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Passion of politics can be lethal, let's sober up ahead of elections

When supporters of different politicians clashed at an event in Busia. [File, Standard]

It is becoming extremely apparent that perhaps nothing is more intoxicating and potentially destructive to the human person than the passion of politics.

Sober men and women seem to lose their reasoning capacity when the drug of political passion enters their veins and invades their bloodstream. Reasonable human beings throw caution to the wind and behave like brute beasts – dazed by political passion. Check out KOT and listen to the toxic language and provocative videos. This reality has been buttressed by watching the US Jan 6 hearings.

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