Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Hero Worship
I will be the first to admit having gigantic man-crushes on Albert Pujols and Gordon Ramsay. Even so, I don't for a second want my child to emulate either one. I also don't care what happens to them in day to day life. Their highs, lows, and middles mean no more to me than those of a random human being. This take is not sports related at all, so please forgive that. Why the hell do we care so much more about Kristina Brown than anybody else? Because she was the daughter of a wife-beater and a coke addict, both of whom happened to be famous singers. That's it. Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston were pretty shitty people in a lot of ways, but they could sing. Naturally, we should worship their child, right? This is no different than all of those people who are heart broken that Tom Brady destroyed his phone. Make role models out of people you know, not people you have heard of. Sorry again for non sports, but this pisses me off.
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i agree your sentiment hardheartedly. i hate that we as a culture put athletes on a pedestal and want to worship them and treat them like role models. some of these dudes are excellent people and give back to their communities, because they are very thankful and gracious from where they came to where they are now. but really, yes kevin durant is a good man (the side that everyone sees) but he really could be the biggest piece of shit out there. i want someone who is "actually" a role model, a doctor, a surgeon, a firefighter, a cop. i totally get it. and yes its not just athletes, why anyone would give two shits about the kardashians or any famous family is beyond me. its cool if you want to follow them on twitter and keep a casual curiousity to what they are like or ahve to say is fine, but the paparazzi culture, the people magazine etc is freaking so stupid. if anyone says they like the real housewives etc i delete them off my facebook, phone and go back to watching tmz. jerks
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