Extreme Politics

This quote is as true as it gets. Love it!

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremist is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

Robert Kennedy

EXTREME POLITICS

There is sometimes deep inside of men

That set their souls on fire

The compassion that envelopes them

Which sets goodness to transpire

It will drive them to extremes, sometimes

To do more than lend a hand

Willing they are to cross the lines

To enable their fellow man

Then there is yet another extreme

That drives men to seek more power

Their goal is to take control, it seems

And cause lesser men to cower

Our forefathers had given us tools, you know

In the form of check and balance

When far left or right the power flows

Our constitution should give us precedence

But over time we fall back on our heels

And think our freedom is set in stone

Apathy in our hearts conceal

How much government has grown

Amid our tolerance for extreme agendas

And our ignorance of where countries have failed

Then we are fed three meals of propaganda

Allowing the extremist to prevail

One day the government offers universal care

The next day they take our guns

It happens while most are unaware

And the patriots just stand stunned

The bullseye is in the center

Not far left or right

Are we really ready to surrender

While they burn the stars and stripes?