Grassroots

Roots of grass are probably one of the hardest to uproot, because they're clumpy and hold on to the soil for dear life with complete fervour.

Last 2 days I did some weeding and was inspired to write this post, after encountering a few clumps of stubborn grass.

The amateur gardener in me prefers not to have weeds surrounding the plants I am tending to, hence my frequent activity is to remove weeds from the neighbouring areas, by digging up their roots. Why? Because it takes longer to re-grow if its roots are removed. Eventually these weeds will even forget that they were a permanent resident in our garden.

The analogy was: Why are political supporters called "grassroots"? Grassroots when compared to lalangs (tall weeds) are not as easy to remove from the soil, because they stick together (teamwork/ unionised/ solid group) & their roots are clumped together digging deep into the soil (i.e. they retain their political beliefs passionately and wholeheartedly). 

Currently we need more grassroot supporters. Well perhaps all along they were there, but the politicians have done them injustice. Now disillusioned, they move to another party or in some cases do not participate in the election anymore >> or is that just me?