Teenagers scare the living shit out of me.
They could care less as long as someone’ll bleed.
The crossing from preteen to teen (or young adult, whichever you prefer) is marked by one thing: the considerable restriction on your life. Or it was in my case. As a kid, going places with your friends was no big deal–you usually had a chaperone. However, as a kid, you don’t usually make the same demands as a teen, because you don’t know better. You don’t badger your parents for the freedoms you suddenly crave: movies every weekend after dark, the ability to change plans on a whim and screw your parents over. (I do that all the time.) You want the freedom to express yourself in anyway you choose. In this instance, we’ll focus on artists, mainly writers.
I had discussed this with Taylor earlier and I decided to discuss it with my Hamster, to get two different views because adults and kids sometimes see things differently. However, me, Hamz, and Taylor had the same train of thought: “Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and cannot say.” I had been upset about a message someone had sent me in response to my statement “That’s gay.” They told it was NOT OK to say that, that teens do it all the time and it’s not cool. And, since I’m a teen, I deleted the message and refused to acknowledge the sender. Because teens can be childish like that. The world thinks we’re childish all the time anyway. While I cannot say I was RIGHT to say that, I can say that no one is going to edit their language when they are extremely flustered. it just doesn’t work that way, I’m sorry. And I’m not going to apologize for what I said, because I don’t think I need to. (I know my friend Bsinger 1017 would find this particularily hilarious, ebcause he says GAY after pretty much everything.)
However, I do agree with Talyor on one thing: gay sounds immature, coming from a writer like me. Had I been a little more calm and my thoughts less clouded, I would have used a different word. There are, much to your surprise, I know, quite a few words in my vocabluary that can express my irritation and anger. Hamz said “…had no right. You can express yourself! What ever happened to freedom of speech? Well, I know [they] have the ability to cally ou out, but online? Isn’t that why do all that online stuff? To get away from adults who tell you what you should and should not do?” EXACTLY.
Gay, in some ways, is the same as any “derogatory” “mean-spirited” word. Such as bitch. OMG! Did I just swear. Yeah. I did. Because I can.
