Not, I suppose, that I should be commenting, but yes.
I don't get the pedestal thing. I don't see any need to put them there, and I also don't see any need to lob extra bombs at them because they're supposedly on one.
Some people have a need to be catty and nasty to anyone, and think public figures are fair game for that, and I don't see the point of that. But I also don't see the point of deifying them. They're just people. They have more pressures than some of us, certainly, and a few more privileges as well, but, especially where these guys are concerned, they're not gods, nor are they trying to be seen that way. I don't see any reason to treat them with any more or less courtesy and respect you'd treat any other stranger you know a little something about. If I think it's unfortunate that a cute guy smokes or has a Bush/Cheney sticker on his car, I'm going to say so, regardless of who that cute guy is. Likewise, if I think a pair of guys walking down the street make a cute couple, I'll talk about that, too. If I were saying something mean or nasty, it'd be a different story.
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Date: 2004-06-10 09:31 am (UTC)I don't get the pedestal thing. I don't see any need to put them there, and I also don't see any need to lob extra bombs at them because they're supposedly on one.
Some people have a need to be catty and nasty to anyone, and think public figures are fair game for that, and I don't see the point of that. But I also don't see the point of deifying them. They're just people. They have more pressures than some of us, certainly, and a few more privileges as well, but, especially where these guys are concerned, they're not gods, nor are they trying to be seen that way. I don't see any reason to treat them with any more or less courtesy and respect you'd treat any other stranger you know a little something about. If I think it's unfortunate that a cute guy smokes or has a Bush/Cheney sticker on his car, I'm going to say so, regardless of who that cute guy is. Likewise, if I think a pair of guys walking down the street make a cute couple, I'll talk about that, too. If I were saying something mean or nasty, it'd be a different story.