Why Political Party Violence is still a recurrent issue: It’s not because of Gen Z: (revised)
My article, “Why Political Party Violence is still a recurrent issue: it’s not because of Gen Z:”, is based on viewers of the Western Journal. I used big images, different formatting and a much more formal approach to achieve giving the target audience a greater understanding of my chosen topic at hand.
Why Political Party Violence is still a recurrent issue: It’s not because of Gen Z:
November 3 2022
Political party violence has always existed ever since the constitution leading to America’s first president, George Washington. The violence has recently been heightened to show major damage to the white house itself and the said cause of rising political party violence. For example, the most recent storming of the white house following past president Donald Trump sparked some outrage within some millennials and older citizens. It resulted in numerous injuries and multiple damages to the white house. Generation z is often rumored to be the rebellious generation, via their constant rebellion for more rights, like LGBTQ, women’s rights. They also may be quick to anger when discussing these new ideas. While there could have been some gen z participating in this horrendous act, it most certainly isn’t their fault for the clear violence.
Truth be told, there can be some participants from gen z who may engage in political party violence, whether it's a simple argument or an escalated violent encounter. However, this does not necessarily mean they are a cause of the problem entirely. They can be a part of it, but with proper education and constantly being surrounded with a suitable environment where they can share their own opinions, this issue would be eradicated. The other main cause, however, may be politicians themselves. Their debates have gotten much more child-like and involve much pointing fingers towards one another.
If politicians were more adult-like and less childlike, debates would be taken more seriously and with more care. Citizens would get to see their professionalism instead of two adults simply pointing at one another stating “you caused this”. In the views of gen z, it’s more important to get likes fighting rather than being serious and addressing the issue itself.
Violence within political parties had always existed prior to the existence of gen z. According to a journal by Discovery, a past U.S. house of Representatives member, Newt Gingrich, stated “the Republican Party had settled for compromise for generations Democratic legislators as colleagues; he saw them as enemies; he would use language to demonize and dehumanize them. He urged all Republicans to brand all Democrats as radicals, Socialists, Communists, un-Americans.. He worried not at all if his labels were incorrect or bald-faced lies. ” Sharing this information about the past house of representatives member shows that the constant rivalry between parties has always existed. Gingrich saw democrats as the enemy, almost as if they were constantly in a state of turmoil with one another. Choosing a political party now in addition harms some part of your status in the world. If you are a democrat, republicans hate you, if you are a republican democrats hate you.
It’s clear that political party violence has always existed since the beginning. People hated one another based on what they believed. In addition, there were always stereotypes about what a perfect representative of their party is. Republicans themselves were rumored to be white, straight, nonconforming men, and all the bad stuff. Democrats, on the other hand, are considered the submissive one including their heroic qualities. They are equality oriented but are also considered by republicans to be pushovers and indecisive. Something that may help address and fix this problem is determining its cause. Generation Z is the rebellious generation however, they did not create this problem, in fact they may even be key to fixing it.
An E-book titled Generation Brave: The gen Z kids who are changing the world, highlighted the aspects that show generation z’s positive impacts on the world. As the text states, “High school junior Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) looked around at the tear-stained faces, and he got angry…Cameron announced the March for Our Lives…00,000 people who had gathered to protest gun violence in Washington, D.C.—not to mention thousands more watching at home on TV and social media. Altogether, 1.2 million people in more than 800 cities turned out to support the movement.” It is clear Generation z might be rebellious but they are creating a positive movement. Unlike their violent reputation, they are positively affecting the United States by standing up for their beliefs no matter what changes may happen to their reputation.
This constant movement gen z affects others' point of view indefinitely, however, they must be the first ones to stand, which may harm them. Times are different, including violence like the storming of the capitol in the result of trump’s loss. That event fully impacted generations and could have made gen z cause violence in order to stand for what they believe in. According to Pew Research Center, A woman in her 60’s had stated during her questioning about the stormed entry of the capitol, “How could fellow citizens violently enter federal buildings intending to destroy property and possibly harm our leaders?””. This phrase only shows a fragment of what Americans were feeling. This political party violence, certainly not caused by Gen Z’s existence, was being taken too far. Citizens were becoming frightened for their lives in America.
The truth is, any generation can cause disharmony if they wanted so in a way doesn’t that mean all generations may be at cause.? Older generations have existed with political violence much longer but have never made any real big impact to change this corrupt government. Arguments are being made daily, sometimes between strangers based on what they believe in. This has led to a very divided America where people can be constantly attacked verbally or physically for any stereotypical thoughts of what party they have chosen.
A way to fix this problem is to make an all-inclusive generation movement describing the constant attacks made by both parties, much like generation Z. The government must be notified of this problem from all angles to get it to sink in. Their child-like behavior is not acceptable to represent the United States. That yelling and screaming always present in debates need to stop. We are all people and deserve to be treated fairly and not like an enemy based on what you may believe in.
Works Cited
Alexander, Kate, and Jade Orlando. “Chapter 2.” Generation Brave: The Gen Z Kids Who Are Changing the World, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 2020
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Lu, Denise, and Eleanor Lutz. “How Oath Keepers Are Accused of Plotting to Storm the Capitol.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 23 Jan. 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/19/us/oath-keepers-capitol-riot.html.
Masket, Seth. “Masket: Will Political Parties Protect Us from Violence, or Make It Worse?” The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 9 June 2021, https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/10/political-violence-capitol-riot-political-parties/.
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