Campus Carrier Editorial Board
If you haven’t seen people talking about Miley Cyrus excessively, then you must not check the Internet. Have you seen as many Facebook updates or tweets about the issues in Syria or Egypt? People should become informed and place their opinions on social media. In the end, complaining is all right because that means there is an opinion being held, but the focus should be placed more upon issues that have the possibility of extreme impact.
There are often complaints about other complaints; take this article, for example. Some readers find this annoying. Look at it this way: complaining means someone has an opinion. Let them have it. Whether it means you have an opinion, or an opinion about another opinion. Honestly, what hurts us in the end is when we limit our minds to hold the issues that aren’t the biggest ones at the end of the day.
That is the problem: We become more intrigued with reading articles about Miley Cyrus wearing minimal clothing sticking her tongue out while grinding on Robin Thicke than Obama sending missiles to Syria. This was placed in the top news section on CNN’s website. We have conflict in Syria, yet here we are placing Miley Cyrus in the spot where articles about September 11 were held.
We have civil wars, philosophical texts and things that have substance going on throughout the world every day. Some fixation on the entertainment world is acceptable, but once that’s solely where your fixation is placed, a problem starts arising. That is not to say that your opinion on Miley isn’t amusing, but we should be focused on other important matters. Trite issues don’t truly affect us in the end. If Plato was alive, he would probably be angry.
When we don’t become informed or have opinions, we are taking advantage of the miracle of human consciousness. Being informed is a beautiful thing, not something we should look upon in disgust. Not only are you educating yourself, but you’re also educating those around you. Not everyone is going to agree with you and people are going to add onto your knowledge. Accept it. Focus on the big things, not the lyrics of “Blurred Lines.”
It is not difficult to get caught up with the latest celebrity controversy. Unfortunately, it is more difficult to grab a New York Times and read it front to back and recall every detail. Even if this seems impossible or if it is not exactly your cup of tea, we should at least attempt to grasp what is going on all around the world so we can have informed opinions and make informed decisions.