Ok. Lets talk, shall we?

(This is generally directed at one person, but I think it can be a pretty general sweeping statement.)
OKAY. See this picture? It's a visual representation of how I currently feel. Because I feel like I am sometimes speaking to a brick wall and it makes me want to bang my head into one.

I understand that we have different political views and views on society... we have for a while now. But you know me, and I have always been the kind of person who listens to both sides of an argument and doesn't judge or jump to conclusions. This is coming from the girl who, at a campus demonstration where Obama and McCain supporters were yelling at each other after the Palin speech, walked over to a McCain supporter and shook her hand thanking her for having another opinion. Because this country would be absolutely nothing without another person's different viewpoint or belief.

With that said, I wish you would please respect the fact that I DO have my own political and social views, and yes they sometimes and often do differ from yours. But that does not mean that I often antagonize and criticize your beliefs. When Bush was in office for 8 years, I would often keep my mouth shut when everyone ELSE was making snide comments and statements. Why? Because I know how you feel and don't want to cause any friction in our relationship because I love you.

So what do you do? You, knowing how I feel, time after time send me constant little things that degrade my political views and how I feel. Could you please give me the same respect that I've given you in the past? Just because we don't agree doesn't mean that I am not properly informed and need you to spoon-feed me information. I feel very passionate about issues like gay marriage, but know that I should not discuss it with you because you feel the way you do and nothing I say can change it, and I don't want to enter into that sort of conversation. So I put aside my own feelings and beliefs to help our relationship run smoother...

Please, respect the way I feel. You are allowed to disagree and have your own opinion, you always have. Let me have mine. If you continue to send me degrading articles, I will begin deleting them on sight. I don't need you to spoon feed me, and I can find my own ways of acquiring information. And also, please don't jump to conclusions about my political views either... I DO have my own skepticisms and some doubts (because it IS the government, and they can never be trusted. You know how I am, I always ask questions and am skeptic), but I am trying to be hopeful for a better future. Maybe you should do the same.

And remember, I love you even though we have different views...