Do you think the media stereotypes about young people are justified?

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Do you think the media stereotypes about young people are justified?

I hear a lot of youths complaining about the stereotypes....but let's be honest...95% seem to fit the bill perfectly. I think we are by and large a load of bing drinking, disrfespectful, vacuous scumbags who worship tv shows and the internet

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Reply 1

Haeron

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Where are you getting that 95% from?

Reply 2

Maximum Velocity

95% ? Do you know what you're talking about by any chance.

If five youth in " Hoodies " rob a shop and get caught and it goes on the news , then everyone who wears a hoodies is a thief or a possible thief , this is rubbish. I wear hoodies and I'm a just and respectful person , and don't rob shops.

So no !.

Reply 3

oh_adele

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Speak for yourself. I hate bing.

Reply 4

PAPAdawg

i havent just plucked it out the air and nor is it based on how many ''hoodies'' i know oir any such superficial rubbish...i'm talking aboiut the attitudes, in terms of lack of respect and curiosity, of the pretty wide range of young people i have met. And the lack of control over drink pretty much speaks for itself.....you lot have obviously never been to a house party

Reply 5

Haeron

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i havent just plucked it out the air and nor is it based on how many ''hoodies'' i know oir any such superficial rubbish...

So where did you get it from? The Mail? You sound like someone who's just subscribed to all this silliness. As has been said, it's all ridiculous generalisations, because the media like the worst of us. They report only on them; in this way the rest of us (the sane lot) are demonized. It's so patronising.

Reply 6

Shiny Dirt

not 95%....

but the people that do fit the stereotype are just that bad it's overwhelming for us saints

Reply 7

cpj1987

Based on the people who hang around outside my apartment, yes.

Reply 8

jhukranti

Haeron

because the media like the worst of us. They report only on them; in this way the rest of us (the sane lot) are demonized. It's so patronising.

not just the worst of us...the worst of everyone!! lack of virtue brings in the $$$ :coma:

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Reply 9

Haeron

jhukranti

not just the worst of us...the worst of everyone!! lack of virtue brings in the $$$ :coma:

!!!

Exactly; it's not our problem, it's the media's! :mad:

Reply 10

letsdothetimewarpagain

No because they are just that, stereotypes. It's far too easy to tar everyone with the same brush but we aren't all chavvy yobs :nah:

Reply 11

kashim91

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I have never come across such complete and utter rubbish, with all due respect and I am perplexed about how you have been brainwashed. I personally see the media as a tool that is abused by using it to manipulate the way people think. It's increasing sophistication unfortunately gives people more reason to believe what its showing to be true. The BBC broadcasts the same rubbish consistently and has very little variety in content, which demonstrates how narrow it is. Yet, its Britain's most trusted news channel. Give me a break.

Reply 12

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Haeron

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Reply 13

Lefty Leo

From personal experience this is quite true.

Reply 14

so.simple

Yemun, we're a bunch of bitches.

Reply 15

Haeron

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Do you see the contradiction?

Reply 16

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Haeron

Do you see the contradiction?

No. Show how it is a contrdiction. Disagreeing with me is not grounds for a contradiction by the way. Please, show me.

Reply 17

username271381

I don't think they're justified. I'd say that there are more well-behaved young people around than yobs, it's just that stories about young people doing good or just going around being average don't make for brilliant headlines.

Reply 18

fubsadoo

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I would actually place a bet that this is a troll, lol.

:troll:

Reply 19

Haeron

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No. Show how it is a contrdiction. Disagreeing with me is not grounds for a contradiction by the way. Please, show me.

You're saying it's not the hoodies that you know (because you think that would be superficial, and you're correct) but rather the number of young people you've met. There is very little difference, and whether or not it's a wide range that you've met is entirely subjective.