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Palin a great choice to represent America's youth
Colleen Kopp
Issue date: 9/4/08 Section: Commentary
It has been said that Sarah Palin, John McCain's vice presidential candidate, is too conservative for today's youth. To make such a statement seriously misses the mark on youth advocacy. Palin is exactly what youth need to thrive. She is pro-life. That is as pro-youth as she can be.
But is she fit for the current state of America? Do the people of America want a leader with her position on issues? As for the current state of America, this country has been - for two terms - in favor of a conservative president. To say we live in an increasingly liberal society and therefore a conservative leader would not work is quite the misstatement - it is actually a misconception of our society.
I remember my neighbor saying how she just could not believe Bush won another term. She said every single person she knew voted against him. In my neighbor's case and when in mindsets as such, we forget that we are only a small part of a very large society. Just because the people we choose to socialize with or the school we chose to attend seems one way, it does not reflect the country as a whole.
Popular political or societal groups are often not large in numbers, they are just loud. An example of this is how the public does not know the correct percentage of homosexuals in the human population. They just hear the loudest voice above the clamor and believe it. Groups with very strong voices, truthful or not, can take advantage of the public and sway them whichever way they want to as the biased media sits with a smirk, pumping a constant flow of propaganda into our lives.
Just because we hear this thing or that thing is a certain way, like the direction of our current society, does not mean it is true. If we hear "everyone's doing it," that does not make it right. Neither does it excuse certain behavior. Do not just believe what you think the crowd believes, or what The New York Times tells us. Think for yourselves; look at everything out there.
Palin has the stance that conservatives are looking for. McCain was wise to choose her for her belief and value systems. She is what he needs in order to sway the wary conservative vote.
But is she fit for the current state of America? Do the people of America want a leader with her position on issues? As for the current state of America, this country has been - for two terms - in favor of a conservative president. To say we live in an increasingly liberal society and therefore a conservative leader would not work is quite the misstatement - it is actually a misconception of our society.
I remember my neighbor saying how she just could not believe Bush won another term. She said every single person she knew voted against him. In my neighbor's case and when in mindsets as such, we forget that we are only a small part of a very large society. Just because the people we choose to socialize with or the school we chose to attend seems one way, it does not reflect the country as a whole.
Popular political or societal groups are often not large in numbers, they are just loud. An example of this is how the public does not know the correct percentage of homosexuals in the human population. They just hear the loudest voice above the clamor and believe it. Groups with very strong voices, truthful or not, can take advantage of the public and sway them whichever way they want to as the biased media sits with a smirk, pumping a constant flow of propaganda into our lives.
Just because we hear this thing or that thing is a certain way, like the direction of our current society, does not mean it is true. If we hear "everyone's doing it," that does not make it right. Neither does it excuse certain behavior. Do not just believe what you think the crowd believes, or what The New York Times tells us. Think for yourselves; look at everything out there.
Palin has the stance that conservatives are looking for. McCain was wise to choose her for her belief and value systems. She is what he needs in order to sway the wary conservative vote.
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Jon
posted 9/04/08 @ 10:25 AM EST
Does this article have a point?
You say Palin would be a great choice for America's youth, but than fail to specify why a group that is generally overwhelmingly pro-choice, pro-comprehensive sex education, pro gay-marriage, and anti-intelligent design in schools is suddenly going to do a 180 and vote the social politics of the religious right. (Continued…)
UCONN Alum
posted 9/04/08 @ 2:50 PM EST
I hope you support killing polar bears, wolves, and whales for the production of oil, because that's what you're voting for.
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