They had never been this excited by anything before. But they were thrilled to "be Ogun Samast." Thousands of them yelled "We are all Ogun Samast" at the match.
They never much cared for fighting for democracy.
They weren't ones to struggle against reactionaryism or backward thinking.
Working for a clean society was never their thing.
Nor was putting up a front against thieves and robbers.
Never, not even one day, did they ever shout out in anger about poverty, hunger, or the powerless in this country.
But what they all just loved doing was "being Ogun Samast."
Yes, they fill the weekend football stadium stands yelling "We are all Ogun Samast," over and over.
Ogun Samast, the murderer.
They say "We are all Ogun Samast."
And there are so many of them.
One, two, three, ten, one hundred thousand......
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Meanwhile, here we are stupidly debating the deep state, who the real killer is, whether or not there is a secret organization at work, and who exactly might be behind this murder.
When all the time, the truth is being shouted in those football stadium stands: "We are all Ogun Samast."
Some are putting on replicas of that same white beret Samast wore when he committed the murder, the better to resemble him....
Just look around you. They're everywhere.
They're all yelling that they are each one "Ogun Samast."
A killer.
But when it comes to being equipped, cultured, knowledgeable, good citizens, people in whom their families can feel pride, well, there is no reaction from these same crowds.
They have never yelled with such ferocity when it comes to just growing up and becoming men. Nor when it comes to becoming human. What they want is to "be Ogun Samast." And so they yell in unison "We are all Ogun Samast."
Listen and listen well: this is the loud cry which yells out that peace and love can never come to this country. This is the cry of blood.
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