I am not a political person. This could largely be because I don't trust anyone and I assume all politicians are flat-out liars, but regardless, it just isn't something I care to discuss. Ever. I don't care if we are two years or two days away from an election, I don't talk about it. It goes without saying that I am incredibly happy that yesterday is over, but I can't help but notice how ignorant so many people get during an election. Below is a list of the idiotic things our self-proclaimed educated citizens like to spit out around election time...
1. "My President is Black" - Fantastic. We are all thrilled to know that you aren't visually impaired, but now we also think that a candidate's race was what you based your decision on when voting. Your opinions are now irrelevant to me.
2. "If _____ wins, I'm moving to Canada" - Let's be a little dramatic, shall we? Absolutely no one believes that you are leaving this country if someone you don't like is the President. Morons are elected or re-elected every 4 years and there is never a mass exodus of disgruntled Americans, all headed straight for Canada. Additionally, do you even know anything about Canada's politics? If you did, you would know they had 18 registered political parties including the Pirate Party, the Rhinoceros Party, and the Marijuana Party. Since you are so dissatisfied with the American political system, would you be joining one of those? Lastly - if you're leaving the country, why not go somewhere warm? "If Obama wins, I'm moving to Brazil!" That is a dramatic statement I can support.
3. "We can't handle 4 more years of what we just had" - I like the vagueness here. It says, "I'm not entirely sure what we just had, but I've heard a lot of people complaining so I'm going to pretend like I'm disappointed as well".
4. "I can't wait to go to work tomorrow so people can benefit from my hard work and government handouts" - This not only makes you sound like an asshole, but you also sound close-minded. Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of people that abuse government assistance. I was behind a woman in the gas station yesterday and she was buying pork rinds and a 40oz Bud Light. It was 12 in the afternoon. Chances are, she is unemployed. However, making generalizations about people receiving government assistance makes you look uneducated. Just because someone has a job, it doesn't mean they are making enough to get by. Furthermore, laziness isn't always the reason people aren't achieving at the level you deem acceptable. Think about why you are successful. Think about why you have a job. Think about how you obtained your education. Did the "lazy" people have all of that? Government assistance isn't ideal in the way that it is structured, but instead of making uninformed statements about people that have less than you, maybe try to find ways to combat a lack of education and the cycle of poverty. Just a thought.
*Side note - speaking of drains on our economy, shall we look at our Presidential candidates? Both men raised and spent nearly $100 MILLION for ads for each of their campaigns and that was just through September. That isn't even all the funds. Around $6 BILLION was the final figure for these campaigns. They allowed that kind of money to be raised and put towards ads bashing each other. Pretty sure that is money terribly spent, but you don't see many people complaining about that. Is it because they are "hard workers"?
5. "Now I can afford college!" - Millions of people have been doing this already...? College is more attainable now than it has ever been. Yes, loans suck, but it is part of it. The graduate school comments are my favorite though. I went to grad school for free, as did almost every other person I know that has a Master's degree. Assistantships are a beautiful thing. I know they aren't easily attainable, or even available, for every school or area of study, but there are a lot of programs in place, or even businesses, that pay/assist with paying for graduate degrees. Let's not be too quick to start handing out pats on the back.
Those are the top 5 most annoying statements to which I have repeatedly been subjected. I am incredibly glad this election is over and I genuinely don't care who you voted for and why. I am really excited that we can all go back to living the exact same way we have been for the past 4 years, but without the constant Facebook or Twitter updates suggesting how the country should be run.
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