He’s giving everyone “the feels”
It’s crazy to think that we are only 8 days away from finding out who will become our next President for the next four years. This entire election, for Trump at least, has been sandblasted by the media, especially in terms of how much controversy has surrounded him with women and the things that he has said in the past. I am no political analyst by any means, but my argument at this point in the ball game is that it’s time to move on. It’s time to move on past having to watch Elizabeth Warren comment on his “nasty woman” quote from the last debate. It’s time to move on past having to see every social media outlet post their two cents about what he said in 2005 and what he said at Gettysburg recently in relation to women coming out saying they had once been sexually assaulted by Trump at one point in their life.
Hear me out though
I’m in no way saying that this “women talk” is irrelevant and shouldn’t be brought up in conversation. I’m also in no way saying that his behavior should be condoned or excused. The things he has said and potentially done towards women is indeed disgusting and unacceptable. But like we read in class from the Political Brain politics are so driven by emotions and feelings. I’d be presenting the obvious by saying that this entire election, especially the talk on women, which has been so emotionally driven by the media. But what frustrates me the most is that this seems to be the only topic we keep hearing about. As it’s presented in the Political Brain, so many things within politics, especially elections are driven solely by emotion without us even realizing it. All of the things I’ve seen posted by my friends on Facebook or Twitter are emotionally driven and I wish we, including myself, could realize that more.
So why move on?
When I say “move on” I don’t necessarily say that we need to ignore the woman problem with Trump. I say it more as, let’s just let the women be the deciding factor of who they vote for. Sure, as we’ve discussed in class, this topic is a money maker for journalists and other media outlets, but I’d so prefer us to stop beating the dead horse and solely leave this conversation up to the women because they will be the ultimate deciding factor. Sure, will Hilary continue to grill Trump on this topic until next Tuesday? Absolutely. And I would argue that she has to because she knows that this is one of the “October Surprise” topics that she is trying to use to keep the media talking about that rather than her recently surfaced email problem.
So ladies and gentlemen, let’s let the ladies decide who they are and aren’t going to vote for. It’s really not worth letting our emotions get all driven up over a topic that has been beaten over and over again.
