Are You a Rebel? Or are You Just another Sheep following the Non-confor

Are You a Rebel? Or are You Just another Sheep following the Non-conformity Flock?Its handle living on the outside of society and seeing what a crock of shit it is, besides then approaching it again with a sense of humor. I mean, when youre able to see society as this sort of funky, funny illusion, it makes it easier to process with it because there is no rhyme or reason to the way it works. RuPaul, on belt culture (Genre, March 99)Rebellion. *Its about articulating that little inner voice thats in any of us, the voice which resists being assimilated into the mass conformity that is American society. The quality of our fundamental interaction has diminished so much that we barely recognize each other as human. The American way of life has destroyed our individuality while pretence to cater to it, and the natural interdependence of society has been compromised by the shrieks of mass media and the cubicle farms they call workplaces. We are all gearing up for some heavy shit, all around the world. The yuppies are putting together their silly stock option plans, the Pakistanis are aching for jihad against India, the major labels are trying harder than ever to bang up our culture with Limp Bizkit bullshit and kill Napster while theyre at it. To me, it fits together like a puzzle. Its all related. This is more than a complaint about complaisant differences. Its about human nature. Stick around I think I can prove this. The hippie and freak hordes would have us believe than they are the sole bastions of non-conformity and acceptance left in America. They are not.I really dislike stories like Hans Christian Andersons The Ugly Duckling. Not all ugly ducklings annul into swans. Some of us turn into ugly ducks. We need to learn to accept it, and to find that being an ugly duck isnt really necessarily all that bad, because tone ending with the flock isnt always the best or most satisfying way to go, even if it does seem like the easiest. I was never one who f it in with my peers. From the day I began school at the age of five, it was obvious that I was somehow different from the rest of them. Since I was hyperactive, kind of shy, and too intellectual to be popular, I rarely had many friends, and at times found myself a subject of ridicule, mocking, and outright abuse. My first ploy, which lasted for a number of years, was to attempt to conform. This was very muc... ...tandards, but these standards were made by conformity. The union itself is some form of rebellion. By being apart of that group, he conformed to the rebels standards.A cultural movement is a cultural movement be it hippie, skater punk, raver trash or otherwise. Nobody wants the whole world to live in peace as one magnanimous happy family. Its contrary to instinct. We all want to be the bottisavatta in the flowing robes who dictates the gospel to the rest of the world. And thats not the way things work. This world has winners and losers, geeks and popular kids. Junior ris que repeats itself until you are dead. So whats a rebel to do? I dont know. Try reading. Jack Kerouac is not still a best selling author because of his collected Gap khakis. A nation of people didnt follow Lenin into almost 80 years of collectivist silliness because of his natty goatee and adorable accent. Or try computer storage these simple rules 1.)Rebellion is free. 2.) Rebellion does not come in six different colors. 3.) Rebellion does not have a soundtrack and a movie deal in the works. 4.) Rebellion is not found in a piercing store, tattoo parlor, drug store, hash pipe or a Quentin Tarrantino movie.