Many would say that the 2016 presidential election is the most important in a generation, I tend to agree. However, it seems that the majority of my peers are still unwilling to educate themselves on any sort of political view or policy and the few that do, attach themselves to a party and refuse to waiver. It is that lack of education and flexibility that might cause the fall of the world's greatest superpower, the United States of America.

There has always been some sort of tension between any and every political party especially, Democrats and Republicans. However, it seems that a little bit of tension and ideological differences has turned into pure unadulterated hatred. The hatred between the two parties seems to have gotten so extreme and so vial that people are willing to spew hatred toward even their closest friends and family. As society, we have grown into this almost gang-like mentality when it comes to our politics. We defend our party leaders until we are blue in the face, no matter how crazy they might sound. We look at anyone who has different ideas than we do as the enemy.

This hostility is what I believe causes many to stay out of politics all together. The Millennial generation just doesn't want to be subjected to hatred and anger, especially, when it might be about information or issues they might not fully understand. Millennials live and breathe social media, it is where they get their news, it's how they keep up on the most relevant information including, politics. But, when the majority of political content displayed while scrolling down their newsfeed is biased, hate-filled opinions they fail to know the true facts or they don't express their own thoughts out of fear of social media backlash.

The fact of the matter is, just because someone might have a different political view than you, doesn't mean they are a bad person. It doesn't mean that they are dumb or naïve, it just means that they have a difference of opinion. So, we should stop vilifying people who support Donald Trump and we should stop calling people lazy freeloaders if they support Bernie Sanders. Politics should not be a conversation you are afraid to have.They should be a platform for deep and intelligent discussion, which gets you to think about what you truly stand for. When we are willing to reach across the aisle and collaborate as a nation, that is when America truly will be great again.