As Our Youth Gets Dumber

The youth of today are nothing but bumbling idiots.

This statement has been made many times, mostly by adults ages 40 - 60, therefor, no one really pays attention to what they say. Apparently anyone over 39 is too old and don't know what they're talking about and (I'm not shitting you, someone actually said this to me once) "Older people are just jealous that we're younger, more beautifuler and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay smarter!"

Smarter my ass. Maybe if a 15 year old says it, they'll listen:
THE YOUTH OF TODAY ARE NOTHING BUT BUMBLING IDIOTS.

There. Is that clear? I hate to sound like a intellectually vain bitch, but I bet I'm smarter than 70% of today's youth, where as 30 years ago, I would have gotten my ass kicked by the chess team and Star Trek nerds. (I am a Star Trek nerd, BTW.) Sad, but true. I'm not The smartest kid on earth, and I don't pretend to be, but I know I could kick the asses of most youth today... Intellectually speaking.

I'm compiled a list of things in the 21st century that is screwing up the minds of youth today:
Hannah Montana
Jonas Brothers
Basically anything by Disney that is not Classic Disney
American Idol
Reality shows
MTV (PLEASE take the M out of MTV.)
VH1
TV in general
Twilight (Oh yes, I went there.)
Most Young Adult books of the 21st century
Children's TV shows (Which goes under the TV thing, but have you seen Yo Gabba Gabba? WTF is that shit?)
Myspace (I do have a Myspace profile, but I use it for keeping in contact with friends and family I may not see all the time. I don't post slutty pictures inorder to become the next Tila Tequila. God I hate her so much...)
4Chan. Need I say more?
Most things on the internet (I love surfing the web, but you have to admit, most of it is turning our brain to mush.)

The list could go on, but I don't feel like wasting my valuible Monday time off. *looks at clock* 4:08... Shit... Never mind...

The Attack of the Rabid Twilight Fans

By Kelly Ann Scheffer

The title for this article sounds like the title of a 1950's sci fi movie. It sounds funny and lighthearted. Let me assure you, my friends, it is anything but funny and lighthearted.

Recently, attacks have been made on people for their dislike of the Twilight series by Mrs. Stephenie Meyer. These attacks are both verbal and physical and leave people physically and emotionally scared. These fans who attack are known as Twihards or Twitards in the growing Anti-Twilight community.

A question going around the Anti-Twilight community is "Does Stephenie Meyer know or care?" A very good question.

I recently sent Mrs. Meyer's brother, Seth, an email asking him to forward it to her. Seth seems to block Stephenie from the outside world, not allowing anyone to send her an email for fear it'll break her heart.

Here is the email:

Hello,
Because there is no way of contacting Mrs. Meyer personally, I would like to know if you would forward this to her. I assure you, it is nothing against neither her nor her books, and I would simply like her to comment on recent attacks made by fans of her Twilight series. You see, I am writing an article about the attacks and I would like Mrs. Meyer to comment on what she thinks.

Her fans have become rabid. As you are aware, there are people who dislike the series just because it doesn't interest them. When these people are asked their opinion by a fan, most of the time the say, politely, "It doesn't interest me." This statement sets off the fans of the series. There have been attacks, both verbal and physical.
Fans have gone so far as to stalk and hit, punch, kick, jump people and throw books at people. It has gone farther than that, resulting in the death of 2 beloved pets. One pet, a little gold fish belonging to a 7-year-old girl and the other, a pet mouse belonging to a 13-year-old girl.

The first pet attack goes as followed:

"Okay, this happened on Sunday and I just managed to get online to tell you this.

There is a girl in my neighborhood that is seven years old. Cutest little girl ever! She's got eyes that are just so blue and really blond hair. Adorable. Unfortunately, her mother loves the name Isabella so the girl's name is, you guessed it, Izabella. (Weird spelling, huh?)

Well, she and I have become close friends and we talk about different things like books and anime. (She calls me Sissy! <3)>

However, on Sunday, she comes running to my house and starts pounding on the door. Panicked, I open up and hugged the distressed girl. She doesn't hug me back and instead starts wailing that her goldfish was dead.

Thinking that it died overnight, I try to comfort her. Instead, she drags me back to her house where the house is completely in shambles. Books thrown, glass broken, you name it. (Her mother was at work so her 17-year-old brother was babysitting)

Iza's brother was currently being the protective older brother and yelling at his girlfriend (whom I liked until now) for being a stuck up bitch and for doing that to his sister. I try to calm everyone down and look down at the kitchen floor only to see a horrible scene.

The bitch threw Iza's goldfish bowl (the little glass oval looking bowl) across the kitchen and stomped on the little goldfish, killing it instantly in front of the poor girl.

The reason: Iza read Twilight (she's incredibly smart and loves reading.) and had just finished it. She had told her brother and his girlfriend that Twilight sucked donkey butt and Stephanie Meyer wasn't a good writer and didn't deserve to be getting an award for it. Her brother's girlfriend is a Twihard fan and got angry. She started throwing things and stomped on her goldfish.

I lost my temper and slammed my fist into the bitch's nose. Think I broke it. Well, it wasn't the best route, but it shut the bitch up and she ran for it.

Iza is still heartbroken and buried the fish in the backyard. Poor Iza."

The second attack goes as followed:

"I didn't want to talk about this. But, I felt that everyone should know.

I had a sleepover with every girl in my class last weekend, including the twitards. They were all squealing about Twilight and freaking out. No one wanted to talk to them, though, and at one point, me and a group of my good friends told them to stop when they found my copy of Twilight and started proclaiming it like the bible.

They were angry the rest of the time.

When we went up to my room, they started giggling and yelling. "It's a mouse, ew!" And I told them they could play with him if they wanted to. So they got him out and started petting him and, you know.

Everything was fine until they started playing catch with him. They literally started throwing my mouse across the room and attempting to catch him. I was so fucking pissed I personally called their moms and asked them politely to pick their daughters up.

Pudding seemed fine, but within a few hours, he started acting weird, and the next morning, he was gone.

What the HELL is wrong with these people? What do they have to do to prove whatever it is they're trying to prove!? They said, "OH WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MESSED WITH TWILIGHT," or, "We didn't mean to, we were just excited because there was Twilight,"

And the FUCKING BITCHES didn't even APOLOGIZE FOR KILLING MY MOUSE.

I'm so angry. I'm SO ANGRY. I'm sad and I feel like shit..."

If she does not comment then we shall simply assume that she simply doesn't care. Does she care?

Here are some questions I wish to ask her:
1. Are you aware that your fans have been attacking people all because they state their opinion and say that they don't like your books?
2. Do you support your fans when they attack innocent people?
3. What would you like to say to your fans who do attack people over the books?
4. What would you say to poor little Iza, the 7-year-old girl who's beloved, prized pet gold fish was murdered because the sweet little girl said she didn't like the books?
The article will be published in my blog whether or not Mrs. Meyer comments. Please keep in mind; little Iza and all the victims of the attacks are waiting for what Mrs. Meyer has to say.
Please respond ASAP.
Thank you for your time,
- Kelly Ann Scheffer

The stories of the dead pets were chosen because they tug at your heart strings the most, seeing as how almost all of us have lost a beloved pet, and I'm sure Stephenie has too. Also, who could bear to listen to Iza's story and NOT feel sad? In my mind, she almost HAS to comment for the sake of little Iza.

...Or so I thought...

I never received a reply. Not even so much as a "I'm sorry, but due to complications beyond my power, I can not show Stephenie the email. Thank you for understanding."

Yeah, nice. I wonder if Seth even read the email, or chucked it, like he's done to so many emails by other people. God knows, if it isn't a love letter from a hopeless 13 year old rabid fan who wants to kiss Stephenie's ass, it goes right to the garbage bin.

Right now I only have this to ask of Stephenie Meyer: Do you care that your book has created a new breed of fans powered by insanity? Do you care people are getting hurt over their beliefs?

What the Twilight Mom's think.

Twilight Moms is a fan forum for the Twilight series. It is made mostly for mothers, but you don't actually have to be a mother in order to join, you just have to be over 25. I posed as a 35 year old Twilight loving mother named Toni Way, who's 9 year old son, Josh, was jumpped by class mates for not liking Twilight.

I wrote:

"One reason I came here was because, as a Twilight loving mom, I feel like I should be able to tell other Twilight loving moms about things that happen.

To be specific, my son, who's only 9, was beat up at school a couple weeks ago. The reason: He isn't the biggest fan of Twilight.

Now, he knows my love for it. He and my daughter just can't get into Twilight, and I'm totally fine with that. Hey, I don't like Pokemon or any of those battle shows they watch, but it's ok if they watch them.

So anyway, some 6th grade girls from his school, who were obviously lovers of Twilight, saw him reading a book while waiting for the buss to take them home. (The buses take forever to get to the school, even when school is let out.)

My son is extremely smart for his age, so he reads books well beyond his years. These girls saw him reading and came over to him. They said to him

Girl 1: JJ, you like big book. Do you like Twilight?
JJ: Not really. My mom likes it, but I'm not into romance stuff.
Girl 2: I thought you were smart?!?
JJ: I... guess I am... (aww... so modest! <3>
Girl 1: So what, you're saying it sucks?
JJ: No. I never said that.
Girl 3: Yes you did! How dare you!

Now, these girls are way bigger than him, both height, weight and strength wise, seeing as how they've hit puberty, and we all know how strong a newly developing teenage girl can be.

Girl 1 takes JJ by the shirt and pushes him against the wall of the school. Girl 2 punches him in the gut and Girl 3 punches him in the face.

At first I found this unbelievable, but then I met the girls who did this. They are barbarians. I did research, and it turns out, there are more and more attacks on innocent people all because they don't like Twilight. As a lover of Twilight, I find this disturbing and heartbreaking. My so even sent me links to some sites with stories of attacks by Twilight fans. I won't post the links to them here, only because JJ begged me not to because he's a member of some of the sites and he's afraid fans of Twilight fans cyber bullying him. I know that no one here would that, but he begged me and I don't want my baby to be any more traumatized than he is.

My son is afraid to go to school now because almost all the girls there are fans of Twilight. I have to drag him out of his bed in the morning to get him up, which I never had to do before.

Right now, I don't know what to do. I've put all my Twilight books, posters and other things in our shed because I'm afraid if he see's them, he'll freak out and have a Vietnam style flashback, seeing as how sensitive he can be. I caught my daughter sending threatening emails to the girls who did this to JJ. I know she means well, but I don't want her getting in trouble, either.

What do you moms think about these attacks. What should I do? JJ now thinks all fans of Twilight are evil and we know that's not true.

Why would someone do this to someone all because they don't like a simple book?

Ugh.... Thought, fellow moms? *headdesk*"

I was very happy to see the kindness the Twilight Moms showed my nonexistant son, JJ. They gave me hope for humanity.

Sadly, I was ratted out by some narc from god knows where, so I was banned. Hey, that's what a proxy is for, right?

I was lucky enough to meet a sweet mom, Modina, who was willing to answer some simple questions:

(K = me M = Modnia)

K: Were you ever aware of the attacks before my post on Twilight Mom's?
M: No, I hadn't heard of anything like that.

K: How do you react when people tell you they don't like Twilight?
M: I tell them that we are going to have to agree to disagree.

K: How do you feel knowing your fellow fans are causing harm to others all because they state his or her own opinion about disliking Twilight?
M: I did a lot of research trying to find actual news stories about attacks and there are none that I was able to find. I found accusations from non fans of Twilight. If there really are attacks happening then of course I feel horrible. Some people just don't know how to express themselves, and that is a shame.

K: Do you think Stephanie Meyer tell her fans to stop attacking people, or should this entire thing just work itself out?
M: I don't know that is should be up to her to stop the alleged attacks, but a statement about her feelings on the topic might help

The news?

Another question that needs to be asked is "Why aren't news stations reporting violent attacks made by fangirls?" We all know that if a Harry Potter fan attacked someone over HP, the news would be all over it, claiming that the kid attacked because he/she read HP and HP is from Satan. Hey, come to think of it, no one has ever attacked over Harry Potter, and we all know Harry Potter is a superior book.

How come despite broken arms, legs, noses and multiple rocks to the head, no news station has ever reported it? Are they being paid off by Stephenie? Are the being paid off by Seth to make sure Stephenie doesn't feel the butthurt? Are the new stations, news papers and radio stations being brainwashed?

I really do wish I had the answers for these questions. Perhaps only time will tell. *gets shot for the cliche line*

---
All in all, I feel I have failed. I got no reply from Meyer. I got no reply from her brother just stating he wouldn't forward it. How rude. I understand not wanting her to get hurt, but you don't have to be a dick about it and ignore me.

For more attacks made by fangirls of Twilight, please go to TwilightSucks.com.

Attacks sent to me:

I asked people to send me stories of attacks and/or fangirl encounters. If you wish to send one of your own (or even hate mail. I THRIVE on hate mail!) then email me at kellyannscheffer@ymail.com


From: "Elphaba Crush"
Form of attack: Verbal, spreading rumors that could ruin a teenager's life

"Two of my friends, one seventeen and one fourteen, both are madly in love with TwiShit--*ahem* Twilight.

Now, my seventeen year old friend, whose name I will only disclose as 'Mellie', is seriously in love with Edward Cullen. She's made a shrine dedicated to him in her room (at least, that's what she tells me), and lately she's been going out with a guy who controls every aspect of her life. She even lies to her mom just to go out to hang with him. She immediately hears that one of my other friends, whose name will be disclosed as 'Ash', doesn't like Twilight, and now she's determined to make Ash's life a living hell.

For example, Ash, who has calmly stated her opinion that Twilight wasn't exactly promoting a healthy relationship, was suddenly hearing about nasty rumors, spread by Mellie. Ash hears from her own friends that she's been getting STDs from sleeping with her boyfriend, which Ash never has. Ash is really angry and even a little hurt by Mellie's behavior, because they used to be great friends until Twilight came along. And now, Ash is suspended from school due to almost getting into a fistfight with Mellie. Why? Because Mellie compared Ash's mother to Renee, and I quote, 'just like Renee, your mother is a flighty, scatterbrained bitch'. Now, I don't care who you are, no one should insult family. I just hate how Twilight divided two great friends, and all because of different opinions. Mellie has been brainwashed by SMeyer's writing."