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Originally posted by That Britney Face
People jumping ship for Lauren having an opinion?? Really guys?
She doesn't have to agree with anyone, but I'm glad she's educating herself on candidates other than Clinton/Trump.
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I mean I'm not one of the people "jumping ship" on her (I think this was super messy but I still respect her intelligence and maturity), but I do understand why people are upset by this.
"Having an opinion" is held to a higher standard when you knowingly decide to share that opinion with 2.3 million people, many of whom could be influenced by that opinion because of your celebrity status. And it also seems like she didn't really do all that much education on Jill - her rant came across as "I didn't know there were more than two candidates, and I don't like either Hillary or Trump, so let me just automatically assume the third candidate will be my favourite." Yes she read one article, but Jill also holds a lot of stances that I'm sure Lauren would be very against if she actually knew about them.
I agree the reaction was overblown and people shouldn't discredit the fact that Lauren is a well-educated, rational thinker 99% of the time just because of this one incident, but if she's going to talk about something as important as politics, she should think it over some more before deciding to share it with millions of people (or at the very least, she shouldn't be so shocked that sharing a political opinion on Twitter has the ability to elicit a negative response).