Anyways, I've decided that today, I will put aside the fear and share a couple of my own opinions.
The first of these is One Direction's latest single, "Steal My Girl".
I do not like this song.
I do not like this song.
While it's been met with all the hype and excitement I'm sure the band was hoping for *cough* expecting *cough*, I don't feel like anybody's really taken the time to try to understand the song.
This song is almost pretty much blatantly sexist.
The lyrics to the chorus are :
Everybody wanna steal my girl
Everybody wanna take her heart away
Couple million in the whole wide world
Find another one
'Cause she belongs to me
Wait a minute. What was that? She belongs to you? I'm sorry, I thought that women were their own individual people. My mistake.
She's not a dog. She's a person. She does not belong to you. You do not own her.
Also, what's with that "couple million in the whole wide world, find another one" line? That's really painting the picture that women are all part of some generic group of things here for men to pick and choose from. I'm afraid that's not the case, guys.
Alright, alright, enough of letting my inner feminist claw its way out.
Let's talk about people. Specifically those I mentioned at the beginning of this post, the kind who completely bash someone's opinion because it's different from theirs.
Let's talk about people. Specifically those I mentioned at the beginning of this post, the kind who completely bash someone's opinion because it's different from theirs.
Dan Howell, a very very popular YouTuber, recently posted a video sharing his thoughts on these kind of people. I won't post it here, but it's really worth a watch. (Dan's channel name is danisnotonfire. The video I'm talking about is titled "OPINIONS.")
In the video, Dan opens with the statement, "It's okay to express opinions, as long as you're not a jerk about it." Extremely important point!
Dan goes on to talk about how most people express their opinions in ways like, "I like [insert musical group] and they're great and everything about them is perfect and if you don't like them I HATE YOU AND YOU ARE WRONG." If you try to state your opinion, they probably react like this:
What people who share their thoughts in this way don't realize is that opinions are subjective not objective. The definition of the word is, "A subjective view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge."
Your opinions are not the final say, they are not law.
People having different opinions is what makes the world we live in diverse and beautiful and interesting, which is why we should not overreact and discourage others' views.
It is good to be different from other people! It is good when other people are different from you! This is what makes you an individual! Your originality is what makes you your own person! Wow!
It just kind of baffles me how many people are so closed-minded when it comes to viewpoints other than their own. Idk man.
I'm probably rambling by now, so I'll finish this off.
If you actually read this entire post, thank you. It felt really good to share.
I leave you with a question. What do you think?
Signed,
The Teenaged Adventurer
Christi ain't playing
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