Sometimes I just have to wonder...why. Why people are so mean? What really makes us say the things we do and act certain ways. I recently came across a site called collegeacb.com
.....just wow....are people so self-centered and malicious that they use the anonymity of this site to embarrass and torment others. Well I'm answering back. I'm answering back for all those COWARDS who think its sooo much fun to talk shit and those who HIDE behind a facade. It's wrong. It's wrong to post personal information about someone without their consent. It's wrong to think that you can talk about someone and not give them the chance to fight back. It's WEAK and PATHETIC. I would bet my life that those inhumane people who wrote what they did couldn't stand in front of that person they gossiped about and tell them the truth.
So I'm calling all of you out. Tell everyone who you are. What are you so scared of? What makes it okay? What would happen if someone you trusted posted things about you? How do you think it feels to have all your secrets exposed...everything. How would you feel if people looked at you and laughed. How would you feel if you couldn't trust anyone, couldn't talk to anyone. What if you had nothing? I know how it feels to be broken and made fun of and feel like nothing will go right. Nothing can save you. All you feel is sadness. There is no out. I know.
And now I'm talking to all those beautiful people who were attacked. Because yes, it was an attack. You are strong. It's okay to be different and somewhat crazy. I don't care. It tends to make life more interesting. So speak up for yourselves. Hell even if its yelling out loud to yourself!! DO IT! You are all special and no one can take that away. So what if you don't fit into any cookie cutter mold. I would consider it an accomplishment if you didn't. Who the hell cares if you don't have the right clothes, right hairstyle, the right friends. Who gets to say whats "right" and "wrong"? Do whatever YOU want to do. It'll make you so much happier.
And I guess I'll conclude by saying: Be honest to others and yourself. You're the one who has to live with your choices everyday. Are you happy when you look in the mirror?
Mischief Managed
CollegeACB horrifies me. It's unprovoked attacks on people based on nothing except physical appearance, and if I ever found myself or a friend on something like "sluttiest delaware girls" list or something similar, I'd feel mortified, furious, and hurt. Even if you do know a person, that doesn't give you the right to villify them on an internet forum for the world to see. No one deserves that. Our generation needs to take some responsibility for the technology we've grown up with. Things like this can have serious consequences. Besides the personal emotional damage you're inflicting on a person, what if a potential employer found a nasty post about them? No one would want to lose a job prospect because an internet search of their name generated a result like "Your Name Here is the skankiest girl in school." It's disturbing and it needs to stop.
ReplyDeleteI actually just went back to the site while writing this, and the main page claims that the website is undergoing a massive reconstruction and they are aiming to make content more positive. I guess they've had complaints.
"Our generation needs to take some responsibility for the technology we've grown up with."
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I actually found one of my friends on there and her psych ex wrote something about her. It goes to show the kind of low life people that waste their time there.