I understand they troll, I wonlt act like I am above arguing with people on the internet over ideas and such either, I guess my allegiance is just more towards specific ideas or instances, not towards any party in itself, and I try to be aware of the fact that even if they are currently working on an issue thats important to me, they are doing it to further their own agenda, for their own reasons, just like I am interested in that issue because of MY goals agenda etc. sorry if thats confusing I couldn't think of a great way to word it, basically I try not to confuse a politician working on an issue I care about, with a politician caring about ME. To be clear, I am not against people seeking power, wealth etc- anything like that..
As far as an actual SOLUTION to this crazy partisanship we are seeing right now, everything tearing the country apart etc, thats a really tough one. I dont think there is an easy answer to that, and just like it didnt happen overnight, its not going to be worked out overnight either. I dont think its the kind of thing the government itself can solve, BUT I can offer a few first steps we could all take individually, that would benefit us individually and well as a whole. The first and biggest is trying to understand other people, issues, and situations better before forming an opinion. Really dig into all sides of something, or someone, try to understand their motives or the issues at play in the situation for yourself instead of just believing what you hear or see on TV. Almost NOTHING is black and white and almost NOONE is inherently good or ? Evil I guess? Once you start to see that these situations are pretty complex and that especially in politics there are no "Good Guys", I think people will become much more choosy in who they support and on what issues, and with less of a die hard "Base" politicians and political parties will become less extreme as well. They act this way in the first place because they think it will stir up their base and help them win elections, and winning elections is the main goal or purpose of any person or group in politics.
The other big thing we can do is stop spending any of our time, or money, on anything that is part of the problem. Cable news and radio pundits/personalities act the way they do because it furthers their interests (makes them money) to do so. They get you all upset or scared or nodding in agreement because it keeps you listening, Rush Limbaugh is no different than Howard Stern, He just uses a different format, gimmick, whatever you want to call it to keep people listening and therefore sell his advertising. There's nothing wrong with that, thats just how the game is played, but its not anything you want to base your own ideas and values off of, Those should be our OWN, not something we heard on tv or the radio. I think thats honestly part of the problem today, Is that its just plain easier to repeat the opinion of someone else than to take the time to really form one of our own. Thats a huge problem today because while most of the media or politicians know when they say something or give their "Radio Opinion" or "TV Opinion" that there is alot more to the story. Obviously they are only going to give the information or point of view that most benefits them, in a nice clean package, and not tell you the full deal. The problem is people who dont know any better swallow this up whole, so then you have people going around thinking and believing things that even the person who said it knows to be less than the complete truth or whole story
. So In conclusion I would say the biggest thing we can do to change this is to start with ourselves, really think about things from different perspectives and form our own opinions, try not to get caught up or sucked into anyone elses, or what they claim them to be. Unfortunately its much harder to change ourselves then it is to tell others to change and then label them as the problem if they dont, so I dont have a ton of confidence things Will change, all I can do is keep an open mind.
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