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Could just be me who feels this way and therefore this could read as a load of shite to others but for me, at least, I got heavily involved with the referendum. Post after post indirectly to strangers and directly to friends and family. I researched, presented facts, argued. Lost
I got heavily involved in the election. Post after post indirectly to strangers and directly to friends and family. I researched, presented facts, argued. Lost.
I reflected on that period and decided that it really wasn& #39;t worth it. In fact, I deleted my Facebook account because of it. I& #39;d spent too much time and energy becoming embroiled in things which, ultimately, I had no influence over.
This doesn& #39;t mean I lost my political opinions. I still have very strong ones, in fact. However, it meant that I stopped thinking I had any control over national or international politics and stopped letting it affect my mental well-being so much.
Throughout the referendum and election, I almost felt jealous of people who had no interest in it. I had friends who didn& #39;t read articles every day, know every detail, etc. In fact, some were clueless. They went on with their lives and didn& #39;t allow politics to affect them.
With the #NUFCTakeover I doubt you& #39;re going to get those people to suddenly decide politics and international relations is for them just because it involves #NUFC and they& #39;ll continue to have no interest in it and won& #39;t allow it to affect them.
Then you& #39;ll have people like me (or maybe it& #39;s only me), who& #39;ve spent the last two years losing political battles and don& #39;t have the energy for another. Football is supposed to be the escape from all of that. One day a week to get pissed with the lads and shout and swear all day.
