re: F U Espys and NBA

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So does that limit their ability to think and have an opinion that is worthy? If it's different than yours then so be it.

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I'm not going to pick a side here, but I will address this idea.

I'm a big fan of the concept of staying in one's lane. That's not to say that a person who's an actor or musician or athlete, etc can't be informed and interested in topics outside of their own field...just that their lane of expertise is limited and usually is not ALSO politics or religion or social issues.

With that in mind, I think it behooves anyone who has garnered a giant platform to recognize exactly HOW their platform was built and attempt to stay on it. This is difficult, because people believe their own hype...and fame breeds all sorts of personality flaws. All you need to do is watch 18 year old college athletes spending hours a day typing out motivational bullshite as if they've lived long enough to know any.

So form my perspective, it's not about whether or not a celebrity agrees with my position or not. It's that they ought not confuse their fame with me needing to give one single frick about their opinion any more so than I would the mailman or plumber...all of whom have the same right to hold one.

I'm not a big Twitter or Instagram follower but I have a handful...I've had to pare that down over the last few weeks because of this same issue. In a nutshell, I just don't care to hear what a voice over actor has to say about gun control or what a physicist has to say about police issues. Even if I agree with them, and even though I support their right to hold whatever opinion they want, I'd prefer they not confuse their fame with my desire to hear them leave their lane and talk about shite which, frankly, they're no more informed about than am I. That's just not why I follow them...