Monday, December 4, 2023

Contrasting Assemblies

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Abrasive and demanding by nature

of their culture, on the raw side of civility

they wrap themselves in the white flag

of victimhood the better to extract compassion

from the outside world, prepared to excuse

their violent excesses as the product of

deprivation, a culture that comes wrapped 

and ready when they relocate, to be shared

sanctimoniously when occasion demands.

They gather in raucous hordes exuding rage

demands and threats, issuing notices of

violated civility, sweeping through quiet

streets and thoroughfares bringing notice to

championing of a vile terror group whose

criminal atrocities shrink from the pale of

humanity. These are the standard-bearers of

a death-cult imposing martyrdom as a theistic

obligation on the faithful. Flaunting their

grievance alongside a sneering dismissal of

human rights their foul stew of entitlement

is offset by another demonstration of quiet

dismissal of slanders and genocidal threats

appealing to the better nature of authorities

oblivious to upholding the security of lawful

assembly as patriots of a nation caught

between the pathological forces of evil

and human obligation to uphold justice.

 

 

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