So last night someone vandalized my brother’s car and our house. My brother did nothing to deserve it though; I’m proud to report he’s one of the good guys. Essentially someone put baby oil, eggs, foot powder, pads, etc. on his car, TP’d our house, and wrote “U suck dick” in paint on the driveway. It is very clear that someone did it to be malicious. And it’s stupid that these children (yes with this act I deem this the appropriate title) did this but there are two things that keep playing over in my head.

            One: with all that’s going on in the world, really this is what you do? I am reminded of the quote “Sometimes I think that the world is dying, melting, and forgetting” in the book “I Live Here” by Mia Kirshner. Now I move on to the cliché but appropriate “there are bigger fish to fry.” With all this issues in this world, was this even necessary? Between the shooting of Dr. Tiller, and now of the security guard at the Holocaust museum, it’s enough already. I cannot even accurately express this any further. It is simply ludicrous.

            Two: Okay I’m not even going to address the slang spelling of the word “you,” I will let it speak for itself. Nevertheless, I would like to address said chosen phrase. “You Suck Dick.” Really? With such an array of colorful possible words (not to imply I am condoning any of them) the one you chose to use, the one you deem most offensive is basically a very impolite way of calling him gay. I’m not offended with him being called gay, trust me gay is more than A.O.K. in my book, but I’m offended that being called gay, especially in this crude way, was used as an insult. It reminds me of an article I read on feministing, “Feminist Critique of Hetero Male Culture Causes Mass MRA Hysteria,” that certainly described the issue a lot more articulately than I am able to. The whole thing keeps rolling over and over in my head. This is what they use? These children are recently high school graduates who will be moving on to college. Alas, I am not much older, but it makes me sad, disappointed, angry and a bit less hopeful that this future generation, who, in my opinion, have a crucial role in saving the world, choose to behave in such ways. And maybe I shouldn’t be so offended or angry seeing as it’s quite the common phrase, but I am; and I think I have the right to be.

              I’m only 3 years older then these particular children, yet I’d like to think we live worlds apart.

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