Liberals Suck/Conservatives are a waste of space

I have to say something, and I don't care how many people hear it, just as long as someone does.

Liberals. Conservatives. I cannot stand hearing people cracking jokes about someone's moral character or intelligence based on their political views. Making comments about a person based solely on their political standing is no better than making comments about them based on their ethnicity, race, religion, etc. Hopefully almost none of you would see a black person say something ridiculous and say "oh, it's because he's black", so why should you label someone a "liberal" and write them off because of their political views?

When you declare that you hate all people that fall under a certain category, like gay or republican, you are being incredibly naive and ignorant. You may not agree with many things that go along with those ideologies, but that doesn't make the person a bad person or the organization they belong to completely evil. Every person is different, has been shaped by different social conditions, and has a different view on the world.

Everything depends on a person's version of truth and right and wrong. Everyone's perception of this is different. You may think it's okay to steal a spoon from a restaurant, but not okay to drink before you're 21, whereas someone else will view these things completely differently. George W. Bush may think it's okay for America to screw other nations over because America is a better country that is more advanced socially, politically, economically, what have you, but you may not see it the same way. That doesn't make his truth any less true for him or yours any less for you; it doesn't make him evil or you a saint for vocally opposing him. What does make you a better person is forming intelligent morals and sticking to them in order to preserve life in others, the earth, and yourself.

Evil, like so many other words, is an incredibly strong word that shouldn't be thrown around. The things you say or write may be the only thing someone reads on the topic, and may completely decide his or her opinion. Our media is a good example of this: people's opinions of the war, for example, are highly decided by what we see in the media, because it is, for most of us, the only contact we have with the war. How else are we to make assumptions and form opinions?

So before you declare your hatred for a person or, more importantly, a group of people, take time to think about what it is you don't like about their ideology and why it is you don't like that. Think of all of the sides to the conflict and don't write any one off before you can explore it. Take your life and thoughts into your own hands and don't let anyone else tell you who you are going to be. Just because we're already stereotyped a certain way doesn't mean we have to act that way or stereotype right back at them.

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