It seems that everything these days is considered political. This drives me bonkers.
Politics, as defined in the Cambridge Dictionary, are “the activities of the government, members of law-making organizations, or people who try to influence the way a country is governed.” Therefore, political means having to do with the activities of the government.
This, of course, covers a wide range of laws and topics. But what starts me chewing on the furniture is the way people in the media try to make everything political. The response to COVID19 is not political. The heavy doses of politics added to the mix of news makes it very confusing.
Media, whether national or social, also tends to frantically try to place everyone who has an opinion in a certain political box, labeled liberal Democrat, or conservative Republican. The problem with that is that nobody wants to be in a box. Human beings, for the most part, are very hard to pin down and define.
Believe it or not, there are a great many of us who hold beliefs very passionately that place us firmly on the fence between the political divide that has been constructed by the media. For instance, I believe abortion is murder, there should not be a border wall, and that Black Lives Matter. I don’t think anyone, no matter what race, creed, sex, or sexual orientation should be accorded special privileges, nor should they be discriminated against. I think that those in authority should be respected and obeyed, but if they are doing something that is against what God’s law tells us, they should be peacefully protested. I think that COVID19 is a serious illness that threatens our world, and we should be cautious, but that ultimately, we are all in God’s hands.
So I balk at any definition of a political nature. In these hyper-political times, I try to live according to my belief. I am so frustrated by the political process, but I know it is necessary. I will continue to seek to find the truth of what candidates stand for, if it is out there, and I will vote. I pray that God will guide all of us!