Open Our Eyes

2016 is the year for everything to change because the amount of people that are actually paying attention to politics this year is incredible. Never before has an election year that remembered garnered so much media attention. But there is a difference between being informed and just paying attention due to the fact that you like one idea. With the amount of information we have at our finger tips these days it is hard to believe that so many of us are so backwardly informed on topics that actually matter. Topics like safety, the economy, veterans, and various other topics that are far too many to list.

However, I am at the point where I actually fed up being uninformed and being a sheep that is just happy with not knowing anything. The ability to have knowledgeable conversations on a variety of topics allows you to have conversations with a wider variety of people. For the longest time people have been living in the dark like myself and we shouldn't accept not knowing as a good thing anymore. If we have the time to look up the latest issues with Johnny Manziel then why don't we have time to know about our veterans or threats to our safety or problems with the economy. The reason is because of the fact that we are controlled and are okay with it.

I'm not saying that we need to change the political landscape of this country that's not the problem the problem is that so many people have remained misinformed for so long even though the real information is right in front of them. I've reached the point where I really can't express my opinion on certain topics due to fear of others and them misunderstanding my opinion and my words. So please just think about this until my next post: I'll respect your opinion if you are able to respect mine, because I accept not everyone will agree with me and you should be able to do the same.