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I don't think that there's been a day where I've gone on You Tube and wasn't offended by something. I haven't turned on the TV to age-appropriate material in ages. I don't think I've ever listened through an entire song because they always talk about drugs, sex, money, etc. I'm even disgusted with books, which I used to love when they were appropriate. It drives me insane. Sometimes, I think I'm the only moral teenager around anymore, fighting the change from becoming someone else that I don't want to be. But why are the other youth of America the exact opposite of me? Am I a freak?
I don't know today's celebrities. I haven no clue of today's music artists. I get weird looks when I say that I never turn the TV on or use You Tube. But there are good reasons for this. I don't want to be corrupted- because what you listen to is eventually what you live out. I definitely don't want to live the kind of life portrayed in these songs- I don't want them to become my life. I like mine the way it is. You could say that I'm over-conservative, but no one put these ideas in my heads- nobody influenced them. It's just something that I've come to realize and something I've come to hold on to, something that makes me different.
I do listen to music and play music- classical and Christian hymns or Christian rock. But once I try to cross those lines I drew, I have to withdraw back into my self-created bubble of protection. People know I'm different and I tell them why- I'm a Christian and I'm not corrupted. At school, people tell dirty jokes and I'm the only one not laughing. I'm known for having 'an innocent mind.' But what do I do to make that happen? It doesn't come easily- but I just control one thing- the media I watch. What you see is what you think about, and so is what you hear. You can't just 'see the good parts' and overlook the bad- it's like intermingling trash with your food and still eating it. It just isn't done.
It's frustrating to think that I'm the only one that bothers to be so cautious. But no one's going to listen to me if it's just one person. I need help. If we don't change things, soon the youth of America will be entirely corrupted- and corrupt our country in the next generations to come.
Please.
Don't let this be America's future.
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1. our country is already corrupt, but not exactly by your standards
2. listen to immortal technique, and i mean REALLY listen, preferably point of no return, please
3. life is about seeing the good parts through the bad
4. and our media is definitely corrupt, but again not how you necessarrily suggested here
Yeah, I agree with this article... My article, Vanished Morals, is about the same stuff. Trust me, you're not alone in this. My high school right now has 10+ graduating seniors with children.. I think it's repulsive. The only thing I have to slightly disagree with, is the whole Jesus thing. You don't have to be a Christian to have morals. I mean, I don't believe, but yet, I have morals. It just depends on how you've been raised and what you expose yourself to. Like MySpace and FaceBook-- I think it's dumb and just a way for preditors to find children. And the whole Twitter thing-- It's like an update of what you're doing for preditors. lol! I've cut my cable off and I don't listen to anything on the radio. I just recently went to prom and have never heard 90% of the songs. I listen to my own stuff. Everyone thought I was dumb because I didn't know the songs, but I know who'll amount to something in the end. lol
Keep up your beliefs and don't ever lose them. =D
@ Author: I agree with your sentiments about how messed up our media is. Blatantly spouting b/s like a pierced cow's intestine.
Good work, and stay strong. You're not alone with your train of thought.