The Hate You Give

The Hate You Give

Not to be affiliated by the movie (even though that movie was amazing and so eye-opening)

Imagine this: you had a hard day at work, you’re pretty exhausted. You open up your phone before you go to bed ‘cause it’s has been blowing up all day with Tumblr, (or Twitter/Instagram) messages and asks. You open the app and the smile on your face quickly dissolves into pure and utter disbelief and sadness.

You’re disgusting.

I don’t like ________ about you.

Do you hang out with __________? Stop hanging out with them.

I hate you.

I’m unfollowing.

I can’t believe you did this. How could you?

I can’t believe you said that. How could you?

We made you famous. You owe us.

You’re ugly. You’re too skinny. You’re too fat. You’re this. You’re that.

You’re gross.

You posted this 10 years ago on your Twitter, you’re sexist, racist, homophobic, you’re ________.

And just like that, you’re questioning yourself. You hate this or that about yourself. You can’t stand to look at yourself. Maybe you should stop hanging out with this person or maybe you should stop doing this-

You are Joshua Rush.

You are Kevin Hart.

You are Ariana Grande.

You are Tom Hiddleston.

You are that girl who’s scared to go to school because those girls in your English class might hurt you again.

You are that one boy who’s scared to come out because nobody accepts that idea in your school and so you know you’ll be hated.

You are everyone and anyone who’s ever been hated on.

And that is not okay. Saying those things are not okay. Hiding behind a screen and yelling digital slurs at a human being is not okay. Saying those things directly to a person is not okay. It hasn’t been okay in the past, it won’t be okay now and it won’t be okay tomorrow. So fn stop. Stop being cowards.

Don’t forget that under all that hair and skin, you have the same make-up, you are a human. Act like it.

Hurting another human being to the point where they have to take a break from social media is not okay. Hurting another human being to the point that they think twice before they say something or even do something is NOT okay.

A fact: celebrities don’t owe you anything. It is not their fault you liked their content, that is on you. They don’t need to act on your beck and call so stop telling them what to do or not to do. Joshua Rush doesn’t need to stop hanging out with Ethan Wacker. He doesn’t need to stop having political beliefs. He’s just a kid, let him live his life. The bad jokes that Kevin Hart made ten years ago don’t define him, he’s a changed man. If he wants to host the Oscars, let him. If Finn Wolfhard refuses to autograph something, he doesn’t have to because he has no obligation too. Like I said before, he’s just a kid and doesn’t have to do anything but live his life.

And here’s another fact: for every millions of praising comments a person receives, it’s that one hateful comment that sticks by them. It’s that one comment that catapults them into hurt and depression. That is the cold hard fact.

So think hard the next time you spurt out something that is ugly and awful because you might be making that smile disappear, you might be hurting someone deeply, you might be pushing someone over the edge.

Change your ways.

Be kinder.

Understand.

Appreciate and praise more.

Support and protect.

Please reblog so more people understand that this is not okay. And so the haters understand that they need to step back and reflect on their damn actions because this shit is getting out of hand.