Let's not forget about Positivity

When I recently opened Dr.J’s blog, I immediately felt frustrated after seeing all of the posts he had involving problems within our country. Even though the information was very interesting, I did not really enjoy reading the articles because they were so negative. This feeling of frustration reminded me of many of the recent conversations we have had in my Nature of Human Nature class; most of our recent discussions have lead to the many problems that America has right now. America problems themselves are not the main reason for my frustration; the people who represent America’s problems are what frustrate me. When I see posts like “Dumbest Poster Contest”, and when I listen to many people my age talk politics, I am constantly reminded about how many problems our great country has. I sometimes cannot believe how ridiculous people’s ideas about politics are, mainly because people will comment on something that they do not understand. An example of this would be the common misunderstanding that people have of the concept of socialism. I become extremely aggravated when people comment on something that they do not know anything about. Even though Dr.J’s blog brought back my feelings of frustration, one post helped me realize that our country has many great people, and a lot of hope. When I read the article that was attached to Dr.J’s blog post named “The Cheneyists Continue to Invent Reality”, my thoughts about America immediately became positive. The article itself discussed a very negative topic, but I realized that as much as I read about American’s who represent the problematic nature of America, there are actually a lot of American’s who are leading the fight towards positive change. The author of the article, and most of the people who left comments seemed to have intelligent views about the issues in our society, and I felt pretty good about the future of our country. This good feeling about our countries future reminded me of all of the great discussions I have had during my first year of college. In many of my classes, I have discussed many important issues and I have heard great opinions from other bright young minds. I feel that with all of the negativity in the media and all of the problems in our country, we sometimes forget that we have some great people that are leading us into a brighter future.

Do you believe that our society often forgets about the positive aspects of our world? Explain.