We don’t want the skills of the celebrity, we want the benefits. We worship celebrity, not excellence. Celebrity gives the illusion of deep connection. We equate reality through the sense of normalcy we develop from multimedia imagry. What is happening to us when we do this?
Celebrity association with massive scale human rights issues pulls us away from engaging and redeeming issues of human justice toward an idea of normalcy portrayed by the actor.
We consume celebrity (dehumanizing).
We associate less with human rights issues (dehumanizing).
These things cause narcissistic behavior.
“When we do something selfish with the veneer of selflessness.”
“Awareness” is not the same as action.
It is not an argument that celebrity should not be doing this, but that we would do well to be aware of what is truly going on when they do.
Is greed that drives human trafficking the same motivation for those who stand against it?
If you engage with all issues around the globe, you will simply burn out and become cynical really quickly.
“Right living in your own community and respecting the other in your own community is not just a drop in the bucket, it is the premise of all other social change.”
Awareness can result in paralysis. The goal should be to identify and respect the other as in the image of God.
No vengeance is allowed in our religion.
-Professor/Sage Brent Cline
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