Hello sweet friends from here and there!
I have attempted to write a "post-election post" a number of times. I even posted one and then instantly regretted it. The post came down, needless to say. I don't want to talk too much about the election, actually. I have a lot of opinions, I have a lot of thoughts, but I really don't like to share them. Also, I don't like to hear them.
I have to say, I enjoyed the last election so much more. Not because my candidate won, not because it was my first time being a big-girl voter, but because there was no facebook. Facebook is well and good in its place, but what I liked so much about my last election was the anonymity of it all. I didn't have hundreds of people know who I was voting for, also, I was not forced to see hundreds of people's views. I have always thought that voting, especially for the President, is a very personal thing. It's your own personal opinion reflected in a very public way, and I like that it used to be that you were spared hearing much out of anyone but the media and the candidates themselves. Maybe it is my generation and its outspoken nature (which, if you're not careful, comes across as excessively bratty), but I really do not need to hear/see some of the things I have on facebook in the past week. It makes me uncomfortable. I hate the underhanded jabs back and forth, I hate that there are people that I like, that I had/have respect for that have made me rethink their attitude just because of the way they reacted to this election tonight.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I long for the way it was my first time voting. I really, really wish that I did not have to have my friends political views forced on me in such an abrupt manner. To be honest, it's one of those taboos. Politics and Religion. You'll never convince the opposition that your views are more right than the other, you'll never convert, you'll only end up angering the other person, getting offended yourself and leaving uncomfortable and unsure of the state of your relationship. Why do you think the only two people I talk Religion with are my mom and my husband? Why do you think I hate to talk about politics with anyone but my parents and my husband? Because I don't want disagreements about something so personal and personally important hanging like a cloud over my friendships.
I hope that I don't get approached about this topic tomorrow. Thank God the one person I see the most of on Wednesdays has never brought the subject up. He will be a welcome companion on a day like tomorrow will be, especially when we have a test in Political Science: over Political Parties, Interest Groups, Public Opinion & Participation, Voting Behaviour & Political Participation and Nomination & Election of the President, no less. Gag me.
I have attempted to write a "post-election post" a number of times. I even posted one and then instantly regretted it. The post came down, needless to say. I don't want to talk too much about the election, actually. I have a lot of opinions, I have a lot of thoughts, but I really don't like to share them. Also, I don't like to hear them.
I have to say, I enjoyed the last election so much more. Not because my candidate won, not because it was my first time being a big-girl voter, but because there was no facebook. Facebook is well and good in its place, but what I liked so much about my last election was the anonymity of it all. I didn't have hundreds of people know who I was voting for, also, I was not forced to see hundreds of people's views. I have always thought that voting, especially for the President, is a very personal thing. It's your own personal opinion reflected in a very public way, and I like that it used to be that you were spared hearing much out of anyone but the media and the candidates themselves. Maybe it is my generation and its outspoken nature (which, if you're not careful, comes across as excessively bratty), but I really do not need to hear/see some of the things I have on facebook in the past week. It makes me uncomfortable. I hate the underhanded jabs back and forth, I hate that there are people that I like, that I had/have respect for that have made me rethink their attitude just because of the way they reacted to this election tonight.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I long for the way it was my first time voting. I really, really wish that I did not have to have my friends political views forced on me in such an abrupt manner. To be honest, it's one of those taboos. Politics and Religion. You'll never convince the opposition that your views are more right than the other, you'll never convert, you'll only end up angering the other person, getting offended yourself and leaving uncomfortable and unsure of the state of your relationship. Why do you think the only two people I talk Religion with are my mom and my husband? Why do you think I hate to talk about politics with anyone but my parents and my husband? Because I don't want disagreements about something so personal and personally important hanging like a cloud over my friendships.
I hope that I don't get approached about this topic tomorrow. Thank God the one person I see the most of on Wednesdays has never brought the subject up. He will be a welcome companion on a day like tomorrow will be, especially when we have a test in Political Science: over Political Parties, Interest Groups, Public Opinion & Participation, Voting Behaviour & Political Participation and Nomination & Election of the President, no less. Gag me.
1 kind words:
EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT!!!!!! I'm very glad we're on the same page my darling stefanie clark!!
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