Is it Wednesday yet?

I can't take it anymore.

To everyone out there who feels fed-up and frustrated with this election season, I wholeheartedly feel your pain. It seems to me like our entire nation is divided up into three parts right now: Trump supporters, Hillary supporters, and people who refuse to vote for either. And the worst part is, I don't think today will be the end of that divide.

Like most of you, I've been thinking a lot about this election in the past few weeks. I've been doing as much research on each candidate as possible, using as many credible news sources as I could find. For me, the choice is easy, but it's also a halfhearted one. I'm sure a lot of listeners have tried to predict who I'm voting for, but I've kept my choice of candidate off of Facebook for the last year. Why? Well, it's simple:

It's nobody else's business.

If you are one of those people that chooses to express your political opinions on Facebook, then I fully support that right. I just also support my right not to participate or respond. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind having the occasional calm and rational discussion with someone about politics, I just don't feel like social media is the place to do it. I believe that when people are able to hide behind their keyboards and a computer screen, they will say things they would absolutely NEVER say to another person's face. When you're not having a face-to-face conversation with someone, it kind of dehumanizes the other person. Throw in some passionate views and a high-tension election, and you've got yourself one hot mess of an argument.

That's one of my big issues with this election - nobody is treating anyone else with respect. Maybe that's because our candidates aren't treating each other with respect. I didn't watch a single debate for this very reason (don't worry, I read the highlights). When two people who are running for the highest office in our country are bashing each other on TWITTER, you know something has gone horribly, horribly wrong. This entire election has become a total circus (sorry, Barnum and Bailey). It's become less about actual issues and more about how bad one candidate can make the other candidate look. I feel like everything that is said and done is for shock value and media attention. Like I'm nearing the end of a reality TV show season.

That's as far as I'm willing to go in terms of expressing my political views, so I'm going to get to the point. Remember that once this is all over, we are still going to have to live and work and communicate with each other. We are still a community that needs to live peacefully together. Don't throw away a relationship with someone simply because they disagree with your politics. I've deleted acquaintances and hid family/friends from Facebook in the past few months for simply posting any politics at all, but I would never delete any of those people from my real life. Social media is not real life. Not a single one of my aunts or uncles share my political beliefs, heck, my mom disagrees with me, and that's fine! We are still going to all sit down at the dining room table on Thanksgiving and enjoy each other's company, no politics included. I just hope we as a people are able to accept and move past whatever happens today, and continue to support, respect, and care for each other. That's the most important thing.

If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read this frustration-fueled rant. Happy voting!

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