{"id":3218,"date":"2017-03-02T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workable-level.flywheelsites.com\/?p=3218"},"modified":"2017-03-01T23:40:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T09:40:49","slug":"peaceful-political-discontent-is-part-of-our-american-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/02\/peaceful-political-discontent-is-part-of-our-american-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaceful, Political Discontent is Part of Our American DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"
BY KAYLA VALERA<\/a> | STAFF WRITER<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In the days following President Trump\u2019s inauguration,\u00a0many Americans felt that their basic human rights, in one way or another, were jeopardized at the hands of their new president.<\/p>\n

Women’s rights, health care, education, the environment, as well as immigration policies are only a handful of the many issues\u00a0that Americans are challenging\u00a0in opposition to Trump\u2019s own stance on these matters.<\/p>\n

These vocal protestors and boycotters have been called out\u00a0as “whiny liberals” or “delicate snowflakes” from across the political aisle. In turn, those who are firm in their support for Trump and these new changes have been pegged as purveyors of racism, misogyny, and overall hate.<\/p>\n

All of this contempt that these parties harbor\u00a0against each other has many Americans overwhelmed, myself included.<\/p>\n

Coming from a conservative Republican family and having liberal Democrats as peers has allowed me to understand\u00a0the rationality from\u00a0both sides of the spectrum. The only problem is that I cannot simply choose a side because neither\u00a0belief sways me more than the other; if I even attempted to pick a side, doing so would\u00a0tear me apart.<\/p>\n

My impartialness to these issues, however, doesn’t make me any more un-American than the next person. Instead of seeing this divisiveness as destructive and poisonous for this country, these exercises of peaceful<\/em> protests are what defines America as a free country.<\/p>\n

Our first amendment protection of free speech has,\u00a0after all, propelled our country through turbulent tides of change. The voices of the people will never be silenced just as this\u00a0feeling of dissatisfaction with the country’s current state will never be quelled. We as Americans will never settle and will always strive for what is right, in whatever manifestation that presents itself.<\/p>\n

In fact, discontent\u00a0has been in this country’s DNA since our secession\u00a0from the British, to the fights for equality and\u00a0civil rights, even up\u00a0to the progression of modern-day technology. If we were to have settled where we were at and surrendered to one way of thinking\/living, we wouldn’t be where we are today as a nation.<\/p>\n

Those\u00a0protestors that you see throughout mass media have just as much of a right to march on their own accord just as civil rights activists or women suffragists have in the past.<\/p>\n

Admittedly I do feel fatigued every time I turn on the TV and see all of these protests and rallies that seemed to have spurred overnight. It can also be frustrating when my family or friends talk my ear off with their own list of complaints with what they see on the news as well. However, there is a part of me that feels a swell of pride whenever I see people from every political faction, color, sex, or age group freely voice their opinions and defend their beliefs.<\/p>\n

No matter what side they come from, all types of people are becoming\u00a0<\/span>more self-informed and proactive, and a part of me is excited to see these protests unfold because of it. To witness these people being driven by the same restlessness that mobilized distant protestors from before our time gives me more hope than grief.<\/p>\n

If we were to block out the stream of mixed beliefs from flowing through our nation and accept whatever ruling order has been dispensed onto us by the government, we as a people would face the consequences of sitting in stagnant waters that will only pollute over time.<\/p>\n

We need to stop dragging one party down for poisoning the water or placing the blame on\u00a0those who are impartial and fluid in their beliefs. Above all, civility must reign during these raging times to avoid further dissension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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