Although the Presidential Election has ended, many have still yet to find peace with the results. While I understand that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I do not understand why so many continue to find themselves unable to move forward and accept the fact that Donald Trump will indeed be our next president and there is nothing they can do about it. Protesting his inauguration is childish and inexcusable, and those involved in such activities are creating more problems than they are solving.
Why put energy into creating more conflict? Why put energy into something that is not going to be changed no matter how much you may cry about it or try to fight it? You aren’t always going to get what you want, and it’s important to be mature enough to accept that and remain open minded rather than immediately break down because things didn’t quite go your way. Rather than protest and create further division, protestors should instead focus their energy on being open minded and flexible, working to lessen the divide that so deeply plagues our country. Protesting the inauguration rather than being mature enough to accept it and move forward is extremely childish and will do nothing more than paint those protesting in a negative light, and I strongly feel those involved in protesting should reconsider their actions.
We hold the power to solve many of the problems our country faces; however, if we are unable to unite and demonstrate maturity we will continue to find ourselves moving backward rather than forwards. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whether or not we are Republicans or Democrats or whether we are for or against our upcoming president—at the end of the day we are all Americans, and we should embark on the journey into our country’s future together whether things go the way we wanted them to or not.