I know what your thinking, where the heck is this post going right?
What is the one thing hatred and dub step have in common?
Theyve both become Fads.
Fads that I hope come to pass.
i dont think i'll ever understand why it has become a fad to hate people in our society. Since when did it become ok for everyone to decide they dont like someone, just because one person thought it would be funny to do so.
And if you know me well enough, you probably know who this post is inspired by. And yes, I am talking in short about Taylor Swift, but mostly because she is the most recent example. what do i mean by this? well, lets take a look at a few others you might know to help you understand:
In the past couple of years, it has become "cool" to dislike people like Kristen Stewart and Nickleback. I bet some of you goffed just at the sound of their names. But what was it that makes you do that? Take a second to think about the reasons you dont like these people. Now look and see how many of those reasons are jokes youve heard in the media. "She doesnt show any emotion" "Nicklebacks music is terrible." "She's a homewrecker and a whore" "Nickleback all sounds the same" Did I name a few? How many of those things you thought of did you actually come up with yourself?
There was a time that Kristen Stewart was the envy of teenage girls every where. Critics raved about her performances in films outside of the one she was most ridiculed for. Yes, she may be an atypical actress compared to the others in hollywood, but i remember seeing a Kristen that was happy and laughing, even if she was a little shy and awkward. All she wanted was to act, she didnt come into this wanting fame. she got a role and she took it. she never expected it to blast off the way it did. And then, because of one scene in a movie where her acting may have been a little off, someone took that scene and exaggerated it as a harmless joke. By putting yourself in the public eye, you make yourself susceptible to that. But its those people who take it as a serious insult that take things too far. They then believe that it is "cool" to hate kristen stewart, and suddenly the same jokes show up over and over again. They may be comical at first, but then they become excessive and hurtful as they escalate into things that are personal and insulting. The same thing happened to Nickleback. A joke went to far and suddenly everyone hates nickleback back because youre not "cool" if you do like them.
And now we have Taylor Swift, who is recieving endless amounts of hate that started when she began dating Harry Styles of One Directon, the nation's biggest boyband heartthrob, just after breaking it off with another famous boyfriend. Someone made a joke about Taylor dating around too much, and suddenly the world caught on to it. What started out as a probably innocent joke, was catapulted to every form of media catching on to this joke, that was not only hurtful, but untrue. The fact are that Taylor has dated 6 people in the past 3 years, but most are saying 13 in the past year. People continue to make hurtful jokes saying things like "Maybe she's the problem" "She needs to stop playing victim"and inaccurately adding more and more people to the list of men she dated just to make a joke. The girl that so many people adored a year ago, is not the target of another "hate fad."
And that is what sickens me about this whole thing. Taylor was loved by so many and received little hate a year ago. She was america's sweetheart. And a year later, because one person made a joke, she is recieving and excessive amount of unnecessary hate. It has become a "fad"to hate Taylor Swift.
And the fact that it can become a "fad" for people to hate anyone is disgusting.
I guess in my unpopular opinion:
I think Kristen Stewart is a beautiful girl who isnt afraid to be who she is. And, wait for it, can actually be a good actress.
I also think that Nickleback is talented. Do I listen to theyre music, no. But I do I hate them? No. Because i dont listen to their music. How can you hate something, YOU HAVENT LISTENED TO.
And last but not least, I love Taylor Swift. I always have and I always will. She is an extremely talented songwriter who has a heart bigger than any star I've seen. She gives away million of dollars every year to charity. She writes every. single. one. of. her. songs. Maybe she falls in love a lot, but why is that a bad thing? Is she not allowed to fall in love? But most of all, I love Taylor Because she is exactly who she wants to be. And your opinions of her will not change that.
I guess what I'm trying to get to, is that celebrities are HUMAN. They see and hear these things every day. And no one deserves to just be hated because its the cool thing to do.
Im not trying to tell you to like someone just because I do. Im just asking you to think about the reasons you truly dislike someone. Is it because you heard funny joke, or because everyone around you seems to dislike them? Or is it because there is something about them you genuinely do not like?
And its ok to not like someone. And its ok to like someone even when everyone seems to dislike them.
make your own choices.
in the fragile state of our society, hatred should never be a "fad."
And if it is, its one i refuse to follow.
God Bless,
Parker
