We all know the people who love the latest Ariana Grande song and are up on the latest Starbucks trend. But what's so wrong with that? From what I can see they're happy and who am I to want to take that away from them.
There seems to be an ongoing trend of making fun of people who conform to the more "normal" standards rather than "edgy" ones. But what's so wrong with what "basic" people like? Who cares if they want to wear flower crowns and listen to Marina and the Diamonds and be up on the latest trends that come our way. The way I see it is they're happy. When we put others down for what they're into we make them lose their voice. They lose their leadership. They lose what they stand for.
When they lose what they stand for we lose them in the fight for what's moral. I don't know about you, but in this day and age, there is a lot more to worry about than what trends someone is into. We need people like them to help us fight for what's right, against oppression, against people who want to take away our rights to like anything from flower crowns to the newest Fall Out Boy single. In a world full of hate and oppression the last thing we need to be doing is putting others down for something so minute.
Instead, fuel their fire. Because in the end we're all fighting the same battle against this new world, and making fun of the newest Starbucks drink isn't going to help.
