30 Days of De-Objectification: Vanity and Entitlement

Meet the Douchebag Family

30 Days of De-Objectification:

Vanity and Entitlement

Everybody, meet the Douchebag family. Please, spread their picture far and wide, and make them famous. The State of Oregon wants to find them for defacing public property.

As the daughter said to the man who confronted them about carving their names into a railing in Tumalo Falls Park: “Umm, we can do what we or I want.”

Vain and entitled.

Little Missy obviously thinks she’s a badass, flashing the gang sign and all.

Like other vain, spoiled brats, she surely wants to be famous. So, let’s make sure that she and her family get famous. It will be worth the $5000 apiece that the State of Oregon wants to fine them.

I realize that I seem to have gotten off topic, having started the month with my dismay at the objectification of older men by girls young enough to be their grandfathers. However, there is an attitude which is common to all exploitation, whether it be of people or of property.

That attitude is: “Umm, we can do what we or I want.”

Those who think this way don’t care who or what their attitudes hurt. They don’t care about anyone but themselves or anything but filling their immediate desires.

In the case of this family, this sociopathic attitude was planted by and is cultivated by the father of the pair of monstrous brats who believe that “Umm, we can do what we or I want.”

There have always been those who have thought this way, but the attitude and concurrent shitty behavior seem to be more widespread than ever.

My brother, who is four years younger than I am, had a friend who was looking for work as a nanny. She interviewed with a family who told her: “Our little princess must never hear the word ‘no’, because it will damage her self-esteem.”

The sci-fi geek part of me can’t help but wonder if Little Princess divided like an amoeba, and now there are a myriad of bratty little snowflakes who have never heard the word ‘no’ and live by the tenet of “Umm, we can do what we or I want.”

This attitude is certainly prevalent with a certain type of fan who goes to a con and then has a fit when the actors won’t pose in humiliating ways.

A couple of years ago, I had the privilege of meeting Chris Isaak, who has been one of my favorite musicians for many years. I had the idea that I might like to have Chris autograph my arm or calf with a permanent marker, so I could have his signature made into a tattoo. Before Chris came out, the VIP host requested that we only have him sign items such as CD covers or programs. I did not throw a fit. I respected the request.

People and property are not ours to do with as we see fit. If we all believed that “Umm, we can do what we or I want,” it would be a very shitty world.

I kind of want to punch the snot-nosed brat who said that. I get the feeling she wouldn’t like it very much if I, umm, did what I want.

I also want to make sure the world knows about her and the other members of her asshole family so that they can be fined as they deserve for defacing public property. That I will do.

~The Cheese Hath Grated It~