#debate2016

This past monday September 26th there was a presidential debate held in New York between Trump and Clinton. Myself and my roommates decided to watch and follow this debate on social media have a couple laughs. We looked up various drinking games and memes that were already starting to pop up during the day. Ultimately we all pulled out our phones when the debate started; one of my roommates tweeted "waited eighteen years to vote and these are gonna be my options" another roommate tweeted "our country is screwed' needless to say my house is not very supportive of these two candidates. Anyways to my surprise there was a lot of comedy to this debate. I was disappointed with the fact that Trump seemed to be unprepared compared to Clinton. Still it really was not out of character for Trump; I feel that Trump dominated to first twenty minutes of the debate but then became flustered when his contradictions came to bite him in the ass. As I continue to look at the hashtags and pages with polls going I noticed that people are almost even split on who actually won the debate. I decided to run a poll and the results showed 52% say Trump and 48% say Clinton. I will continue to follow the #debates2016 and see what continues to surface.

On The Media: Kids these Days

I decided to Listen and understand "Kids These Days" from the On the Media site. 
First off, I really enjoyed listening to both speakers. I appreciate their explanations and view on trigger warnings and safe zones. 

I personally feel that there is no need for "safe spaces" due to my own up-bringing. I say this because my own mother is lesbian; growing up watching her fight and struggle (even though hard at some points) made her stronger. I agree with views that college kids being coddled; I agree with the letter sent by the University of Chicago. I feel that people need to learn how to be more tolerant. I believe that one way for us to become more tolerant is to be exposed to multiple "systems" and "environments." 

In my opinion trigger warnings increase coddling and provide and "out" for people to avoid topics that they just do not want to talk about. I disagree with the speaker Cameron. Previously in history we had no reason to have the "safe spaces," people would have to learn how to deal with topics and I understand people cannot dive fully into some material but I believe it is important for them to know about. It is important because people need to be educated about subjects they wish to talk about.