I’m Afraid To Share My Views Because No One Knows How to Listen To Each Other Anymore
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I’m Afraid To Share My Views Because No One Knows How to Listen To Each Other Anymore

No matter where I go, I have to be the silent one. I'm not allowed to share my views because then people will look at you and treat you differently.

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I’m Afraid To Share My Views Because No One Knows How to Listen To Each Other Anymore
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I'm 20 years old and terrified to say how I truly feel. Why? Because no one listens!

Everyone assumes they are right and anyone who disagrees is automatically wrong.

You watch a certain news station, you're racist.

You support a certain politician, you're racist.

It can't certainly be because you simply have different ways of looking at something. Noooo, it can't be that. It must mean you're racist and ignorant….

People throw around the words "racist," "ignorant," or "misogynistic" and you identify you as those things. It's mind blowing to me!

The thing is, I'm not ashamed of what my views are, because I feel strongly about them. I'm just scared to voice them because I see the backlash people get in this country for believing certain things.

Has anyone ever thought maybe their views are wrong or that they are basing their views off of false information? It's okay to be wrong sometimes!

Have they ever thought for one second that maybe there is a chance that other people's views are valid as well?

Once these kinds of people hear you say that your opinion doesn't align with theirs, they don't think "Okay, we have different views." They think "you're racist, ignorant and misogynistic."

I don't even think they know what those words mean because they use them incorrectly all the time.

But hey, what do I know. Like I said, I'm only 20 years old, I have no right to talk or have opinions….

WRONG!

It's unfortunate to see how millions of people in this country are creating this standard that if you don't agree with their views, then you are an evil person.

My views are valid, logical and have every right to be voiced, but that's not allowed in our nation run by people who only believe in destroying the president and his supporters… *ahem Nancy Pelosi.

No matter where I go, I have to be the silent one. I'm not allowed to share my views because then people will look at you and treat you differently. They'll label you as one thing which is hilarious and pretty ironic since these are the same people who claim you shouldn't label people and identify them as one thing. Hmmm I guess that only works when it's valid and convenient for them to use that foolish argument.

Patriotism is NOT racism.

Supporting the president is NOT racism.

Having different views than the ones being shoved down your throat by the media is NOT ignorance, it's a sign of intelligence.

I don't want to be scared anymore because I, just like everyone else, have every right given to me by the Constitution to voice my views.

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