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-YOU'RE YOUR OWN STRAW MAN-

Shift the argument
Maintain dominance
Disarm them first
A villain to destroy
Created as a ploy
A decoy
to celebrate the heroics of
the righteous warriors
Lose focus

Inside you'll find you share the same mind
The monster you fear is between your ears
A lifetime of lies to mask and disguise
Twining the straw
Projecting flaws
A show of strength
But, the enemy is fake

Shaping nations
Fear through fiction
Fighting fakes
with no retaliation

Demonize evil as fictional people
Resenting those that slightly resemble
Fear of the dark write oppressive laws
Make up a monster then drop the bombs
Fighting yourself, killing those around
So many casualties but no enemy is found
Pointing fingers, bear false witness
Insecure, mental prison

Stoke emotions for blind belief
Hating on an unseen enemy
Narrate their reality
Shifting attention from the conversation
Manipulating logic through emotion
Blinded and unable to think
The straw man has won the debate

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from VIOLENT OPPOSITION: Utopia​/​Dystopia, released November 10, 2017

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Grind/Punk/
Fastcore/Hardcore/
Powerviolence/
Experimental

Started Sept 2013

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