Politics Brings Out the Worst in Us

July 5, 2018

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is politics in honor of Independence Day (USA), which was celebrated yesterday, July 4^th.

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A political poem about fear and anger stoked for political purposes:

Politics brings out the worst in us.

One is more vile the more there is at stake.

Leveraging a little animus,

It turns mere opposition into hate.

The lava bubbling underneath each heart,

Inhibited by guilt or love or fear,

Comes bursting forth, by scribes with subtle art

Stoked vigorously as new elections near.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Politics

7/2: In Politics Corruption Is the Norm

7/3: Now, at Last, the Time of Reckoning

7/4: Then, There Was No Right to Eat

7/5: Politics Brings Out the Worst in Us