Why are emos consitered freaks or people dont understand them?

Question

I am emo. People seem to hate me and they dont understan what and why I do things. We arent freaks. We are just like you. Why do people ttreat us so different?

Answer 1

I really don't get this emo thing.

Are you talking about the kind of clothes and make up you wear or the stereotyped personality (The depressed, self harming kind of people).

I don't mind people who dress "emo" but it does annoy me when people fake it and act all depressed and self harm for the fun of it.

Answer 2

I know exactly what you mean.  Just because we dress different doesn't make us freaks.  They just are very closed-minded.

Answer 3

We're all gonna end up in the grave yard, but you don't have to live there.

Answer 4

Yeah i know what you mean

it's a huge steroptype that emos are little immature kids who seek and crave attention when it's really not.

Most emos do have real problems like big problems that a person their age shouldn't have to deal with and it is hard. most of them just don't understand because they either don't know emo people or they are just really unopen minded. and one thing i don't understand is how people think that emos are stupid and lonely when alot of them can be fun because what it all comes down to is we are all humans and you people shouldn't hate other peoples choices in life because they haven't lived what you have.

oh and theirs a big difference between Emo and Emo Poser!

Answer 5

It's simple, here's the big answer. When people dress in black, listen to music like Linkin Park and Three days grace and other bands that have dark lyrics, people get frustrated.

The attitude of the stereotypical emo gets old with people, fast. -> Wannane poser Emo-- " My life sucks, no one loves me, I have it rough, I soak my depression in dark music and wear tight pants and dark clothes, I put on too much make up... I become anti-social and cut myself..."  

80% of the emo's of this generation aren't really emo's, just kids who want more attention, these are the kids that create the negative stereotype and make all Emo's look bad.

Answer 6

i dont think anyone hates emos.. its just that it is very unusual to see a person dressed like that and wearing make-up. i dont really care. just be yourself. a lot of people are just being "emo" cuz its in style or maybe they like the way they dress. you cant judge someone by the way they look.

Answer 7

Not freaks.

Just annoying wannabes.  

Answer 8

It has nothing to do with they way you look or dress.  It is the way you act.  Most...not all...most emos act 'depressed and cut, etc etc' THAT is what drives people nuts.  Trust me I know, it is a lot easier to sit through life being sad.  It takes energy to be happy.  That is why people look down at most Emo's.  

Answer 9

People hate emos, because they are all spoiled whiny rich kids. We all have to work and have real problems, all the while we have to watch all these rich kids driving around in their sports car, b*tching and threatening suicide because their parents made them do the dishes, or they had a bad hair day, or something stupid like that.

Answer 10

It just seems like people always want to justify their own superiority over other people by putting down vulnerable and easily targeted groups. It's ignorant and stereotypical, and I cannot stand ignorance.

Answer 11

My experience is that emos are self involved children who need to open their eyes and grow up. Only a group of people so safe, so well provided for, could possibly spend all their time focusing on the negatives in life.