While America erupted into protests and marches this past Saturday, our POTUS Donald Trump sat down for a little comedic relief. His movie of choice? "Finding Dory."
These mentioned marches and protests have come about after the introduction of his #MuslimBan and his executive order to build a border wall between Mexico and the United States.
Little did he know that Ellen DeGeneres, popular daytime television host and star of "Finding Dory" would teach him a lesson about how to treat people all while simply discussing the plot of the movie in front of her large viewing audience.
DeGeneres plays the title character, Dory, and she addresses Trump subliminally by saying how walls don't work and that all people should help other people because it's the "right thing to do."
After accepting her applause from her audience, she went on to say that people of all races, gender, and religion should help each other — all while keeping up her fish analogy. DeGeneres is able to tackle all of the heated topics that the newly inaugurated Trump has brought to the spotlight these past few weeks in office.
"Even though Dory gets in America she ends up separated from her family but the other animals help Dory, animals that don’t even need her, animals don’t even have anything in common with her. They help her even though they’re completely different colors because that’s what you do when you see someone in need: you help them," says DeGeneres.
No matter the position you hold on President Trump's policies, it should be common sense that you still treat people with respect. It's absolutely ridiculous to judge others due to appearance, income, or religion. The world would be a much better place if we actually learned to love each other and didn't just talk about it in articles like these. Let's be honest, you'll watch this video or read this article and the next time you're in public, you won't think directly back to this moment and think that you need to treat your neighbor better. That's always my goal, but I know it rarely makes a huge impact.
As Ellen delicately put it, help others around you no matter what your political belief is. Do what's right, do what you would want your child to do or what you would want your child to look up to. Choices we make now will forever change our future. We must change it for the better.
