TO THE EDITOR:
Despite the article, Speak Like No One’s Listening and its fairly innocuous call to arms and reminder that on the whole, Carolina is a place where students’ views are accepted, I have a small problem with the way it is presented.
Everyone’s had their political views berated at some point or another, whether by parents at the dinner table or by someone calling you out in the quad. I wager that this is one of the most important aspects of having political views.
In light of the fact that this is a secular university, where one is expected to have an open mind and learn to challenge theirs and others’ beliefs, I say that you should be ready to either defend your opinion on Obamacare to the death, or be open-minded enough to hear the other perspective.
You might just learn something by having that argument you keep trying to avoid.
Socrates couldn’t spew out a new theory without expecting one of his peers to question it, and the guy philosophized for a living.
While it’s nice to be able to walk through campus without being jeered at, I think it’s unrealistic to believe your politics shouldn’t be challenged.
They will. And it’s okay, because you care enough to get angry about it.
Christian Prosperi ’17
Nursing
