I wrote this to illustrate a perfect example of how the media sensationalizes the truth, and focuses too much on doomsaying to make money through ratings. If they can scare mainstream society into fearing something positive like Straight Edge, then it's proof the media can manipulate the public any way they want.
Hell, it can even go beyond that. Fucking Barbara Walters says the Olympics security staff in Salt Lake City had Straight Edge on the list of possible domestic terrorists. That in itself shows how quickly the public is to generalize and show prejudice towards any particular group if the media helps them to.
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