I was going to try and write something creative or entertaining today, but I have recently become quite angered, and am no longer in the mood to do so.

I am becoming quite sick and tired of being misinterpreted with just about everything I try to say. Maybe I do not convey meanings well enough in my writing, or maybe people are just too quick to skim my writing and assume they read what is there, but somehow I seem to not be getting any of my points across.

I’ve been frustrated lately with all of the political crap going around, and how somehow politics gets brought up a lot into conversations where it does not necessarily belong. That isn’t even really the big problem.

Here’s the main problem:

I have no issues with people having differing viewpoints from my own. I base all of my opinions on what I see is actually going on, not on what someone’s “political party” is. A person’s party affiliation does not matter as much as whether or not you agree with what they stand for, or what they are trying to do for (or to) our country. I will fully accept anyone’s thoughts and opinions if they can explain to me why that is how they feel. If you have facts or logical ideas to back up what you say, then that is great. It is people that lack knowledge on what they are saying, or that give false information when stating their viewpoints that bother me. I just get frustrated when people put down something I believe in using false information to boost their own position. But if I were to say anything against what they believe, I would instantly get attacked for my thoughts.

This is why I generally avoid getting into any political conversations. I am generally the one with a differing viewpoint, and despite me being able to accept other people’s opinions, I feel like I am shot down for being the different one.

I never said anything for the past 8 years when people attacked and complained about the president that, in my eyes, really didn’t do anything wrong. He took the actions he believed necessary to protect our country. And just because he has an accent, and occasionally stumbled with words because his eyes weren’t glued to a teleprompter, does not mean he was a bumbling fool. He was a real person, with real thoughts and emotions. Not staged and fake.

And yet, whenever I say anything about my disapproval of the current president’s actions, or attempted actions, I am supposed to just sit back and be attacked.. How is that even remotely right? Am I supposed to apologize for being a patriotic person? Should I apologize for wanting to remain a free American, and not have to share what little “wealth” I have with people who contribute little to nothing to my country? I don’t think so.

I know plenty of people on the other side of the political spectrum from myself, and I would like to think they are my friends regardless. I don’t force my thoughts on anyone else, so it doesn’t become an issue.

I let everyone else have their opinions, so I should be allowed to have my own.