Survival of the Fresher

The debate on an Opinion piece ________________________________________________________________

The opinion piece on First years are not interested in politics is at http://www.5inblindsight.blogspot.com.
You claim that all first year students are interested in Politics as you’ve so well argued, but you forget that the fact that just because you are a first year and you like politics does not mean that all first years like them. You seem to base your authority on yourself, you keep on referring to yourself and as you’ve shown in your opinion piece you are 32 years old. Not all first years are thirty two or married with kids. The majority of the first years are 18 to 25 and you are clearly above the line. Not that I’m discriminating you or making you feel bad, but as you can clearly see not all first years are interested in politics.
What also astonishes me is the fact that you have not even talked to a single first year or if you have you do not make any reference of them, so you might as well have said that you are interested in politics and that you have a liking for South Africa and not generalise. Seeing that you that you are doing Journalism and Media Studies, it should come as second nature for you to investigate as well as interview people instead of generalising my dear sir.
You say you want to live in a world where nobody is discriminated against, but you do not mention what you as an individual have done to discourage discrimination. You do not mention your part against discrimination. You also fail to mention a country that does have discrimination because you know that there in no such country.
I’m sorry to burst your bubble but unless you kill all the existing people including yourself and bring a new society into being there is no way you‘ll find a world without discrimination.
Another thing is that you are basing your entire argument focussing yourself so there is no way that you can conclude that all first years like politics. By the by your heading is so contradictory to your piece.

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