I don't like what politics has done to people. I was brought up to win and lose gracefully and respectfully. I've never seen so many people going through sore loser syndrome. NO MATTER WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON, expect that a presidential election, like any other competition, is going to have a winner and a loser. If you don't like the outcome work toward changing it next time, If you don't like the process, work to change it, but don't burn down the arena, the town,or the country because your team lost.

Imagine if that happened in sports, one team racing across the floor or field starting a fight with the other after every final whistle or buzzer just because they didn't win? In fact we have seen rioting and looting by fans after sports championships. Is that the right thing to do? And yes an election is not a game, I'm using sports as a metaphor..

I don't like what has happened to the media. When we were kids we used to watch the news, and get all of it. Now we get some that is really political commentary, one outlet liberal, one conservative. What happened to telling me all of what happened and letting me decide what I want to think about it? In this day of video everywhere, I sometimes wonder if reporters on some networks were watching the same clip I was as they try to tell me what I saw through their biased eyes- I can come to a conclusion on my own. I want to hear about social problems and solutions on all networks; I want to hear about econcomic gains and losses on all networks. What "news" agency has the balls to report failures AND successes of a political party or President? And tranquility isn't sensational and doesn't sell . So news agencies have turned to news makers, stirring the pot to create news to get headlines that sell papers (not much anymore) or get ratings..thankfully some reporters have recently been dismissed for this. Then somebody pays them to do a podcast and they hang on..

I don't like what has happened to late night comedy. It has been replaced with political attack shows. I used to be able to laugh and let down by watching one of these shows at the end of my day. Now they induce rather than relieve stress.

Sore loser syndrome off the charts...


Edited by sparky589 (11/15/18 09:22 AM)
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