I hate politics. Everything about the political system upsets me one way or another. Other times it makes me pretty happy when there's some positive progress, which seems to be pretty rare. But if there's one thing most of all that I find to be gut-wrentchingly painful is hearing people talk about politics; specifically, their personal point of view.
I'll admit I don't know a damn about politics. And I've said this before. I'll read the headlining stories, but getting into all the background information is just short of exhausting. The worst part is that I never know what to believe. If one reads Republican-targeted news on politics, then you're mostly going to hear the Republican party's point of view on things. If you read Democrat material, then you're gonna be swayed to the democrat side just as easily. Where's the median?
There isn't one, because you have to pick a side. Both sides think they're right, and are equally capable of releasing either painfully flawed or shockingly credible information.
I want to say I don't know much about politics because I don't care about politics. But ignorance is definitely not bliss, especially since the big picture is composed of details. Which like I said, are exhausting and can be just as open to interpretation (specifically, a good move or a bad one) as any detailed artwork.
Art and politics, that's a pretty interesting way to look at things I guess. But debating about whether or not Obama is doing a good job is nothing but a never-ending circle based on opinions.
Everywhere I go there's something anti-Obama. Sure, freedom of speech is great but vandalizing your opinions on private property for everyone to see is a little extreme. Facebook is filled with stupid groups and everyone's got their opinions about the "facts" they've heard and read about. Maybe I really am just stupid but I have a hard time believing half the terrible things I've heard. Hands down my biggest peeve is the Hitler reference. Anything involving a Hitler reference pisses me off. Its a weak argument and the trend of using Adolf Hitler's name to describe anything terrible is nothing short of antisemitism alone, in my personal opinion. I for one would never make such a reference about someone I hated in front of a Jewish friend or coworker, would you?
Ugh. I'm already exhausted and I've barely even said anything.
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As much as politics grates on everyones nerves it is very important we stay at least some what up to date. This is our country, they are our leaders we have every right in the world to call them out if we feel that they are doing something wrong. It's our job as responsible citizens and our job to make sure that the leaders keep our country in the best shape possible.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, there is sides and there is bias, but that's where we come in to take in both sides and develop our own opinion. It's called being in the middle and something more people should do.