I've talked about it before and I feel like I am most likely repeating myself here but I am going to do it anyway.
The problem is that we, as a country, focus our energies on things that don't matter, yet we leave those that do alone.
Halloween is the perfect example. I won't rant and rave on the amount of time people put into their costumes yet couldn't tell you who was running in the election Tuesday. I won't talk about the irony of telling our children not to talk to strangers and then parade them all over town asking and taking food from said strangers. No I am going to talk about the outrage 3 costumes have caused.
No it wasn't because a bunch of girls were parading around basically naked, although that is basically what the "holiday" has become right? An excuse for women to dress as skimpy as possible and then wonder why some men see them as only objects....but not the point here.
The outrage came because of three young ladies, I say young ladies because they are over 18, because of their costumes. One, in the states...from Michigan, dressed as Boston Marathon Bombing Victim while two over in England went as the Twin Towers (not of the Lord of the Rings fame).
The image above is her picture. No where does it say Boston or anything like that. If I saw this with no context I'd assume it was a zombie costume. Throw a little blood on your and you're a zombie right? Zombies would eat someone in a marathon/race. I assume, and I am not going to go look it up, that she said she was the victim. Okay so she was slightly, or more than slightly perhaps, insensitive. However we've seen costumes of priest with little boys and those were okay? Or terrorists? Or the rubber masks of various killers and murderers?
Here is what pisses me off about the whole situation, not that she did it but our reaction. She received threats to be raped and death threats. She was fired from her job. Really? This deserved that kind of reaction? People we have people starving to death everyday! We have people who aren't allowed to be themselves and be married to the person they love because they both happen to be the same sex. We have people shooting other people almost daily. We have companies and religious groups boycotting funerals and people because of their beliefs. Yet this woman throw a little fake blood on her along with a number and we are ready to string her up! If you want to see some info on her her twitter account is @SomeSKANKinMI. Yeah not the best name and her background is from a certain "casting couch" website....or so I've been told he he! She has nearly topless photos on her twitter as well. I bring this up because it leads me to something else (yes this is a stream of consciousness boys and girls, no real thought ahead of time).
This young lady is us. This young lady is America. This young lady is what our future. Now before I go on I am not picking on Alicia, that is her name according to twitter. She is basically a what most 22 year olds are...can we really hate her for what we as a society seem to revel in? We follow the train wrecks that are young celebrities like Miley Cyrus or Amanda Bynes yet seem confused when a young lady like Alicia does something like wear a costume.
We are lost boys and girls. As a country, as a society and as a race. And before you go thinking that I am going to go all religious saying we need God back you'd be wrong there. I don't have an answer to be honest. If I did I wouldn't be writing this blog I'd be doing something important with my life like going on Dr. Phil or becoming the next Dr. Phil. Yes that was another shot at us as a people.
The other costume I wanted to bring up was that of two young ladies who went as the Twin Towers.
They won some contest. Honestly my biggest problem is that their costume suck! Seriously look at them! Did they steal some cardboard from a homeless guy? Seriously that is my biggest problem with this. Nothing good about this, creative or anything. If you're going to do this do it right and make them the correct color at least!
Look at these two, they are exactly what I was talking about moments ago. They are us people! They are the reflection of us. Don't like what you see? Then change it boys and girls. Going to twitter and facebook and making death threats is not going to change it.
In conclusion my response to these costumes is who cares. They did nothing but make people feel bad...which actually might be a crime anymore. In a world where bullying is brought up for every little thing what about bullying of these young ladies and the threats? Hypocrites isn't just a river in Egypt...oh wait...
1 comment:
I like the point you make here, that these people are a reflection of our society and our future.
Also that people overreacted.
When I was in high school, a classmate of mine dressed in a pink tweed dress with a pillbox had, carried some roses around, and doused the entire thing with red paint which presumably was the brain matter of President Kennedy.
As I understand it, there were people who refused to give her candy for her tactless presentation. It was in poor taste, as they say, but there's a piece of our history still haunting people years later.
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