When have I felt like a Freak...

When in your life have you felt like a "freak?" How did it feel? Why did you feel like a "freak?" Have you treated anyone else like they were a "freak?" What does it mean to be a "freak?"

One time I felt like a "freak" was when I started to play a specific online game. When I went to school the next day, I asked some people if they played that game too, so I could meet them online and play with them. The only response I got from everybody I asked was, "Oh my god, you play that dumb game?","Why do you play that game? Its so gay". I felt very hurt. I was particularly hurt at the adjectives they mentioned. Stupid, dumb, and possibly the worst, gay. Those were some very harsh adjectives that they used. I felt that 75% of them said that because the other 25% had influenced them to think its stupid. For example, only 1 guy may hate it and they say, "That game's so dumb! You're stupid if you play it!". Then everybody else agrees just because they don't want to be "stupid". If they genuinely disliked the game, they could just say, "Oh sorry. I don't play that game because I don't like it that much". Isn't that better than treating someone like a "freak"? I felt bad at the end of that day and felt like a "freak". Just some freak plays a "dumb" online game. I later realized that I should shrug off their discriminatory remarks, and do what I wanted to do, not caring about what they said.

I don't remember ever treating someone like they were a "freak". But that doesn't mean I haven't. I think everybody has treated someone else like a "freak", whether they want to admit it or not. I am not denying that I have done this, because I'm sure I have at least once. Its just that I don't recall it.

-DavidR
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