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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?  Professional athletes orperformers shouldn’t be involved in politics.

Barring athletes and performers from politics involves three main problems.  The first issue is differentiating these citizens from average citizens.  Do we mean only famous athletes and performers, or anyone who is paid to perform?  Also, many people who have an effect on the common culture of a populace such as Bill Gates do not fit into either of these categories, yet present the same concern.  The second issue is their effects on politics.  Is the effect of these famous people positive or negative?  The last concern I raise is the ethics behind forbidding private citizens, even those with influence, from participating in politics by voicing their opinions.  Through each of these concerns I believe the answer unerringly points towards allowing these athletes and performers to participate in any function they choose.  

Athletes and performers are special people because their voices are heard much more widely and loudly than the average citizen.  When they speak, average people listen.  It is only necessary for a politician to win over one of this type of individuals, in order for that individual to win over hundreds or even thousands.  However, setting rules for these types of people and their involvement in politics is impossible.  If we are only describing athletes and performers, do we still allow businessmen and women, who are respected by millions of people,to speak out?  Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffet have had a lifetime of success, and their opinions matter.  While professional athletes are easily defined, performers are not. What about comedy shows which specialize in political humor? John Stewart and Stephen Colbert are both household names, and Colbert has specifically described his television persona as an act.  Not only is this a national-scale problem, but also asmall scaleissue.  Many towns and cities have community theaters employing full time actors.  Do these people also need to keep silent when they have strong opinions?  

The effect of athletes and performers on politics is real.  There is a great incentive for politicians to seek out endorsements from these people due to their influence.  Some may even say it is unfair for some individual citizens to have more influence on politics than others.  This comes down to the argument that politics serves the people, and each individual should be equal.  However, this is simply not possible.  There will always be those with more influence than others.  The prompt asks us to withdraw citizens from the public dialogue in order to create equality of influence.  The answer to improving politics is not to forbid opinions, but to increase people’s access to information and paradigms.  A government can only serve a citizenry it understands, and that can only be achieved when more voices are heard, not less.

This brings us into our third concern. Asking people to remain silent no matter their political opinions is the opposite of what any reasonable government should be doing.  Even if it is a hate speech, the answer is not to forbid it.  The answer is to encourage other voices of science and reason.  This is especially true if we realize that putting arbitrary definitions on who has a great amount of influence and who does not.  We can begin to realize that forbidding political participation to that group of people is ludicrous.  The result of this policy will only lead to the government being criticized or supported by people that we do not know or trust.  Criticism will be easily ignored and reasons to support will only come from the politicians themselves. This is clearly not the way to run a government

It is clear that celebrities and professional athletes should be able to voice their political opinion.  Different people will always have different levels of influence, but creating a class that is not allowed to engage in their government is clearly unethical.  All people should be encouraged to be politically engaged.