Many of you probably clicked on this article out of haste and complete shock. It is very evident that not only the left, but also many conservatives on the right, have had it up to here with Tomi Lahren. We see it every day on Twitter. People calling her out about how she is not a conservative, does not know what she is talking about, or is too angry.

Tomi made her career out of her thoughts and opinions, like many of us are also trying to do, and was in the end very successful. What got her there? The very thing that a lot of us tell her to “just stop” doing. Her passion, which can sometimes come off as anger and hateful. Sitting there watching her give her “Final Thoughts” can sometimes make you feel a little intimidated even if you agree with what she is saying.

People, myself included, can find her a bit much sometimes, and I do not always agree with everything she says — even as a conservative. I do not think some of the solutions and stances she takes are correct as well.

But that's is the beauty of politics.

We can be conservative in our values of free markets, small government, and upholding our constitutional rights, but disagree on social topics and disagree on how far the government should be removed from our lives.

I get where she can be a “bit much,” but I also think she is a necessity to the conservatives. When Tomi first started to become popular, conservatives were known for not being outspoken and fierce as we debated. I would like to think we are an incredibly polite group of people for the most part, and therefore we do not like to yell or take over in a debate. Tomi became a face for a new wave of conservatives who were tired of just sitting back and letting the voting do the talking.

I owe my own love of conservatism to her, as she was the first female conservative I looked up to. I was young, naïve, and did not know all too much about politics. But, through her outspokenness, I found her quickly and loved that I found a woman who was thinking all of the same things I was thinking. As I dove further into politics, I found more conservative women, and my own thoughts and opinions began to develop.

Today, I do not agree with everything Tomi says or how she approaches different topics, and I am in no way defending some things that she had potentially been called out about. But I still think she is an important part of the conservative movement. Tomi does not need to “just stop,” but to continue what she is doing and paving the way for more female conservatives. Yes, there are now more female conservatives who have just as large of a platform as her and who also pave the way, but that does not mean that Tomi is no longer needed in the conservative parties. Conservatives preach about diversity of thought in public but internally criticize each other for how they approach topics or educate themselves.

It is OK to not agree with Tomi and to be vocal about that. It is not OK to tell her that she needs to stop because she is annoying, uneducated, or just a “pretty face.” How can the conservatives create a unified country if we cannot even unify ourselves?