Anti-emo violence is going way too far
tardlz4207
Apr 04, 2008
i couldnt sleep the other night so i wrote this:
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This whole anti-emo hatred has gone way too far. People's lives are being threatened because of it. People are being killed because of it.
What is emo? Emo started out as a type of music, emotional hardcore. It's also sometimes a style of clothing. Black, emotional, those words tend to sum it up. But now it's become a stereotype for people. Kids that wear black, generally keep to themselves are the ones most likely to be labeled "emo."
"Being emo" was never this dangerous until now. The grunge movement started years ago and music and clothes like that have been around since the 1980s. So why has people's tolerance gotten worse now? The Inquisition, the Holocaust, the Ku Klux Klan; the anti-emo fight may not be as extreme as those but it sure isn't any lighter.
These are kids being hurt. Teenagers. Now as
children we may be naive but we're still people. And as people we should have the right to express ourselves without getting ridiculed, bullied, or threatened for it. No one deserves that.
"Emo" kids don't pose a real threat to the world. The only real threat is that when these children try to just be themselves and live their lives, they aren't listened to. They're told they're wrong for how they dress and what music they listen to. A kid doesn't know how to deal with that... therefore they become depressed and sometimes, suicidal. That's what makes these children cut themselves. That's what makes them want to die. Not the music they listen to, not a fashion trend, it's being disliked for who they are.
Now people are actually starting to send death threats to kids and the bands they listen to. Like the riots in Mexico City for example. There have been anti-em/goth riots and rumors flying around the internet that murder attempts are going to be made on the bands at the music festivals. Security at the festivals should be good enough to keep the musicians safe but what about the people in the crowd? They're more vulnerable.
Things such as when a girl was walking down the street someone across the street yelled at her "f*cking emo!" and threw a glass bottle at her. A goth in England was beaten to death. Those are some of the things that this prejudice is spreading around the world.
Has there ever been a reason for this violence? Besides pure hatred and prejudice, not really. "Emos" aren't trying to hurt anyone. Emos aren't trying to change the world. Until now when a few have decided to fight back....
Please... we have to make this known. It's become too much. Tell everyone you know.
How did this become a war?
A war.
The innocence of years,
Mixed in with the turmoil.
Cause for deaths?
Don't you see what's going on,
Don't you hear those screams?
Listen...
Hear that?
Terror. Right behind you,
That's your neighbor,
Your friend,
Your loved one,
Your child.
Ripped out of the chance for happiness
By hatred of difference.
Left stranded, alone.
Left to die.
They forget that someone's out there
Trying to help them,
Trying to save them.
Listen...
Do you hear that?
Sources:
http://www.buzznet.com/web/music/journals/entry/2078641/anti-emo-violence-planned-saturday/?t=home
http://community.livejournal.com/mcrumorcontrol/65310.html
www.mylivingromance.urli.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28cfObtxHTw
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spread it around, please...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This whole anti-emo hatred has gone way too far. People's lives are being threatened because of it. People are being killed because of it.
What is emo? Emo started out as a type of music, emotional hardcore. It's also sometimes a style of clothing. Black, emotional, those words tend to sum it up. But now it's become a stereotype for people. Kids that wear black, generally keep to themselves are the ones most likely to be labeled "emo."
"Being emo" was never this dangerous until now. The grunge movement started years ago and music and clothes like that have been around since the 1980s. So why has people's tolerance gotten worse now? The Inquisition, the Holocaust, the Ku Klux Klan; the anti-emo fight may not be as extreme as those but it sure isn't any lighter.
These are kids being hurt. Teenagers. Now as
children we may be naive but we're still people. And as people we should have the right to express ourselves without getting ridiculed, bullied, or threatened for it. No one deserves that.
"Emo" kids don't pose a real threat to the world. The only real threat is that when these children try to just be themselves and live their lives, they aren't listened to. They're told they're wrong for how they dress and what music they listen to. A kid doesn't know how to deal with that... therefore they become depressed and sometimes, suicidal. That's what makes these children cut themselves. That's what makes them want to die. Not the music they listen to, not a fashion trend, it's being disliked for who they are.
Now people are actually starting to send death threats to kids and the bands they listen to. Like the riots in Mexico City for example. There have been anti-em/goth riots and rumors flying around the internet that murder attempts are going to be made on the bands at the music festivals. Security at the festivals should be good enough to keep the musicians safe but what about the people in the crowd? They're more vulnerable.
Things such as when a girl was walking down the street someone across the street yelled at her "f*cking emo!" and threw a glass bottle at her. A goth in England was beaten to death. Those are some of the things that this prejudice is spreading around the world.
Has there ever been a reason for this violence? Besides pure hatred and prejudice, not really. "Emos" aren't trying to hurt anyone. Emos aren't trying to change the world. Until now when a few have decided to fight back....
Please... we have to make this known. It's become too much. Tell everyone you know.
How did this become a war?
A war.
The innocence of years,
Mixed in with the turmoil.
Cause for deaths?
Don't you see what's going on,
Don't you hear those screams?
Listen...
Hear that?
Terror. Right behind you,
That's your neighbor,
Your friend,
Your loved one,
Your child.
Ripped out of the chance for happiness
By hatred of difference.
Left stranded, alone.
Left to die.
They forget that someone's out there
Trying to help them,
Trying to save them.
Listen...
Do you hear that?
Sources:
http://www.buzznet.com/web/music/journals/entry/2078641/anti-emo-violence-planned-saturday/?t=home
http://community.livejournal.com/mcrumorcontrol/65310.html
www.mylivingromance.urli.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28cfObtxHTw
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spread it around, please...
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