I'm not rational, I like people to know who I am.

The Warner reading this week is driving me up a wall. What I got from it is that in order to be heard as a member of the "public", then I have to drop who I am and let everyone assume that I am someone I am not. He does always say that it is nearly impossible to do so. I am sure that many people can achieve this goal, but I do not see why they would want to. I AM a woman, and I AM many other things. My ideas about certain topics stem from who and what I am. I do not think that it is right that in order for my ideas to count to the public, I have to basically speak under the assumption that I am a white male with money. I am just saying, I am proud of everything about me that forms my opinions. I do think that I can assert who I am and be able to speak in the public sphere at the same time.

Choosing Sides

Now I'm not the most political person in the world, but living in a nation such as this, in times such as these I think it's really, really difficult to not be political in some facet or form and expect to make change. When I personally think about my own political life I can't help but go straight to thinking about my "position" and what party I fit into and that is the problem. The main parties in our political system are Democrat and Republican, but I can honestly say I don't really fit perfectly into either and I think it would be fair to say that most people don't as well. Human beings, in general, are not black and white...most of the time decisions are fuzzy and lines are blurred...that's life and there's beauty in that, even though it often makes things harder. With this in mind I can't help but recognize how flawed our democratic system can be...I personally feel forced to "pick a side", but it's not that easy. Sometimes I agree with Republican candidates on certain issues and Democratic candidates on others, but I have to choose "someone" instead of the "something’s" I agree or disagree with. It's hard. I think with such strict lines drawn it creates massive divides in a time where we need unity the most. These parties often perpetrate corruption and backstabbing in our political system and it makes me think they're just a bunch of bullshit really. What if we lived in a nation where instead of voting for our "party", we voted on the issues at hand and put people in charge who made our demands as a society happen? I know there are flaws in this as well and it to could fail, but I think the strict lines placed between the Democratic and Republic parties are making this nations political problems worse, not better. What do you guys think?