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I AM SO PISSED OFF AT THE PREJUDICE! THIS IS ENOUGH! STOP HATING THE INNOCENT!

The scene is dying, not because of ticket prices, the economy, or people not going to shows, etc. It is dying from the prejudice against anyone that has a passion for underground music. I hate labels. I hate stupidity. I hate the fear of difference. Meaning, if you wear black t-shirts and/or have a passion for underground music, you must be a, criminal, drug addict and alcoholic. That is what happened with Mike and the Plano Centre, and that is what happened to Fat Daddy's Sound Shack when we tried to open a new venue. That is what, The City of Plano, and Bill Goodson, the Mayor of Whitewright and the Whitewright Police Department think. I am sure there are some bad people in the music scene, but there are also bad people that go to Church under the cloak of “I am a good person, I go to Church”. The Whitewright Police Department even posted this as a comment on our website. To read what they posted, visit http://www.fatdaddyssoundshack.com

Definition of "Ageism" is below.

Ageism refers to the stereotyping of and discrimination against individuals or groups because of their age. It is a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify age based prejudice and discrimination.

Modern-day America is a bad place to be young. We have an increasing multitude of insulting age-laws confining youth to second-class citizenship. We also have courts enforcing a double-standard of justice. In the Summer of 1998, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that if an employee is sexually harassed by a co-worker or manager, the employer is legally responsible even if the employer didn’t know about it - that same week, the Supreme Court ruled that if a student is sexually harassed by a teacher, the school is not responsible unless the victim can prove school authorities knew about it and took no action.

But more than that, ageism is ingrained in our culture, influencing the minds of nearly everyone, and causing youth to face hostility and unfairness at every turn.

Definition of "Prejudice" is below.

Prejudice, unsubstantiated prejudgment of an individual or group, favorable or unfavorable in character, tending to action in a consonant direction. The hostility that prejudice can engender and the discrimination to which it may lead on the part of a dominant population toward an ethnic group, gender, religious or linguistic minority have caused great human suffering throughout history. Some researchers attribute prejudice to deep-rooted “fear of the stranger,” while others cite religious or nationalist chauvinism, and fear of economic competition.