Ok, it's not THAT serious. But lately- I have developed a few pet peeves, lest a few of them even fall on myself for their verbal usage.
I have noticed recently on Instagram and twitter when someone posts something they feel is amazing such as a beautiful sky or delicious selection of food they hashtag it with something like this: #foodporn, #skyporn... etc. You get the idea.
My problem is this - should you know someone who struggles with addiction or have ever stepped back to look at the industry itself..porn has almost single handedly destroyed our nation. Think I am being dramatic? Then, I encourage you to do some research on your own. It has destroyed families and is the number one reason child sex trafficking is at an all-time high. The word "porn" has no other indication than something defining a sick obsession with sex. I understand most people using it are in no way encouraging the dark industry - but really? Any other way we could perhaps not take such levity with such a disgusting word?
One more. The term, "Yea I got totally raped" when one loses a game or verbally attacked in some sort of way. Please. Raped? Think through what that means or at least think of those who have suffered through such an event. To say something so flippant makes me cringe when I think of those who truly have been raped. It's just a small pet peeve, a sensitivity issue perhaps? Could we just say..."I lost?"
"That's so ghetto". I'm guilty of this But a friend recently published this blog - I won't expand too much, I think he says it all. It's not that we can necessarily censor EVERYTHING we say - we will probably always offend someone, but perhaps a little more sensitivity to what we are saying and the context we are using it in.
Then, there is the name of Jesus Christ. It hits me hard because if I, or anyone would take any other "religious figure" and use their name inappropriately - I would be banned from life..or something else dramatic. We can use so many names and words flippantly - but the name Jesus Christ, is still a special name to this girl. There is a world in which He died for, a people who have forgotten him and a nation that is slowly being persecuted should they still believe in him. So, for all those phrases we use..perhaps this one - is the one most carelessly verbalized.
Now, I shall step off my soapbox :)
