Daniel+E’s+OpEd+Article

I’m not exactly aiming this at anyone else’s Op Ed piece in particular, but I’m willing to bet that someone will find their topic mentioned below, and I would like to apologize for any offense that may be taken. It wasn’t on purpose. But I think that in general, we have strong opinions over things that don’t matter. Swag, duckfaces, terrible mainstream music. I don’t like it, but I don’t make it the topic of my essay. Save your strong opinions for something that matters. No matter what side of the argument you’re on, if you are arguing politics or religion rather than one of the above mentioned topics, you have my respect. Even if it wasn’t an intelligent argument, and you’re wrong, I still respect you for contributing to the wonderful system of democracy. What comes to mind immediately is internet arguments. These things don’t affect you in any way, save for the possible elevated blood pressure. Why would you care if someone else says that a youtube video sucks? Just ignore them and move on. It won’t change anything, ever, so you can just let it go. I guess it doesn’t seem normal ignoring something that you care about, but would you ever make any ground in an argument about likes and dislikes? I’m sure that you’ve had conversations a bout music before. And I’m sure that your taste in music is the only good one, but that’s the same thing everyone else thinks. I personally like hard rock and metal. I’ve been told many times why it’s actually a terrible genre. So it’s just better to ignore those things that don’t really matter, and just let things be. By no means do I mean that having strong opinions are a bad thing. I’m one of the most stubborn people I know. However, if I argue so fervently about something, it means a lot to me. It just doesn’t seem like a good thing to be so touchy about something so insignificant. So yes, argue all you want about abortion and gay rights and religion and America’s duty or lack thereof on the international level. But if you hate it when people say ‘hashtag yolo’ or whatever, just ignore it. I guess this is a bit hypocritical, because this won’t have any meaning or really any effect anyways, but those are my two cents on this topic. If it’s stupid, just ignore it. Let’s move on. Chill, people.