Insider
Mya Morrison
Friendship or politics? Can’t
have both apparently
As we come up to the next presidential election people are already
thinking about who they want next in power. Regardless of your own
political standing, it’s important that we don’t let these political opin-
ions tear friendships apart.
When it comes to politics a
lot of the time people as-
sume the characters of oth-
ers based on their political
standing. The backgrounds
that people come from often
dictates their politics and
how they see the world, and
how many people face dif-
ferent issues that others
don’t which may persuade
them to choose a certain
person over another in elec-
tions. It’s important to un-
derstand that people may
be going through things that
you yourself do not consider
an issue, such as the issues
of immigration and raising
the minimum wage, which
all affect people differently.
Even if you don’t feel like
these topics are actual is-
sues or not, you do need to
realise that these affect oth-
er people and will sway peo-
ple to have a certain stance
politically, and people need
to understand this.
to say and not misrepresent
their opinions based on their
political standing. Often at
times I hear people immediate-
ly judge someone based on
where they lean, instead of lis-
tening to their opinions they
brand people negatively auto-
matically, calling those on the
left to be following the crowd
and those on the right to be
fascists. Alternatively, listen to
what they have to say and why
they think the way they do be-
fore prejudging them.
share the same ideals as
different celebrities, such as
ideas about gun laws, when
said celebrity alludes to
wanting to run for presiden-
cy people will support them
regardless of if they’re qual-
ified. In an interview with
The Hill, Oprah Winfrey
commented on running for
the 2020 election, saying "I
thought, 'oh gee, I don’t
have the experience, I don’t
know enough'... And now
I’m thinking — Oh." While
many people would be be-
hind her on this I believe
the statement to be hypo-
critical, she acknowledges
the fact Trump is not expe-
rienced enough to be presi-
dent yet she herself be-
lieves she can run, yet
many people will still con-
tinue to support her running
because of her outlooks on
life and politics. There’s
America’s next
nothing wrong agreeing
president?
with a celebrity, but we also
have to realise that they are
Anyone whose gotten into
not qualified and experi-
After the events of the last
political discussions or de-
enced to run a country and
American presidential election
bates know that people can we’ve seen an onslaught of
that it’s okay to disagree
get very heated and pas-
with other people’s choice
celebrities wanting to run for
sionate when talking, but
president to which many people of candidates.
often this leads to people
agree with. One complaint
not being open minded
many people had with Trump is Regardless of your own
about other people’s point
opinions and politics it’s im-
his lack of skills in politics, to
of view. If you do not listen which I personally agree with
portant that you accept oth-
to the views of others noth- as I believe that those in power er people’s opinions, and to
ing will ever get solved,
should have a lot of experience not demonise someone who
whether someone is left
doesn’t think the same way
with politics. Saying that, why
leaning, right leaning, or in do so many people now want to as you.
the middle, it’s vital that
see other celebrities run? It
you listen to what they have seems to be that people who
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