Reply #17: Thank you, Rabrrrrrr [View All]

[Lydia Leftcoast]

The over-glorification of athletes in this culture is sickening.

For years it's fried me that even ordinary high school and college athletes get written up in the paper on a daily basis, as do young criminals, but young artists, musicians, actors, writers, crafts people, charity volunteers, and others making contributions to society have to be earth-shakingly outstanding before the public is even informed of their existence.

A hero is someone who does something for someone else, often at personal risk. That might mean crawling through a minefield to rescue a wounded buddy or organizing workers in an anti-union environment or going to a war zone to work with refugees.

It does not mean being paid millions of dollars to do something you already enjoy doing.