I’ve had a lot of interaction with some readers of The Xavierite within the last week. Several spoke to me about reading my recent columns about Donald Trump, the upcoming presidential election and all that has surrounded it.
Some agreed with what I had to say, citing my articles as funny and insightful. Others saying that my politics are in completely the wrong place. First, I would just like to say to those on both sides of the aisle: thanks for reading. Keep it up.
Second, I would just like to say why my column “The Crusader of Sanity” has taken such a political angle in this current year. We live in highly politicized times. People choose the facts that they want and considering that my audience of college students is considerably young there is still a chance that they are not ossified in their beliefs and have an ear to lend to issues that may have differing opinions on.
I also talk to some of my constituents on campus and they don’t necessarily take an interest in politics. Politics, no matter how ugly it may be, is something that we all have to partake in. It is our civic duty to be members of an informed electorate.
For those of you who say that your votes don’t matter. They won’t. Not with that attitude. But if you can manage to expose yourself to a different point of view, you may learn something in the process even if you walk away disagreeing.
One of the reasons I bring this up is because there have been critical insights surrounding the Benghazi probes. Recently, Kevin McCarthy – a frontrunner to take over the Speaker of the House Seat after John Boehner announced his planned vacancy of that seat – admitted that essentially one of his great achievements in the House of Representatives was being involved in the Benghazi committee that has helped bring down the election numbers of Hilary Clinton.
This is not a defense of Clinton. Rather, this is just a demonstration that our government has become political in the wrong regard. Regardless of what you think about my personal politics, I would like to parlay this into an invitation to write letters to the editor.
If you feel so passionately about writing, please write in. We would like to hear from you. The only guideline that we have is that you adhere to the rules set forth in the column next to this one. I encourage people to take part in the political discourse as much as possible.
We should have as many voices in the political process as possible and let the best ideas win out. Be you a Trump supporter, Clinton supporter, Carson, Sanders, Santorum, Perry, Fiorina or Christie supporter write in. We’d love to hear from you.
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