RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS
Berlin Dispatch
In Berlin they are walking a fine line
Between security and civil liberties
They are denying gun ownership
Infiltration of police and military forces
Means of recruitment and fundraising
To far right extremists
Germany knows the dangers of
Militant nationalist supremacist extremists
Better than any other nation
Germany knows how vulnerable
Democracy can be
As it is in Germany so it is in America
Birthplace of McCarthyism
Home of the militia movement
Home of conspiracy theorists
Home of authoritarian sympathizers
Home of the Klan
As it is in America so it is in Germany
We must walk a thin line
Between security and civil liberties
We must recognize the dangers
Without sacrificing the heart
Of our democracy
We must defend the rights
Of those we otherwise despise
We must defend the rights of those
Who would deny us our rights
Without hesitation
For that is what it means to be
A patriot
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