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The Following Post was submitted by CRUNKRIS
Well i think a weak link in home is elitism.
Everyone is in agreement now that this whole elitism thing is old. Elitism, and the talks about elitism, have done nothing but hurt home. Of which i can cite much proof (mostly im my opinion at the fault of the acts of elitism themselves and not so much the talking that followed), So lets get rid of it! Finally, and firstly, lets get rid of Elitism so we can move on to bigger and better things together.
This means we stop using the term. Stop giving power to the concept. We all know that no user is any better than another, even tho we all know we are the coolest person we know and how much we totaly pwn everyone else. Not to mention how good we look in front of that mirror :D
But if we really want to get rid of elitism we are going to have to stop the debate sometime. Otherwise it will live on as long as our words bring life and attention to it.
And to much a degree i have come to see that the same can be said about the Elite debate. If we want the fire to die, we gotta stop stoking it eventually! So lets stop there. Now im not saying we go Cold Turkey on this. Lets give it a week or 2 (or month) to settle and finally leave behind that discussion. As im well aware i hold most the blame for coining the term "elite" on the forums and such. And im sorry i created such a monster. However, at the time it was necessary, and was needed in order for us to address the issue of what i still find a serious problem in home, but hopefully now, we can finally accomplish the task we first sought to complete. And that is to rid Home of elitism. And i think that time has come. So im asking for us to slowly let that word and its mindset and anger associated wit it slowly leave us. Bury it wit Buggie (bastard).
Now, im not saying we leave behind the term so we can just call it something different (although i wanta use the term "The Plastics" from Mean Girls realy bad!.) Im saying we say goodbye to Elitism all together: the concept, the attitude, the corruption, the actions, the term, the mind set, and the Home experience. All of it must Go. Im asking people here to let go of the term and the discussion, and to a degree stop looking for it and keeping it alive. But To all users of Home and the users in question we are asking for alot more. We are asking for a return to the normal home user experience. We are grounding these people and ourselves.
"This is earth calling shaddy, Come back Down man!"We dont need to talk to managers or Mods to feel special. We dont need a list full of big shots and we dont even need to ever see a MOD on home our entire time on Home to enjoy it. Behind every user there is a good time. There is no need to self assert oneself or have a need to connect to Home staff or people integrated well wit Home. Just make friends wit people and have fun wit them. Just as we dont need to fill any holes in our lives wit attempts to make ourselves more special on Home through our connections or friends, or what not, just be happy wit the Home experience everyone else has. A MODs job is to Moderate home, not dance wit you or be on ur friends list. There are plenty of other people to befriend. Same about the HCV (that shirt is helluva Ugly anyways, and some of them NEVER take it off to wash it). Be happy wit you and content wit the same experience and Home everyone else knows. No reason to reach above yourself and those around you. My favorite quote is when people say "Celebrities are just people like you and me" or some variation of that. Great, if so, then why do we give them attention? If they are just like everyone else, it means i've got celebrities living next door and across street. Why do i wanta stock a celebrity if they are just as normal as that kid that bumps into u purposely at school just to feel all God damn over you. Stop looking to the stars for friends, when one falls it will crush you on impact. And you'll miss all the people walking past you as you await ur fate. We gotta set ego aside, home needs us, not gladiator battles between us(some one please put Gladiator battles in the Suggestion thread cause that would kick ass).
So its gonna be tuff for both sides. For Home, elitism must go, it serves no one any good. The Plastics are tired of being called Elites and i think we are tired of calling them Elites. So a challenge to us to stop the debate and the mud slinging, but its not all unicorn rides on the other side either. We are all gonna have to humble ourselves. We are gonna have to change our Home experiences and action in order to get out of the way of homes progress. That means lifestyle changes for many users, and destroying or sacrificing ones ego for Home is no easy task. Its gonna be painful. We r gonna be martyrs for Home, killing our egos, so Home can once again shine through the clouds (egos) that once blocked its rays. If the elites are willing to humble themselves cause they are sick of the never ending battle, then we should be able to humble ourselves as well.
I think we plan on having the first closed debate/set up meeting this saturday. Then i think we r gonna try and hold the first Home Open Debate (or H.O.D. as my Girlfriend "Kamala_Ona" likes to put it, but how lame is HOD? very, its not a long enuf word to abbreviate, but anyways) the following saturday. I hope everyone will attend. We are gonna put Home above ourselves for these debates and hopefully we can over come "elitism" and "rebel" (who the hell coined the term rebel?) and work solely for Home. Me, Kamala_Ona, the Lochwoods, J-T-W-NY, Jim777, and many others are gonna set aside our differences, reach a common ground, and Let Home return to main focus of our combined efforts. Wont you join us? You dnt have to become friends wit anyone, in fact i dnt plan on making any new friends, we r only coming for solutions.
Its gonna be Blood and Tears (which make me Hot) and its got me excited. We need to fall on our swords to preserve the honor of our Clan (Home).
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You left off an "n" there. Otherwise it can be taken as "did read." But anyways . . . Good Post Crunk, in that we must rise to better ourselves instead of wallow in the muck.
I'm sorry, but this is just insane. You can never eliminate elitism and nor should you try.
Elitism, cliques, groups, “the popular crowd” have existed in all forms of human gatherings. I'm sorry that you don't feel special enough to be included in any one group.
Oh wait, you must have friends on Home right? And you all gather and bitch about certain users that are elitist, right? So what are you doing? Oh yeah, being elitist.
Get over it and move on. Saying people's attitudes should change is just plain ignorant and all because you weren't invited into someone's group.
This site is a nice attempt, but with so called "articles" like this one here, it's hard to take it seriously and it will fail like every other attempt will.