The Soapbox of the All Knowing Celebrity

Celebrities have so much to say when it comes to politics and war and yet they know nothing regarding the sacrifices made by our young soldiers, not to mention their families, and many more are incapable of looking past a politician's stand on the issues and attack them personally.

I've become increasingly annoyed when Hollywood attempts to educate us little people with their all-knowing opinions and propaganda films. Their awards shows seem more like political statements rather than entertainment and that turns me against whatever they're promoting because I, as a consumer, just want to be entertained. Also, I don't like the current crop of metro sexual boys and frivolous starlets of today that could never hold a candle to the larger than life, patriotic giants of long ago.

While pampered celebrities sit in their cushy mansions or make an attempt to perfect their trade of make believe for a living, our young men and women voluntarily sleep in tents, oftentimes in terrible surroundings; conditions worse than that of our enemies in custody and yet celebrities spout their superior views from a visible soapbox; one the rest of us 'common folk' will never be able to respond from, as if they are privy to intelligence on all things political and their knowledge knows no bounds and they throw out accusations against the politicians they disagree with by labeling them, "stupid," and "idiot," and thus far, for all their name calling, they can't even offer a valid solution of their own because they're all too busy assigning blame and believe themselves to be intellectually superior to those politicians they disagree with; the ones who have worked hard and achieved far greater success educationally than the vast majority of stars and starlets disparaging them.

Even I would never demean the education of politicians I disagree with simply because my opinions on the issues are vastly different from theirs and calling Ted Kennedy an idiot because I disagree with him would not be in my vocabulary because I am not so partisan that I fail to see that even my political opponents have achieved an education superior to my own, and for that alone, I am able to let go of 'hate politics,' which I look down on, and simply disagree with an issue, and not the person as an individual. It's just a shame that such a viewpoint can't be extended across party lines or be exemplified by celebrities in the public eye who are able to set an example to those that look up to them.

In closing, a celebrity doesn't have to share my views in order for me to appreciate his/her work, but when said opinions develop into arrogant, hateful, personal attacks, I am less likely to listen, no matter who the opinions come from.