Nazis Not Welcome

70 year old white man has expressed concern for he believes lefts are about ready to start the (violent) civil war against conservatives. In his article  “If we’re Nazis Expect More Violence”,  he hones in only on his own group, and dismisses the Nazi title as an over the top Left label, not at all willing to bring up why this exact title is resurfacing. When in reality after Trump got into office, we’ve seen a rise  in Neo-Nazi’s  and frequently they’re Trump supporters. That alone says so much. Conservatives dominating demographic is old white men, not to say other groups aren’t also conservative. The article was certainly written for conservatives, and potentially those in the middle. But the examples of “Lefts violence against Conservatives” that he provided, and is so concerned about isn’t much compared to the violence other groups have suffered due to Trump's reign.

I- a 19 year old gal- am struggling to take it seriously when a 70 year old guy is talking about Lefts being violent, as if killing the planet, knowingly isn’t a violent act, ripping families apart, forcing children to be separate from their parents isn't a violent act. To be fair, Dennis Prager has one foot in the grave so why would he care about the planet dying? With age in mind he is so distant from childhood he probably has a difficult time sympathizing, not to mention his multiple divorces, so he obviously doesn’t have any issue with separation.

Young people are afraid but determined. It’s frustrating looking at the state of the world that is being left to us. I completely understand the fierceness that is coming out of people now. I’d generally say i'm against violence, especially the examples the article provided, but lately i’ve been finding myself even challenging some of that outlook..

If It Ain't Male &nWhite, It Ain't Right

Recently a piece published by USA today, written by Andrew L Yarrow, and titled, Democrats Are Giving Up On White Men. That’s a Big Mistake. Caught my eye. The author here argues that since Hillary had Michelle Obama, a black female, give a speech alongside having a transgender women speaker, this was a message from the democratic party to white men that they’re “not on our radar”. The entire piece really leans into the idea that white men must be directly acknowledged at every chance or they’ll feel forgotten. Yarrow makes note of the Women's March after Trump and how it wasn’t called ‘a People’s March’. The argument seems to suggest that white men can't care about something if it isn’t glaringly clear it’s about them. Firstly, I’d hope we can afford white men some more credit, and if not that we should at least hold them to a higher expectation. White guys can take a backseat for a second while the long ignored groups can finally receive some attention for some much more dire issues. For many years other groups have had to listen carefully to campaigns with white men as the face of every speaker/speech giver. Yarrow, a white man, argues that the democratic party needs to be the voice of all people especially including white men. What he seems to be missing is that the democratic party is finally handing the mic to other groups, and white men need not get so angry over it, and instead try to understand how simply shining light on another group isn’t the same as taking away your groups voice.  

    

A bright Spot in a Seemingly Never Ending Storm

 There’s been a lot of doom and gloom in the news lately, and there hasn’t been signs of it slowing down anytime soon. On October 10th 2018 the Los Angeles Times published an article by Colleen Shalby titled, A Record Number of Women Are Running for Office This Election Cycle They Didn’t Wait For An Invite . This is a great and informative piece that reveals a small bright spot opening up within these rather stormy current events.

It’s a revitalizing read that details how women are breaking the traditional campaign model where political parties seek out their (typically male) candidates, by simply running without having to be asked. As a result we are seeing record numbers of women running for office, and succeeding. This historical change gained substantial momentum in 2016 and the greatest numbers thus far, have been reported this year.

About Me

Online Quiz 1 Result: I got Disaffected Democrat.
Civic Literacy Quiz: I got 7/10, so it ranked me as a Tribune
Current Events Quiz: I got 6/10

My view of politics is probably undergoing a transformation at the moment. I'm unsure if it's big or small. I used to go through life avoiding politics. Many people around me growing up sounded uninterested, so I followed their course of action -none. Looking back, I know I had interest in politics and government, but much of what I'd found was incredibly disheartening, and frankly made me sad. Ignorance is bliss, so that has somewhat been my approach to politics. I'd say I'm vaguely aware of a few things, but for the most part I've avoided political matters. Im taking this class for credit, but these are interesting times we are in and I'm ready to learn a thing or two that may help me understand it all better.