[Tyrien]

Originally Posted by JasonTakeshi

Within social groups, there are norms that you tend to "follow" to be accepted. (Personal experience - don't really want to start a generalization fest)
Lemme give you an example of my towns stereotypical "gangsta" group: They walk like if they were lame; They talk in a wicked monosilibal way; they either dress full yellow, full red or full blue -whatever- Nike clothes; Etc.

Within their social group, the "gangsta", its not only perfectly acceptable to act and dress that way, but to encourage others to follow that tendency aswell. Anything that's not inside their "social group sphere", they either find it unacceptable or are totally oblivious to it.

Lets assume some "heavy-metal dude" passes nearby that "gangsta" group, and they spot him - what will be their reaction? (Talking about the "gangstas" of my town)

Gangsta Eagle: "Dude R ya'diggin it?"
Gangsta Wolf: "Ya' man look at that boots ya' kno what im sayin' bro so fuck*** faggish."

Obviously, for them, according to their "normality rules", that "heavy-metal dude" is unacceptable - they mock him.



In resume, some people tend to mock what's out of "normality". Anything that does not follow the "norms" is a mockery subject. If the media is responsible for that? Probably. But not entirely.

I wouldn't say that the media is responsible for it. I would say that the media does a nice job with supplying us with the paint, so to say. It's been human nature for quite some time now to divide our society into different groups. We love to categorize things, people are no exception.