Many of the people in this country we know to be famous figures have not been behaving themselves. Disrepectful acts of anger and incivility have left Americans schocked.
A recent article I read mentioned three particular instances of poor behavior. First South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson yelled "You lie!" at Barrack Obama during his speech on Health Care. Then star tennis player Serena Williams threatened a line judge.
Lastly, Kanye West took the microphone from 19 year old Taylor Swift after receiving an award and told the audience she did not deserve to win.
The author points out that these rude events are the stars lacking etiquette and people skills. I was relieved to know that someone out there felt the same way i did. If these stars are acting so unmannerly why do we like and idolize them?
Besides these three instances, many famous people are all around acting up. They are often caught doing crime and wrong behavior, yet they still get attention for it.
Are these the people we want to be well known in America? Are these the people that are going to be talked about in the future that represent our generation?
I for sure dont think so, and if we dont want the youth of America growing to be like them we should think about who we idolize.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/09/18/disappearing.civility/index.html#cnnSTCText
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While these are not the sort of people I would like to be famous, I cannot help but wonder why so many famous people misbehave. A part of it could be that in our scandal-driven media, we here about all the bad things, and dwell on them more, rather than about the good things. The average American is more likely to hear about Mel Gibson's last drunken anti-semetic outburst than a lesser known philanthropists last large donation to a big city orphanage.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. I don't want misbehaving stars representing our generation, but misbehaving at the scale of the 3 people you mentioned will probably not be widely remembered in a few years. When the President or the generation's favorite band does something horrid, then it is remembered for many generations.