I really don't like seeing violence. As in, actual violence. It's actually a little ironic because when it comes to books and movies, the more action, blood, and death the better. But when it come to ACTUALLY being violent, with bodies or words, I have serious issues with watching it. There's been several examples recently that come to mind, one being last night when I went to my friends first show (band called TONNULL, seriously good stuff) at a local venue (not even a venue, it's a place where teenagers go so they don't get into mischief) and a mosh pit got started. Their music isn't that hard, it's like bluesy punk. Moshing to music that was meant to be moshed to would make sense. Starting unnecessary violence for the hell of it is not ok. I didn't get there to get pushed around and thrown to the ground or anything. If it was hard music, I wouldn't have thought anything of it, that's what happens at like Children of Bodom, Slipknot, and probably even Hollywood Undead concerts. But NOT the music that was playing that night. Let's not kill each other for no reason. I was honestly horrified and repulsed by the whole thing (it didn't help that my boyfriend was the most violent person in there >_< ).
Verbal violence is different, though. Verbal violence is the worst kind because it can spark hatred in everyone that hears, perhaps even bringing them to physical violence. I'm talking about the spread of hatred. Bullying. Verbal abuse. And I can't tell you how much I HATE it when I have to bare witness to this atrocity. I'm not a hater, I'm a lover. I've had too many people hurt me with their words to EVER consider doing it to someone. Some people think that if they're not saying it directly to the person, then they're not doing anything wrong. If EVERYONE is saying the same thing, it couldn't POSSIBLY be bad, right? Wrong. Words are powerful things that need to be used wisely and responsibly. Words start wars, words start suicides, homicides, genocides.
What really got me thinking about this was all the hype around Rebecca Black's video "Friday" which has so many views which increases in the thousands daily that it's pointless to say how many the video is at currently (also I'm too lazy to look). But people are saying that it is the worst song ever. Now, ok. When I first heard this song, I couldn't stop laughing. It was pretty bad. I actually thought it was a parody at first. The funniest thing was just the ridiculousness. "Which seat can I take?" Really? Because there's only one seat open "Yesterday was Thursday, today it is Friday, Tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterward" These are actually the lyrics. But that's slightly off topic. Yes, this song is ridiculous. It was written for a 13-year-old. This girl is barely into puberty and she already has a good part of the country that hate her for all the wrong reasons. She didn't do anything wrong and her voice isn't even THAT bad (believe, I've heard worse. Hell, *I* am worse). This whole thing was extremely amusing at first, all the parody videos and hilarious facebook groups like "The awkward moment when Rebecca Black doesn't know which seat to take" but this has turned into something far worse. The country's youth are turning on this poor child like she's the spawn of Satan, like she DESERVES this. She doesn't. This is a poor middle schooler (and believe me, middle school sucks enough as it is) who didn't ask for this. Her parents paid for a cool little music video for their daughter by a little obscure music production group (Ark Music Factory, now known as the people that try to produce the worst singers of the next generation). And through all of this, this poor girl is incredibly strong. In an interview, a reporter read some of the mean comments and she just smiled and shrugged. When *I* was 13 I would've burst into tears then and there. That is a STRONG person and as much as I dislike her music, I admire her attitude and spirit. So this is just me saying to everyone to stop the hate. On Rebecca Black and everyone else. No one deserves such cruelty (ok, maybe some people, but certainly not poor children). Let's all just try to get along and not be bastards.
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