you need never fear The avocado’s here And you can’t defeat an avocado We’re takin’ bets here every night The smart money’s always right And you bet That it’s on The avocado Because you can’t No you can’t You just can’t No you can’t You just can’t Defeat An avocado Like Napoleon at Waterloo My friend that will be you If you attempt to overthrow An avocado Yeah, like Hitler at Stalingrad It will be that bad If you try to defeat An avocado Now wine comes from grapes And people came from apes But an avocado has a pit And that’s just the heart of it! So you can’t No you can’t No you can’t No you can’t You just can’t defeat an avocado
Fake News, Self-Censorship and the Three Stupid Monkeys by Charles Carreon December 10, 2016
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“See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” This formulation was first declared to me by some peer at the age of three or four – a veritable wise man he seemed to me – revealing the meaning of the mysterious three-monkey tableux so often encountered among the knick knacks adults accumulated in those days. It was a big revelation: the three monkeys, the first covering his eyes, the second his ears, and the third, his mouth – were a visual representation of the concept. Oh, now that I understood, how wise and virtuous those monkeys seemed. I understood in a flash why they were venerated by so many of the great and powerful big people. They were not taking in, or spreading “evil.” These monkeys were definitely on the right side of the game, since everybody knew “evil” was the worst thing of all.
So I was really surprised when I told my dad that I’d realized how important the wisdom of the three monkeys was, and he told me it was a bunch of crap. Nobody, he explained, should keep their mouth shut about evil. If there was evil going on, we needed to find out about it. We needed to see it, hear it, talk about it, and put an end to it. My namby-pamby see-no, hear-no, speak-no-evil pose went up in flames that day, and I’ve held a grudge against those cowardly monkeys ever since for leading me to make an ass out of myself in front of my dad.
Recently, I heard that an anonymous website had just come up with a list of suspect websites proliferating “fake news” to advance a Russian agenda, and the Washington Post elevated this website to the status of a genuine news-origin certifying authority. I did not bother to be concerned. People who will avoid the blacklisted news outlets are engaged in proactive self-censorship. By supporting the list, they tell everyone in earshot that they aren’t hearing or seeing fake news, so it’s impossible that they will speak it. Their minds won’t be contaminated by fake news, and no one can blame them for spreading it. If the thought police look in their heads, they will find them empty.
Three-monkey relief carving (hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil) on Shinkyusha. Nikko, Japan
Fake News (To the tune of “Downtown”) by Charles Carreon 12/10/16
Turn on the TV Hear the things that they’re saying Well it sounds a lot Like News
Pick up the paper Read the things that are written Well it surely looks Like News
But now the “Prop or Not” List Has landed in my Twitter And Huff-po, WaPo, Daily Beast They all are in a flutter – What to Believe? The Rooskies are under the Bed The Chinese are here to be fed This is Fake News! Let’s see if it’s on the list Oh dear, Look at it right here, Fake News! Straight from the Kremlin, they say!
Power’s corrupting And media has power To sell Fake News! Now who do you think Might be in a position To buy Fake News?
I mean the news is spozed to Give you all the skinny The straight dope and the lowdown And the truly on the level. Good luck with that! Citizens United took over your head Now the screaming liberals Say Conservatives are Red This is Fake News Don’t try to sell me this Fake News I know this shit’s on the list Fake News Just stick this right up your ass.
Truth is expensive, So they use it quite sparingly in Fake News Like the sun’s in the sky And there’s a base on the moon You call that Fake News? Your mind is just a playground For thoughts of other’s making Your choices like a baby’s candy Right there for the taking.
They have to lie, too The Rooskies are under the Bed The Chinese are here to be fed This is Fake News! Let’s see if it’s on the list Oh dear, Look at it right here, Fake News! Straight from the Kremlin, they say!