Yeah It's A Post About Politics

"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself."
-Mark Twain

I always try to think before hand about what I want to write about, whether it be inspirational, personal, political, funny, stupid, or just all over the place. The last one is probably the most likely with me and how my mind just funnels a bunch of random thoughts.

But here we ago: Today's theme....... Political! 

Being that my family is politically savvy, that's an understatement, you will always find a plethora of opinions and discussions ready for battle in our Hansen household. I usually would just roll my eyes and just listen and observe the chaos that would unfold around the dinner table or in the crowd of the family members that would be visiting. I mainly observed because it was always interesting to see how the conversation/discussion would begin slowly but then surely EVERYTIME voices would get louder, interruptions became more frequent, and eventually some kind of heated exchange or outburst would ensue.
Then there was me, quietly shaking my head because it seemed that everyone was hanging out without me in these political discussions but I was just fine with that. Oh yessir. HOWEVER, on here I get to be the King of the discussion and while there will be no heated exchanges (plenty of that on YouTube and Yahoo article comment sections) I will go ahead and just go over what has been on my mind this week in terms of politics from my own perspective and beliefs, if you wanna call it that.

Item #1
I have always liked to listen to Laura Ingram on the radio in the morning. She always had a certain level of intelligence and deliverance in her material that came off as just right to me on most things she would talk about. Today though I decided to tune back into the political world a little bit and listen to her, and unfortunately it seems that she, like most other conservative talk show hosts, has assimilated into the "Dooms Day" technique I like to call it or simply just Hyperbolizes (real word?) or exaggerates EVERYTHING. I am beginning to see this on the "right wing" side of the spectrum with politics. Everything is a prophetic description of how this will ie "Destroy America" "Destroy Marriage" "Destroy the family" "Destroy what the founders created" or "China will overpower us" on and on and on and on. Glenn Beck was the BEST at doing this. Rush Limbaugh- barf. Same story. Michael Savage-as much as I love his obnoxious New York Jew voice and intelligent arsenal of knowledge he goes nuts as well; especially towards Muslims and Palestine. So a little disappointed to see good ole Laura Ingram fall into this trend that is soooooo easy to do. Another thing I have noticed is NONE of these people present any counterpoint or solution to these allegations of terrible and horrible things to come. If they do they are so vague and cliche. On the other hand I use to like NPR but their soft and speaking in whisper voices lost its appeal.

Item #2
Malcolm X. Heard the name never knew much about him. I read his autobiography (well skimmed the book), spark noted a bit, and wikipedia his life and beliefs etc. This guy was a complete......well asshole in my eyes. For those of you who don't fully know him either read his book or do what most of us do now and gain a sliver of knowledge through good ole wikipedia even though it isn't the most reliable source. He had a terrible childhood full of pain and suffering both domestically and from society and racial discrimination. Got caught up in drugs, crime, and other activities that eventually landed him in prison. While in prison he converts to Islam specifically the Nation of Islam (a black power faction of Islam in laymen's term), and became radicalized with violence and isolation and advocated for segregation from whites and to go back to Africa. He believed whites were the devil, and that Martin Luther King Junior, who advocated for integration and nonviolence, was a "chump". Eventually he became a popular figure and broke away from the Nation of Islam to form his own, and he traveled to Mecca on a pilgrimage. Now this is where my opinion of him went from a bad one to a less bad one. He saw that his views were extreme and that he needed to softened his perspective and gain a broader sense of life on a global scale and that he could use Islam as a means for good to help alleviate racism and oppression with the help of his religion. Eventually he was assassinated-sadly but ironically by members of the black community he was in!!!
But what I took away from his life, besides the fact that he attacked everyone and everything and was extremely critical of everyone was that even the most hardened and extreme people can change and see things from a different perspective. Travel has always been an important part of my life and I have been lucky to be able to travel a decent chunk of the world and I have seen so much and met so many great people from all walks of life that I really just don't know how the human person can be categorized into a type of Republican/Democrat way of thinking.

Issue #3
Chill the eff out America. It seems like everywhere I go someone no matter party affiliation a person may have or where they come from, everyone seems to be so up in arms about some issue. ABORTION, GUN CONTROL, GAYS, ISRAEL, MUSLIMS, OBAMA, TED CRUZ, TRANSGENDERS, THE KARDASHIANS, HILARY CLINTON, IMMIGRATION, AMMMUURRIIIIICCCCAAAAA.
But seriously people are so red in the face it seems that I really see no appeal in discussing things inter-personally because I feel that America as a society, and I said this to a classmate today, we have become such a faction society of people. So many divisions and cliques and organizations that simply remind us how different we are from one another. My classmate said jokingly Divided We Stand. I thought the Factioned States of America should be the saying today.
Anyways it seems like the things in politics and the natural liberties of our free speech and rights seem to be dividing us today more so than actually uniting us. Yay. It's like Lynus said from Charlie Brown, "There are three things you should never discuss with people: Religion, Politics, and the Great Pumpkin.
Right on Charlie Brown. Right on Bro.

In conclusion, if you wanna do a fun sociological experiment that will probably get your blood boiling or discourage you due to the harshness of people on social media, pick a political topic, type it in the search bar on Facebook and see what you read from people. Enjoy!
That's all folks, see didn't I tell you I'm all over the place with my thoughts. Got Lithium? :)