Standing Up For Caitlin's Way (Opinions Please)
If there's one thing I absolutely hate, it's when people that don't like something "review" it and talk trash about it. If you don't like it, why are you even on its IMDb page? This person posted a Caitlin's Way flame, and I got so pissed about it; not just because they were criticizing my favorite show, but because they were very obviously saying it's a bad thing to be different and you have to try to fit in. Here was the message:
I absolutely _abhor_ this show and the fact that Nickelodeon picked it up to show on their so-called "kids" network. It's about a teenage girl whose a stereotypical street rat who's been shuffled from foster home to foster home since the untimely death of her mother. And she had to grow up fast, how typical of a teen show comedy or drama. Then after getting in trouble with the law, her options are juvie hall or to live with her aunt and uncle in a redneck town in Montana. Sure enough, she ends up in Montana, but she still has an attitude problem and acts like a punk. And the only thing Caitlin harbors love for his her horse. What was Nickelodeon thinking when they picked up this show? This is shown to kids? This could give kids a bad message that it's okay to disrespect your elders (Yes, people, Caitlin is rude to everyone around her!) and act like a smart-allecky street urchin! This show isn't good for teenagers, either. When will all this a-kid-grows-up-fast-and-acts-and-talks-like-an-adult-and/or-smart alleck crap going to end? Can't kids and teens on TV shows JUST ACT NORMAL?! I think that it's high time Caitlin's Way gets a one-way ticket to hiatus-land! It was be for the better if this show never came to television again. If you don't want your children growing up too fast too soon or running away and living on the streets, and telling people off, and getting in trouble with the law, then find something better to watch...like say....Get Smart?
As usual when I see someone posting something on the Internet that gets me angry, I replied to the person - not literally, but I wrote it on Microsoft Word to burn off my anger before I went and started a fight. But I think this person needs to hear a thing or two about what a snob they are. Here's my message:
Why am I picturing you as a snobby prep? ‘Cause that’s how you sound. You apparently have issues with people just being themselves, and you would prefer it if they were “normal.” Because everybody knows that swallowing down your real feelings and relentlessly trying to fit in with everybody else is the key to life. Keep in mind that because of the loss and the hard life Caitlin’s experienced, she has emotions that you don’t have because you’ve never gone through the same things. Therefore, you have no right to be a critic on something you’ve never experienced yourself. You can’t instantly mark someone off as a crybaby with an attitude problem just because they’re not a perfect, obedient little saint all the time. Imagine how you would feel if your mother died when you were only eight, you were moved again and again to places where no one truly loved you, and then you had to live in entirely new surroundings that you knew nothing about. Would you not think the tiniest bit about yourself and just put on a smile for the rest of the world? Caring about your own feelings doesn’t mean you’re selfish. I don’t mean to be dramatic, but your problems clearly go beyond a simple review of a Nickelodeon show. Also, a lot of teens that have never even heard of the show are like Caitlin. Teenage years are awkward times, and some teens feel compelled to take charge of their own lives now that they’re getting older. That’s why they act, as you said, like smart alecks. I’m the same way sometimes. Besides, I never thought adults knew best. Just because they’re grown-ups, that doesn’t make them special people that know everything. That’s simply my opinion. That doesn’t automatically mean I’m an attitudinal brat. Caitlin’s Way wasn’t even meant for young children; it was rated Y7 because it was on Nickelodeon, so it had to be a clean show, but it was directed towards teens. Why else would the main character be a troubled teenager? That doesn’t sound like it would be appealing to a bunch of seven-year-olds who are probably more interested in My Little Pony and Star Wars, so I don’t think that’s who Nickelodeon meant it for. But it doesn’t matter what age group it was made for. The point is that it is just a show. The whole “our kids are going to be exactly like the characters if they watch this” kick is stupid. TV shows are purely for our personal entertainment. They’re not there to convert your children to Satanism. Even kids aren’t clueless enough to take life values from something completely fictional. And now back to the very beginning; if you don’t like Caitlin’s Way, why did you even go through the trouble of going to its IMDb page and writing a review for it? People like you basically go out of their way to flame to compensate for the fact that they have way too much free time. Now, even though that was an insult, I tried to make this message as un-flame-y as possible. I only wanted to correct all the prejudice mistakes in your stuck-up review. So there you go.
I was wondering if I should actually send it to her/him. I don't want to seem like a flamer myself, but these people really get to me. Do you think I should stand up for Caitlin's Way and tell them off, or not send it?
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