Criticizing Program Board is ludicrous
Recently, many people have made comments about how Ludacris is no longer relevant and have criticized the Central Michigan University Program Board for booking him. Scroll through any social media post about the event and, along with some praise and use of #FireUpLuda, you’ll also come across many negative comments about the Program Board’s work.
Never mind the fact that the Program Board works hard to bring entertainment to campus. Never mind the fact that it is impossible to plan an event that everyone on campus will love. Never mind the fact that instead of complaining behind a computer screen, these critics could be getting involved.
Students owe CMU’s Program Board a thank you for bringing to campus a Grammy-award winning artist. They should be extra-appreciative that tickets were free.
Regardless of the event or cause or organization, people always seem to have something negative to say.
Maybe we make these negative comments without the intentions of hurting anyone. And maybe we really do hope we can make a difference by simply stating how we feel. But insulting someone’s hard work without offering any constructive advice does absolutely nothing but make the naysayer look bad.
We tend to focus way too much on what people are doing wrong instead of looking at the ways in which they are trying to make a positive impact. If we don’t make any effort to strengthen something, we have no right to simply tear it apart.
At the very least, we can offer ideas for improvement rather than harsh comments about everything we don’t like.
Telling someone that the work they did was awful without offering any suggestions is useless, similar to when you fail a paper but receive no comments about what you did wrong or how you could do better next time.
It’s a way to pretend to raise your voice and make a statement when you’re really just passively sitting back and not taking action.
It’s OK to disagree. Everyone has opinions. Not everyone likes Ludacris. Not everyone sees the benefits of 5K fundraisers or hashtag activism.
But if you can’t find meaning within something, you should try to create it rather than dictate to someone else how he or she should create it for you.
Everyone has a voice, but without action, ideas or effort, that voice fails to make a statement.
