Thursday, November 6, 2008
By this time, all of America realizes how much this election has changed our country, for better or for worse. On the bright side, the political consciousness of our country has undergone a significant and undeniable increase. This election has ignited a flame in millions of Americans.
But unfortunately, this transformation has come with a price. Although our collective political consciousness has seen a sharp upturn, our collective political conscience has taken an even sharper downturn.
We have become so wrapped up in red states and blue states, in the far left and the far right and in the attacks and the insults that we have forgotten the reason we have political platforms in the first place.
All of us, Democrats and Republicans alike, have the same goal in mind: a better America. It's bad enough that the men and women we just voted for spent much of their campaigns bashing each other.
Shouldn't we be able to sit down and have reasonable and fair discussions with our friends and family without the worry of being vilified for our beliefs?
That's what our country is supposed to be all about.
— — Elliot Metz is a sophomore from Wichita.
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