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A Note on Optimism- Everyone in my politics classes gives me shit for being a political idealist-they say I’m naïve, my professor today told me to stop drinking before coming to class. But you know what? I’m not stupid, I know the shit that goes on in politics, domestic and international, and I know there’s a whole lot of corruption and greed that can jade our perspective on political systems. I know it exists, and yeah, it sucks. But I refuse to be hardened. Not because I’m naïve and unaware of the flaws of political institutions, but because I sleep better each night knowing I faced the day with an open mind, willing to accept that there are possibilities we haven’t thought of, that there might be a solution way beyond our wildest dreams just waiting to come to us. I refuse to live in a cave of cynicism and be a grumpy old hag. Optimism is my choice and I don’t give a shit what the realists have to say about me because I still believe and as long as I personally know that, they can’t take away my spirit. I’ll defend it to the death. Since when do we have to look at institutions with such an "all or nothing" attitude, hasn't anybody ever heard of a "work in progress?" and Since you’re such a “realist,” let me tell you what’s “real”-change, progress, evolution. I don’t have time for your negativity. I don’t have time for your whining because I’m out doing what I can to influence change while you sit on your ass and bitch. The way I see it, you’ve got 2 choices. A. Give up and be a pussy who refuses to continue to try or B. Grow some balls and believe in the impossible, and anyone who is in the middle, or the “cautiously optimistic” are just as weak as those who out-right give up altogether. The secret to option B is that it actually makes you a happier person because you don’t have to live your life under the constant, depressing shadow of doubt. So grow a pair and believe in progress and evolution. and even if you never see change in your lifetime, at least you can know you lived with hope and you didn’t give up.