"Hey, I'm bored. Oh wait! I have a great idea! Do you see that girl over there, wearing what she's wearing? She's just asking to get picked on today. I hope someone dumps their lunch on her. She has no fashion sense.
Oh, do you see that boy over there flirting with that girl? He's such a player flirting with everyone he sees. And that girl, don't even get me started! She's such a whore! Those two totally belong together. Maybe they'll get a disease and die together! Wouldn't that be lovely! HA!
Ugh, did he really dye his hair the color I think he dyed it? Blue is so not a color to dye your hair, what are you? Emo?! Not talking to him again. He was totally gay anyways."
This is our society that we live it. All these fake labels, generalizations that tag others as something we see as negative before we even meet them. You may not meet anyone at all like this on YWS or even in your school, but they do exist. Just because you wear all black does it mean that you're emo and you self-harm? If you self-harm does that mean you hate God?
All these little assumptions are made. Once someone asked me if I was Emo or self-harmed because my nails were black. People always assume I'm super smart because I'm Asian and that I know the answers to all of their questions. People think that my friend is stupid because she's a blonde. Sure, I may be smart, but my blonde friend, she's an entire math grade ahead of me! Two whole grades above what she would be if she were an average student.
If you diet, does that mean you think you're fat? If you listen to screamo does that mean you're suffering on the inside? If you're adopted do you constantly feel pain from missing your parents? If you're Muslim does that mean you agree with what Osama Binladin did? In fact, I know people that diet just because they want to be healthy. To diet doesn't mean to eat less, listening to screamo doesn't necessarily mean you're hurting, being adopted isn't painful unless others start pitying you, Muslims actually believe in non-violence.
Just because you hear something, doesn't mean you should believe it. That boy talking to the girl earlier, they're in a steady relationship and plan to actually do it AFTER they get married and graduate college. They're actually both virgins.
That boy who dyed his hair? He was tired of being mistaken for his twin and decided to become unique in his own way. And yes, he is Emo. Just like you, he cries and laughs and screams and shouts. Emo is short for emotional, yes, he is, in fact, Emo.
That girl wearing the strange clothes, she prefers comfort over appearance. She knows that people will judge her, at least she's brave enough to wear something that SHE likes. And you know, she's HAPPY. Actually, she's thrilled, that this makes her. Nothing. Like. You.
So why do we label those that we can't understand? Because we're cruel awful beings known as humans. Go agains't the tide for once in your life and do what isn't built into your system. Don't judge. And if you don't, then spectacular! But you still do, even if you don't think you do. If you're truly certain though, then by all means, please, spread the word and stop this awful side of humanity to spreading to the next generation, because soon, we're just all gonna kill ourselves.
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