I could start this article off by telling everyone whom I am planning on voting for and why, but frankly I won't. It is only my business who I am voting for.
I think we can all agree that America is going to have a rough next four years no matter who gets in office. We have two people who have given countless reasons why none of us should trust them. We have two people that are allowing this election to become as ugly as it can get. This ugliness is reaching all of the Americans as well.
I have a wide range of friends where some are voting for Hillary because they like her, and most because Bernie and Obama endorsed her. I also have a lot of friends voting for Trump. I'm always interested to hear what people like and dislike about the presidential candidates. This election has had so many twists and turns because of the media, and many people are believing everything they see on the Internet.
I have seen first hand how rude people are being to each other. I'm witnessing friends choosing not to be friends with each other anymore because of who they are voting for. Words like ignorant, stupid, racist, privileged, too young to understand and idiotic are just some of the harsh things that I see from both sides. I've had a lot of conversations with children about what they think about the upcoming election and trust me when I say they hear what you are saying around them. These words that we use to describe people who have a difference of opinion are what they are hearing. These types of things that we fight so hard not to have children saying to each other are exactly what we are saying as adults to one another. We can't stop bullying with the children if we are doing it to each other.
The thing about America is the fact that we are allowed to believe in what we want. We can have differencing of opinions, but does that mean that we cannot be friends? I have plenty of friends that have political, religious and moral opposing views, but we still can do life together and build each other from these differences.
It's time to stop belittling people on what their opinions are. It's time to stop bickering on social media and hating people for what they post. I love the fact that I can believe in whatever I want in this country, but I hate the fact that if I believe in the "wrong" thing, especially on our college campus, that I will lose friendships and be completely torn to shreds for these views. I'm entitled to my opinion, just as much as you are. I don't care who you are voting for because that doesn't change who I am voting for.