I have just finished rewriting for a third time my thoughts on the “Thought Police”.  You cannot be too careful in these days for there are watchers everywhere.  Conformity is, I think, what is desired.  We should all march shoulder to shoulder and in step and think the same way at the same time.  If you have been in the military you know what I mean.  The military mind is unitary and does not encourage independence of thinking or action (unless heroic measures work out to the advantage of our side).

But, this essay is a continuation of thoughts about how to mask your disapproval when approval is demanded of everyone. To write nothing and say less is crippling the commandment to allow thinking.  To harden your face and keep your hands from swinging too threateningly and keep that middle finger locked down are hard to do. And, there are positive things you CAN do and they can be legal and the Thought Police will leave you alone if you think positively and carefully about the dilemma we are in.  That dilemma is keeping America democratic and still be the home of the free and the brave.

As long as there is freedom of assembly, there is no reason why people of the same persuasion cannot get together to hash problems out.  You have to watch out for when applying for a permit to gather in a “public” place, an opposition group will form and be there to heckle or get pushy to see if you will push back.  I like the Gandhi/ M.L. King formula of peaceful assemblage and not to get involved in pushing back.  I believe non-violent protest was the key to change at one time.  Because there are so many ways to provoke those of us who resent conformity and want to be able to freely express thought, it has become difficult for we now have to be aware that the media feed off your unhappiness and the glee of those who want to upset you and get you to seem to be the bad guys.

I would like to make a suggestion in addition to masking obvious distaste because of the way you and I and the rest of America are being swindled by those we have put in power. Let us think of ways in which to massively show what we stand for and what we want.  Remember May 15? That was the day we were NOT supposed to buy gasoline to protest the high prices.  That is an expression of the idea of the BOYCOTT.  I have not been buying Exxon (used to be Esso) gasoline because of the Valdez oil spill.  I do not buy a Ford because Mr. Ford was a notorious anti-Semite.  I try to do my part. 

Come on, some of you bright readers of my stuff, I believe you can think of a way to peacefully boycott some thing that will hurt those who police our thought.