If you haven't guessed, this week I'll be discussing politics.
For my own personal beliefs, I am more democratic than the majority of the American population, and more republican than the majority of my school's population. Of course, Winston Churchill's most famous misattributed quote probably applies here.
[“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.” -not actually Winston Churchill]
We all know which category I fall under. Having no heart is practically my job description. And I'd hate to accuse my peers of lack of brain, but in wake of the election, I'm starting to wonder if this is the case.
It's not that I like Romney. It's not that I'm not rooting for Obama. It's just the sheer amount of propaganda spewing from the mouths of people I'd usually think would be able to ferret out the truth of these things. The most common two seem to be Romney Hates the Poor, and Obama Ruined the Economy.
The truth of either issue is not the point here. You can argue whatever you want. I have as much interest in politics as the people who stopped reading this post after the second paragraph. It just scares me that voters are content to have all their information from campaign adds, rumors, and gut reactions.
So, how am I going to combat this general ignorance? Certainly not by actually doing any in depth research about the candidates or anything! Here, have some videos from a news show I watch.
you is funny, I think your blog posts are hilarious.Reading this blog post is turning this suckyish Thursday into a not so sukyish Thursday, Keep your sense of humor! I beseech you!
ReplyDeleteThe cat video made all this political talk worth the read.
ReplyDeleteAnyways. I enjoyed this blog post! (even if it is about politics). I don't usually bother researching the candidates either, since I can't even vote yet it doesn't seem to matter.
Yet deep down I feel as if everyone always tells us to be responsible young people, and to understand the candidates by researching whose running and not by listening to the add campaigns. blahblahblah. I've got two years before I actually have to be that kind of responsible. Besides, I've found whenever I try to take a stance on something political everyone likes to argue with me. I don't want to argue politics. For now I will cross my fingers and hope that whoever is elected will actually do what's best for the country.
Hey! I'm glad you got Photoshop to work. I love seeing your artwork! :)
Oh, also.
ReplyDeleteHere is another one of my favorite cat videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plWnm7UpsXk&feature=related
And there are about a thousand others to find out there, all of them completely adorable. Kittens rule the internet.
HEY GIRL. I saw the link color in this post and was sold. I'm pretty clueless about politics, always, but I think you put it all very nicely here. Elections are never the most feel-good of events, and I tend to tune out of things that make me feel bad...but you made me smile instead, so thank you.
ReplyDeleteIf I haven't mentioned it yet, loving your color scheme and lovely pyrotechnic at the top.
I think that you know your audience well. Half of the people I know don’t give a hoot about politics. I believe that I’m one of those people. I don’t watch tv that much, so I miss a lot of the campaign ads. I agree with you that it’s scary how, for some people, their vote is based solely on whose advertisements are the most prominent or have the best ring to them. For those people, their privilege to vote seems to have no more importance than their chore in deciding which laundry soap to put in their washer. It often comes down to whether or not they saw one clever ad more than they saw another one.
ReplyDeleteGood post, Ruth. The spectrum of your audience definitely varies from people interested in politics and people who are not, but I think there are people across the whole board who really do take all their opinions straight out of campaign ads or twitter hashtags. It's fine you didn't do the research because your blog doesn't have to serve that purpose. But I'm still glad that you brought our attention to this problem (even though we can't vote). Thanks for talking about it!
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