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Odyssey, I'm Not Marching

From a millennial that supports our new President

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Odyssey, I'm Not Marching
The White House

So, as of last Friday, a change of power occurred in the United States. Friday, our executive branch changed hands in a peaceful manner possible from one person to another. Whether you like it or not, it is official: Donald Trump is now President of the United States. Yet somehow, despite the outcome of our Presidential election and despite the fact that we are a union of various states and a Republican democracy, there are those that continue to protest against our new President and what he stands for or what they have been led to believe what he stands for. As American citizens, they are perfectly in their right to do so albeit peacefully. That’s what the 1st Amendment is for: a right to free speech whether you do it through and expression of your opinion despite what your opposition may believe, a right to worship in any way you want and peacefully assemble (protest). Like I said, if you want to protest our new President, go right ahead, just don’t do anything stupid, like torch someone’s business or injure a cop.

So why am I writing this? Well it’s because I got a certain email from Odyssey asking if I was going to be marching this weekend, like so many of the other content creators in the group. Hell, they were even doing a livestream of it, but that’s not my problem. The problem is by sending this mass email out to everyone, you as an social content platform more than likely sent up a giant middle finger to those that don’t express those kinds of political beliefs. This organization is a melting pot of various peoples from all walks of life. All of us have different backgrounds and beliefs, and while it may baffle some of you, some of us did vote for Trump.

So by making and sending that email, you’ve made your point to me as what kind of “content” you want and I will not have it. So, in regards to your email I received from you on Wednesday January 18, 2017 my answer is no, no I will not be marching this weekend because I stand behind our new President and because, like our last President, I pray that he makes the right decisions and leads our country into prosperity. Maybe next time, think about the views of all of your content creators instead of the voice of the creators that are on one side of the political spectrum.

But now you've gotten me thinking about something. If the email I received is an expression of the views you want your content creators to express within their politically related articles, then I will not stand for it. Like it or not, there are two sides to every coin, and you won't flip your side 100 percent of the time. So, by sending me that email, I guess you could say that you've convinced me to march but not in the manner you apparently want me to. I'm going to fight the beliefs you want me to display, not with marches or riots or protests, but with words, because what greater danger is there to a social content website that allows everyone's views to be shown than such?

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