{"id":21474,"date":"2018-09-17T10:44:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=21474"},"modified":"2018-09-17T11:43:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T16:43:32","slug":"upon-further-review-a-team-oriented-nation-overwhelmingly-divided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2018\/09\/17\/upon-further-review-a-team-oriented-nation-overwhelmingly-divided\/","title":{"rendered":"Upon Further Review: A Team Oriented Nation Overwhelmingly Divided"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0Have you ever been to a football game? Any level, high school, college, NFL? Usually you\u2019ll find people dressed in paint, wearing bright colors, cheering for the team they love. We love teams in America, so much they make us dumb.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0At a game, we cheer when referees make calls that help our team. We boo and shout when they make calls that hurt us, even if the call is totally right and we know it. We do the same with our politics.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0You probably identify with a political party, have a way you typically vote and that is that, but I wonder, are we so stuck in a team led cycle that we vote blindly for people who are the same party as us? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Or maybe we argue, defending a point our party agrees with, simply because they are our party, even when what we are arguing makes no sense.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0We have a tendency to pick a \u201cteam\u201d or party and defend them until we can no more. We are Republican so we buy a \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hat or we are Democrat and we put a sticker with a letter \u2018H\u2019 on our car, and we don\u2019t associate with the other until it’s time to yell how we are right and they are wrong, when often, we don\u2019t even understand half the things we are yelling about.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0We have become distracted so much by winning that we ultimately end up losing by further dividing people. We have created little sections for people to exist within and everyone has to stay in their section. Now we have stopped encouraging thought and communication and we don\u2019t move any further forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0We need to learn how to communicate. We can\u2019t talk over someone with opposing views from us, we can\u2019t call them crude names and we can\u2019t keep thinking as far as political parties. We need to learn that sometimes, people will disagree and you can\u2019t change their minds. We have to respect others opinions and beliefs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0So start by first, educating yourself. Learn about the stuff people are fighting for, the things that are being talked about amongst Congress, what matters in your community. Politics isn\u2019t just national, its right around the corner.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Once you actually know and understand what and why you believe the things you do, then it makes sense to talk about it. Why have a discussion about something you know nothing about? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Sometimes things sound great, but they just aren\u2019t realistic. You may find you change your mind when exposed to new ideas, after approaching them with an open mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0We need to put time and education into who we defend. It is silly to just defend your team senselessly, with no reason or understanding. It\u2019s important we remember, this isn\u2019t football, it\u2019s our future. It\u2019s time to do a little more listening, and a whole lot less talking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kelsey Fitzpatrick<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Staff Writer<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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