Before I remembered that this last post was to be a reflection and not a real post, I had some ideas in my mind about topics to blog about. Chinese concentration camps and the lack of action against them, the legal battle that is being waged in the White House, Ivanka’s emails… when you think you know about the worst of politics, there’s always worse.
I chose to blog about politics and particularly the negative aspects of politics because I think it’s important to be aware of reality even when it isn’t pretty. I also tried to convey my message in a humorous way as opposed to adopting a serious tone because, while I did blog about some heavy topics, being depressed about politics is demoralizing and hurts any kind of growth that can come from learning about issues. My goal with the blog was to get people interested in politics and the political aspects and implications of movements and events.
I think this little sketch from College Humor encapsulates what my aim was with the blog: to shed light on issues in a way that isn’t exhausting.
Thinking back over the entire project, I like how I was free to pick whatever topic I wanted and take any angle I wanted. I think freedom of thought is really important in these kinds of blogs because without hearing someone’s actual feelings about the matter, it’s hard to make a connection.
I also really liked using multimedia elements in my blog posts because I think the use of tweets, videos, and memes performs a few functions. All of the tweets and memes that I have added are tweets or memes that I have come across on my feed and genuinely laughed at or interested in. Thus, including them is just communicating my opinion in a different manner. The fact that I chose a lot of the media I did in itself reveals, to an extent, my opinion insofar as it shows I found value in what I chose to add to my blog. Additionally, I think tweets are especially cool because they give you an idea of what other people are thinking about the matter. Twitter is inherently social and the popularity of certain tweets indicate what issues people are talking about currently.
I’m going to miss using funny tweets every week to substantiate and enhance my political opinions for a grade, which is a pretty weird thing to be able to say.
However, what I think I will miss most about this blog is the feedback I got from my classmates; it was always exciting to see what people had to say about what I wrote or the developments I brought to light. I especially liked to see that people who weren’t otherwise into politics liked my blog and found it easy to read. That is so sweet :’)
Maybe there will be a day when people won’t need to discuss the politics of Thanksgiving, or when sibling won’t need to make attack ads on each other, or when journalists don’t get murdered by corrupt governments, or when people won’t make memes out of deaths, or when Kanye West won’t say stupid shit, or when voting won’t be so hard… but I’m sure we will be seeing some more of the same in America for at least another two years.
Thank you to everyone who read my blog!
Worst in Politics 