Words Are Events

In a scene from Franklin, where his printing press 

has been destroyed, and he's picking up the letter tiles

from the floor, he fervently implores his grandson, "do you know what these are?"

"They are power!" 

I've been harboring it when I came across today's quote. 

"They feed energy, understanding and emotion back and forth and amplify it."

We are witnessing this is stark terms these days, are we not?

False words feeding and amplifying power, or so it appears on the surface, right?

Here are my questions.

What words of dignity, fairness, and equality 

do we use to counter and squelch false yet power-filled words?

Are true words feeding 

energy, understanding and emotion 

AND AMPLIFYING THEM in equal or greater measure?

Is a heartfelt and holy silence a counter revolution

that could invalidate the false words and formally put an end to them?

Am I longing for a fantasy world that isn't likely in a landscape including humans?

Isn't it ironic that the fear of being ruled by a mob is creating a mob?

Isn't it ironic that the behavior leading to this belief, ie: rioting, looting, street violence;

which is born from centuries of "put-down" ...something those perpetrating the Big Lie

are now getting a taste of ... are responding to in an identical manner, ie: rioting, looting

and street violence, ie: January 6?

May TRUE words triumph over falsehoods.

Namaste'