{"id":14851,"date":"2017-03-13T08:59:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T13:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=14851"},"modified":"2017-06-26T10:46:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T15:46:50","slug":"in-life-and-liberty-political-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/03\/13\/in-life-and-liberty-political-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"In Life and Liberty: Political divide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Pence allegedly used a private server for his emails while governor of Indiana and he got hacked. I don\u2019t know why most politicians can\u2019t seem to stop themselves from getting hacked, but it\u2019s another email scandal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans freaked out over Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private server and they painted her as untrustworthy. Which is true, I wouldn\u2019t trust her with my life, but it\u2019s ironic and a little sad how one of her greatest critics did the exact same thing that she did.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is what happens when politicians try and accuse other people of doing something. Every politician has violated some unspoken ethics rule at some point down the line. Name me one politician that you trust unfailingly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans accuse Democrats of doing awful and horrible things that are bad for the American public and then Democrats come back and do the exact same thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then the media gets into the mix and reveal the Clinton email scandal and then the Pence email scandal and the whole cycle gets started back up again. Basically, it\u2019s a giant pile of squabbling turkeys.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never mind that people are still waiting on a health care plan to be revealed, there\u2019s still some questions about the budget and there\u2019s this whole weird thing going on with this guy who was arrested for making bomb threats against Jews who was trying to frame his ex and he may possibly be Islamic and he might have voted for Bernie and he is also a disgraced journalist?<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of clearing up any of those giant messes, let\u2019s focus on the big story and the one that really counts. Emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

We all get to sit back and watch the cycle of \u201cthis person did that,\u201d \u201cwell this person did that.\u201d It\u2019ll just keep going again and again and again. Because if politicians can\u2019t accuse each other, what are they going to do? Care for their constituents? That\u2019s a ridiculous idea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their job is to look at what the opposite party is doing, release a statement on why they don\u2019t agree with the opposing party and then complain about it for days. Then the opposite party can\u2019t just sit there and let these people say things about them so they release a statement in response to the statement, go on television and complain about it for days. And then\u2026 well we get the point.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest, this is a cycle that many of us watch play out on Facebook and Twitter and we thrill in it a little bit. Every single person likes to watch other people\u2019s drama to some degree.<\/span><\/p>\n

And yes, people will complain (like me) about how no one is getting anything done and this is just ridiculous, but we still watch it don\u2019t we? We thrive in this crazy culture of politics. <\/span><\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t just the media\u2019s fault or the politician\u2019s fault. We all share a piece of the blame for the incredible divisiveness in America right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

How many of us accuse other people on social media for being terrible people because they happen to think differently than you do? How many of us refuse to be around other people who think differently than we do?<\/span><\/p>\n

It may not be as obvious for some people, but in some way or another, even unconsciously, we condemn those who don\u2019t agree with us.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week, I encourage everyone to start a conversation with someone who might think differently than you do. Just talk to them and see where it goes.<\/span><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to like their viewpoint or even agree with it, but wouldn\u2019t it be nice if we could at least hold a conversation without getting offended and without name calling?<\/span><\/p>\n

Laina Yost<\/strong>
\nManaging Editor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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