Minors Can’t Have Opinions.

The other day, I was talking to an acquaintance. (I am protecting his name, even though I lost all my respect for him, I think that any human shouldn’t have their arguments broken down into almost meaningless words on the Internet.) A week prior to that, he was a friend. He said something that really enraged me as a conservative, not only our difference in opinions but the fact that he said, “Who are you, Glenn Beck? Seriously, no one cares about your opinions. You can’t even vote to make a difference.” Let’s tackle this carefully crafted insult sentence by sentence.

Apparently I am Glenn Beck

We’re all entitled to our opinions. We all have the right to voice them as long as we do so in a way that doesn’t harm people. I enjoy following current events, and for that reason I was naturally sucked into politics. The story doesn’t go exactly like that, though. I just enjoy talking about controversial things and being provocative. Politics have proven a way for me to fulfill that need while still giving the illusion that I am a respectful, educated young man.

No one cares about my opinions

Political leaders care about my opinions when lobbying for votes. Specifically if I will go to such a route to promote them and change people’s opinions, I could become a real threat without even being able to do anything directly. I could actually become a bigger threat than a single voter.

I can’t make a difference

If I can sway the votes of 50,000 people, I can make a difference. We already went over this. Remember?

The next post you can expect to be about politics just because this has made me start to think. Perhaps why Republicanism is better than Democracy? I’ve said too much already.