Dear parents who don’t agree with their child’s opinion,

Get over it.

Seriously. It’s either deal with it or you will wind up losing your kid forever. Forcing someone to have either your own opinion or no opinion at all doesn’t end well. The reason I’m bringing up this issue is because I have a step-father who hates almost everything I stand for. He will never say it out loud without being forced to but he’s doesn’t agree with equality. That’s the nicest way of saying it. I just decided to group everything under a broad category.

We were in the car driving to Virginia today and my mom had accidentally hit the CD button on the car radio. Michael Buble happened to be in. And he started to complain and whine like he’s 5 years old.

You’re 61 years old…really?

Anyways and he keeps complaining saying this music is crap. My mom and I tell him that he needs to deal with it and then him and I engage in a rather….loud ‘discussion’. He says I have no right to say anything and that my opinion doesn’t matter.

Before I continue let me give a tiny piece of history. I don’t tell my parents a lot because they always put down everything I do. I have told my mom about this. There’s always been an issue with them never listening to me and my opinions. Now back to the story….

I turn to my mom and tell her “I told you so” because well…I did. Now to me ranting about this-à

(This is what I was saying in my head)
Would he rather me listen to music that was all about drugs and sex? Since when was his opinion the only one that matters? Who made him king? I don’t give a crap that you’re the oldest one in the car, there’s something called respect. I don’t agree with many things you say, however, you don’t see me throwing a fit like I’m 5 years old. I just don’t understand.

Now to apply my thinking on the world…
What gives people the right to silence others? Why should a person feel oppressed if he thinks something different. If you look at the world’s history, it’s the ones who do think differently who make the biggest difference. They’re the people we write about and inspire us.

So tell me. In a today’s world….why is it that we think ourselves so advanced and revolutionary when there are still people who are silenced. Everyday there’s someone who is forced to keep their opinions in their heads and walk around a mundane society that thinks they are superior.

That’s another thing about this world that bothers me. If you compare the United States culture to…say…a European culture what do I see? That the United States is lacking. Sure, we have democracy (which I’m not saying is a bad thing) and a sense of freedom. But are we really better? Or equally cultured? Not really. Do we respect the others that surround us? No. Does majority of the population care about our history? No, they don’t. It’s a sad but true fact. Even if we don’t know We seem to forget all the sacrifices our troops, or influential members of our country has given. It wasn’t easy. Our citizens in this time have forgotten that the things that matter, that mean something, aren’t easy to achieve. When will people remember the good things in life? The things that matter.

Mischief Managed.