Yoshino says that “the mainstream is a myth” because no one is normal. He is saying that because there isn’t really a ‘normal’ person, there is no mainstream. His reasoning is that it is not normal to be normal.
I think that his reasoning is very persuasive even though its not a ton of reasons backing up this idea, I think that it is true that if someone is truly ‘normal’ that people view that as not normal, but people must cover to seem normal. This does mean that being mainstream is a myth. You can’t be mainstream because no one is normal. Being mainstream means being in the majority. The majority is not just of one thing. The people have to be the same in every way. This cannot happen, therefore there is no majority and then there can’t be a mainstream.
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Jordan, you have some good points. Yoshino doesn't give great support to his argument, but he is very persuasive. I will have to disagree with you though. Mainstream does exist. I agree with you that no one is "normal" because defining 'normal' is subjective to each person. To me the problem is what is normal, but what isn't normal. It is easier for people to say something isn't normal rather than something is normal. I believe people would easily tell you what they think is not normal rather than what is normal. You said it yourself, "normal" is what majority says normal is. In class we've discussed that there is no absolute truth. For example, blue is blue becasue we say it's blue. We know it's blue becuase we've been taught it's blue. Well now normal is "normal" when a majority makes it "normal" because majority rules in society. That means there is a mainstream. The mainstream is the believes of the majority of the population.
I agree with you.. including the use of the word "normal"- i didn't really think of the correllation of the word "normal" and "mainstream" - but they are really the same because there are multiple definitions of each, and neither one can be pinpointed exactly.
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