Watching The CW

In my last post about America’s Next Top Model, I mentioned the incident between Hannah and Isis. This rant is a chance for me to get up on my soapbox a little, cause it bothered me how the other girls reacted to what happened.

This is how I see it. Hannah is from a small town with a very traditional background and she doesn’t deal well with different kinds of people, meaning she’s not used to dealing with lesbians or transgenders or even people of various nationalities. Probably loud Italian people (like me) would be a problem for her, as well, and it has nothing to do with prejudice or racism.

That being said, when Hannah became uncomfortable because Elina and Clark were kissing and she felt that Isis was crowding into her space, she reacted negatively and pushed out at Isis. Clearly, this was rude behavior, but I believe it was more a reaction based on Hannah’s ignorance in dealing with certain situations, more than her just being nasty or prejudice. In short, I think she was overwhelmed.

I do think Hannah has every right to protect her personal space. Also, I think that she has every right to disapprove of what the other girls are doing, if it doesn’t fit in with what she considers proper behavior. And if she does disapprove, I don’t think the other girls get to call her prejudiced.

Hannah may have been just as uncomfortable if it was a man and woman kissing, two strangers in a hot tub in front of a crowd of other strangers. It’s more the fact, for me at least, that such behavior is inappropriate. As a society, we seem to forget that. Some things are private and shouldn’t be carried on in public.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe that people have every right to live their lives however they choose, as long as they don’t get all in your face with it. But, if people make nontraditional choices or behave inappropriately in public, I don’t think their right to behave as they chose, supersedes someone else’s right to disagree with those choices. No one has the right to tell someone how or what they should believe.

I’m very anti-political correctness cause I think it creates an atmosphere where people are afraid to stand up for what they believe is right because, somehow, the world is becoming a place where anyone feels like they can do anything they want, where ever they want to do it and all the rest of us just have to deal. I disagree.

You can do whatever you want, just keep it to yourself, cause if you don’t, and I disagree, I’m gonna tell you.

*hops off soapbox - for now*