Growing up in Texas being instilled with mostly conservative ideals is frustrating as an adult because I think for myself. I left one extreme political environment and went to another. Best opportunity ever, you see the flip side of your views, and in my case completely changes the way you look at everything.
When you get to know people, I mean really get to know, understand, accept, embrace and so on, there is a bond formed. For me that means empathy, compassion. I respect all of my friends and their choices, political views, faith, etc because ultimately it is THEIR choice.
I'm so tired of the ignorance of my fellow people engaging in what are supposed to be intellectual conversations, and in the end not having any facts to bring to the table and resorting to ignorance. Our society is hurting us tremendously by bashing each party incessantly. What happened to "One Nation Under God" simply stated in our Pledge of Allegiance.
The sad part is, I don't understand why people don't take more time to educate themselves on current events and more about our government to help them form an opinion and think for themselves. It scares me to think of generations to come, and the state of our society if this apathy continues. One article a day, ten minutes. We are all connected to our phones anyway. Figure out what you support, what you don't, who the Speaker of the House is, the Attorney General, I don't care, just educate yourself so we can begin thinking for ourselves again! Figure out if you're big business or small business. And guess what? Stick to what you believe, when someone engages you in a political discussion, don't be afraid. State your idea and have the facts to back it up. That's how you learn. It doesn't have to resort to anger and obscenities.
Boy am I long winded. After all that, I have to say its been such a blessing to have left my comfort zone, and to become more worldly. The hard part is I'm stuck in the middle about a lot of things. I hope that one day a leader will rise who is grounded, understands all sides and can help all views meet in the middle. While some things will be easier than others, unite our country. It is so crucial for us to take care of what happens in our own country, it's like a family, it's all you've got. So before we take on the world, can we just take care of ourselves? I want to raise children in a country I have good faith in someday!
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