What, Exactly, Is a Rebel?

Our great and wonderful king of false hope and dope is coming.  Yes, that's right Obama will be here at MIT to speak.  Anyways, I'm gonna avoid talking about politics, and false unemployment rate predictions, and instead talk about rebels, teenage and otherwise.

So there's this idea about being your own person by "being a rebel"- far left liberal, emo/goth/punk, drugee, sexually liberated, whatever category you choose.  But what I love about it is that very few people are actually being rebels- they just choose conformity to some idea that doesn't necessarily agree with other people.  By this standard, far-right Christians or Republicans are far more rebellious when looking at, say, the North-East.  I especially love cliches at schools and such where kids with good families, no real issues become all "tortured" and dress in black to be accepted by a group just as judgmental and ridiculous as a traditionally accepted jock group.

Wake the fuck up, people, and open your eyes- if you're part of an accepted herd and aren't persecuted all that much, you're not a rebel, or a minority, just a sheep of different color.  And most lefties are far more accepting of the so-called "rebels"- "misunderstood youth", homosexuals, what have you then they are of "baby-killing neo-imperialists" (I've actually heard that one used) or other marginalized minorities in this, the People's Republic of Massachusetts.  Finally, to any liberals that might read this, realize this- YOU are now the persecuting majority, forcing your righteous views and values down the throats of all Americans.  Accept it.

There is no element of rebelliousness in conformity.