Some people will tell you that there is no real discussion of politics in the home, the dinner table, and especially in mixed company outside the home. But it is this lack of discussion that raises generations of people who may not be exposed to the many sides of potential political options.
Labels help us pigeonhole what we think of the various people we meet, but seldom does the label Democrat or Republican, and Conservative or Liberal capture every person’s essence.
It is even worse in the areas of social media platforms, where one post can get you friended or even unfriended over what you think is an innocent belief that covers only one small subject in your mind.
You post something you think most of your friends also believe, but in fact you have posted or shared a belief that may be shared by 50 % of your friends and acquaintences and may genuinely irritate the other 50%.
The same process that is infecting us in social media is bleeding into the political arena. Our process has now descended into an arena where each side blasts the other side with truths and untruths in the news and social media platforms, and potentially makes our institutions appear biased as well.
We the people need to separate the truths from the untruths. We need to be able to expect our institutions to be honest and trustworthy. We need to require our politicians to be without reproach and not support an unsuitable candidate simply because they are Republican, Democrat, Socialist or Communist.
Our parties which hold up candidates for us to choose between need to be held accountable for the candidates they select. If the candidate does not follow our laws and expect it from all who work for them, how can we expect them to keep us safe and have our best interests at heart.
We need to resurrect political discussion, and genuine debate back to the home, the school, and the workplace. It is this caring interaction and respect for each others views that will bring compromise and intelligent debate back to our so called higher institutions like the senate and house of representatives.
-The Talking Haid
