Warbler said:
ray_afraid said:
Warbler said:
yhwx said:
But seriously, why are we actually discussing Oprah being elected? Why is anyone anywhere discussing it?
She made a big and inspiring speech.
meh.
Pfft. Good grief.
I just didn’t think it was that great or that moving. On a side note, I think I’d rather have someone just say thank you to whomever they feel need to be thanked when winning an award like a Golden Globe or an Oscar, instead of making a political speech. But that is just me.
That’s the problem of celebrity. Earned or not, related to your occupation or not, you’ve got a soapbox. Firefighters and surgeons don’t get soapboxes*, hardly anyone really ever gets a chance to make their voice heard to very many people. But that doesn’t mean they don’t sometimes wish, “Gee, if I could only air my views to the nation for a couple minutes, I could make a difference.” Everyone’s got something to say. Everyone has something they care deeply about. And everyone thinks their ideas sound perfectly reasonable.
Well, what if someone gave you the chance to talk to the entire nation? What if that chance kept coming up again and again, and your views never lost their urgency?
Frankly I’m shocked celebrities aren’t much more politically vocal than they currently are.
* Well, technically I suppose if you were a firefighter or a surgeon, you could refuse to provide your services to someone who conflicted with your ideology, but that’s just a sure way to seem like a complete dick, and celebrities often have enough sense to avoid that.