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A Peaceful Approach
Violent disruptions at political rallies:
Not my cup of tea.
Sometimes the candidates egg people on.
That's upsetting to see.
Bernie Bros and Trumplodytes
Have a right to their views.
But peaceful protests would seem to be
A better tactic to choose.
A wiser use of their time would be--
And something to further their cause--
To work very hard to overturn
Voter suppression laws
And other forms of injustice that eat at
Our democratic core
And clearly should be anathema here--
Something we ought to deplore.
Speaking one's mind in a civil way
Can still let freedom ring.
It helps to revisit the teachings of
Thoreau, Gandhi, and King.
(6-3-16)
Not my cup of tea.
Sometimes the candidates egg people on.
That's upsetting to see.
Bernie Bros and Trumplodytes
Have a right to their views.
But peaceful protests would seem to be
A better tactic to choose.
A wiser use of their time would be--
And something to further their cause--
To work very hard to overturn
Voter suppression laws
And other forms of injustice that eat at
Our democratic core
And clearly should be anathema here--
Something we ought to deplore.
Speaking one's mind in a civil way
Can still let freedom ring.
It helps to revisit the teachings of
Thoreau, Gandhi, and King.
(6-3-16)
