Honest Conversations

            As we discussed a little bit in class today, honesty never truly hurts for too long. One could argue that it is unproductive for someone to be brutally honest about why they think or believe the way they do. Then on the other end of the spectrum one could argue that it is extremely productive for brutal honesty. I tend to lean towards the honesty behind things because I believe it to lead to the least amount of resistance. I was taught from the earliest I can remember to always be honest and truthful about things even if it is not what everyone else is doing. This has set me up in my life to at least know that if I can back something up then it is okay to be discussed. Not only should it be backed up but it needs to be of truthful nature. I think that has been one of the largest, if not the biggest, issues from this past election and society as a whole in the modern era we live in. Everyone is a slave to social media and use it as a means to “speak freely” when they are just typing behind a screen with no social interaction. The generation we live in are struggling and quite frankly an embarrassment because we (as a majority) cannot sustain a discussion with people who are older than us because we are not used to the face-to-face aspect of such. My grandparents despise when I am on my phone at the dinner table or whenever I am with them. I figured this out early and do not use my phone or have it near me when I am with them. This has provided me with much better relationships with them, as well as more meaningful dialogues. Not to mention it has allowed me to prepare myself for the workplace because that generation is who is in charge of hiring potential employees. Social media has become a crutch for society and was exploited in the election. All day long you see countless posts that are either not factual or just utterly irrelevant or stupid. This sparks anger and unrest between people because the message was not sent across clearly and got lost in translation. This all could be avoided if we were more conscientious of how our media voice sounds versus our actual intended voice.  No matter if we hurt people’s feelings or not we need to have conversations, the best growth comes from struggle. Overall we would be far better suited to have these difficult discussions in person that way we do not lose sight of the individual or individuals we are talking with. We also need to have these conversations because if we have honest discussion then we are better suited to know exactly where people are at and create growth from there.