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)