Was it always like this?

Was it always such that we would

descend into a world of unethical treatment

of others just because we disagreed with them,

with their choices,

at the ballot box, that we would somehow lose

perspective, our senses in fair play

and be reduced to snarling, gutter tipped

wrench that makes our national

newspapers the epitome of self delusion

and intelligence harm;

was it always such, was it always the way,

that we could just be vile and get satisfaction from