Politics.... (shudder) Why has this become such a nasty and negative thing? It has for me at least. I don't even care which side you are on. Lately you can tell which side someone is on not based on what candidate they support, but by their hatred of the opposing candidate. What happened to "United we stand, Divided we fall"? You think that might be why even after the elections are over we still can't seem to rally together and get anything done? The rift between the two opposing parties has grown into such a gaping chasm that seems if you attempt to bridge it you risk a grisly death. Death by vicious villainous rhetoric at least. Why does it have to be so mean and vile and negative? Seriously. I'm all for supporting and endorsing a candidate, but why can't it stop there, instead of feeling compelled then to eschew hatred and all things evil towards the other party? Seriously, one of these guys is going to win, and we need to be able to work together to fix this mess of a country. Instead of pointing fingers at who's fault it is. How can we fix it if we are so divided from the elections we have no time to heal in between. What happened to compromise? When did the idea that a politician who compromises is seen as weak? What happened to the ideals that we learned in Kindergarten, huh? If you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all. Working together to find a solution that everyone can be happy with. Everyone learning to share, be nice, and follow the golden rule. I believe that people generally are trying their best to be good and do what is right according to them. I like to hope that includes politicians (from
both sides). So, even if we disagree on some issues we can still learn to work together for the greater good. BUT NOT IF WE KEEP POLARIZING ISSUES!!! AND CALLING NAMES AND MUDSLINGING AND IN GENERAL JUST BEING MEAN!! We need to as a country just freaking grow up and learn to work together and play nicely. Quit throwing sand in the sandbox already. It just makes everyone uncomfortable and irritated and in reality just ends up exposing all of the hidden cat poop.
Love it! I think your cat poop line is fantastic.
ReplyDeletewhat a rant! makes perfect sense to me. i can't stand politics, or confrontation & smack-talking either, for that matter.
ReplyDeletehey- just got back from stake conference where elder oaks brought up the election and talked about how mean people were being and said we're all brothers & sisters and there's no need for that.
ReplyDeletethought of you & this post!
Awesome Eve! That is really cool! I read something I think from Elder Uchdorf that was talking about having too much of the bad sort of pride in sports teams and politics and I can't remember what else, but the gist of it was if it makes you feel angry against others then you have the bad kind of pride. And you should stop it. Anyway, it was a good talk.
ReplyDeleteAmen--to all the comments too.
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