Electing Kindness
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Electing Kindness

Ohhhhhhhh, America. What are we doing?

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Electing Kindness

This election. Oh my goodness.

Emails were deleted. Immature behavior somehow became acceptable in an election. Lies were told. Articles were published. Votes were cast.

And now we have a cheeto as our future president.

Yes, this is probably one of THE most important days in American history. We have our first elected president who never served one day in our military or held any kind of political position. Big day in America, people.

I am sure many Facebook home pages across the globe have been relentlessly bombarded by who's right and who's wrong articles for this election. Commenting trolls have taken it upon themselves to overwork their impotent, little fingers and sling insults in every direction at all hours of the day. Some Americans become so overheated that arguments arise and leave both parties unsatisfied and trembling with anger. America has been taking these political arguments to heart so much so that some of us have given this election the power to potentially spit up relationships in our lives.

All because of this election.

Democratic, republican, libertarian, conservative… we all believe different things due to the dramatic differences in how we were raised, how we live our lives daily and how we let the world around us affect our views. Americans have come from all walks of life, privileged or not, so of course we are bound to think differently from one another.

However, this does not mean that anyone who believes something different than you is right or wrong. Americans do not share one opinion in unison. We were not all cut from the same cloth. Trump may have won the election, but that does not mean we should lose our sense of community over a difference of opinion. We have separate judgements, thoughts and ideas... and that’s okay.

If you voted for Trump, that’s great. If you voted for Hillary, that’s great. What matters is that you exercised your right and voted.

We may agree with some things that our future president is planning and we may disagree with some things our future president is planning. However, that doesn’t give us the right to exhibit rudeness or unkindness over a matter of a difference of opinion. If someone’s mind cannot be swayed, agree to disagree and walk away, or in modern cases, click out of the comments column. Come on people.

We may think separate things, but we should not forget one thing we all have in common.

We are Americans. We are a nation, and this election has ripped through our country via cyber who's right and who's wrong arguments. We mustn’t forget our unity. Even if our country does begin to experience turbulence, we must be there to continue to share compassion, help one another and spread kindness, no matter what our personal beliefs are or who we voted for.

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