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Edited by Jphn_33:
1/17/2017 5:30:04 PM
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A surprising upside to Trump's presidency
Now, a small disclaimer before I move on to the meat of my post. I am vehemently opposed to Trump being elected, as some may have seen, and I have very strong distaste for the fact that he won out.
That being said, I am seeing an unintended positive effect of this controversial election.
People are caring about politics.
Having elected such a spiteful and controversial figurehead, the nation will now scrutinize absolutely everything he does- to criticize, to praise, or simply to report. Due to the strong dislike people have for him, or their zealous following he has gathered, people are watching like never before.
The man has not even taken office yet, and his 100 day plan has arguably gotten more media attention and criticism than any recent president. His cabinet picks alone are making splashes in places where normally, nobody cared who they were.
Because he has gathered so much hate and passion, Trump has placed himself under a microscope. People care about what he does. People care what is going on in the nation, down to the little things.
I have to say, it is refreshing to see, and I'd rather it happen under more favorable circumstances, but I'm glad to see at least one good thing out of all of this.
[spoiler]I apologize for any holes in my argument or if it is poorly written in places. Been a hectic day today.[/spoiler]
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2 RepliesEdited by TheCosmicCrumpet: 1/19/2017 6:51:04 AMHear me out about this. For about a year leading up to the election, a certain group of my facebook 'friends' kept on making 'support trump' posts and linking 'hillary is crooked' articles, etc. It was annoying, granted, but i tend not to judge people too harshly by their political opinions. As time went on, it kept getting worse and worse (of course) and i was actually getting quite pissed at a few people i knew for the blatant bullsh!t they were posting. But then trump gets elected. There's all the 'i told you so' posts and celebration and whatnot. But now, months later, regardless of all they have said, the majority of people i know have basically done nothing and just laid down now that trump has won. That's all they cared about. They don't care about reading up on current politics and voting in members of senate. They don't care about what Trump actually does once he's in power. Now that they've filled their quota of voting, all that they'll care about is reading about the next political scandal in the news, instead of actually doing anything about it. And i bet you that at the end of four years, it'll be the same people doing the same thing, just listening to the one who talks the biggest talk.
