Hero Worship

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. ~ Bob Dylan 

 
Hero worship, it's when someone looks up to someone because they are impressed. In fact, they're so amazed at that person, that they want to be just like them. It's the most amazing thing to look at someone, and say in your head, I just wanna be like you. However, now that most of us are crusty, cynical, old people, we know better than that.

There are heroes as there are villains. However, what you find in life, is that the heroes aren't that good and the villains aren't that bad. Despite that, there are truly bad people as there are good.

In society, we call people heroes, and they aren't really heroes. They are just washed up humans wearing the garb. That's wrong, and more so, that children don't know that.

Switching on the Tv, you hear about sport, death, life, and then you hear about some celebrity doing something stupid. Whether it being smoking weed, beating up someone in a drunken brawl, or something equally stupid. Most of the time we just roll our eyes at their stupidity. However, when you look further than the surface, you realize that it's not just a celebrity making a fool of themselves.

The reason so is, there are kids and people who look up to them. It doesn't matter what they signed or did not sign, what matters is that harm is being done. If people admired men and women, who took out our trash, it would mean that they should hold themselves in proper conduct. It's not being hypocritical or not holding true to yourself. It's just a matter that when you hold a position of influence and power, you have to act properly. People are watching and looking at these people.

As sad or frightening, pop singers, sport supers stars, and other such people with almost like pedestals, they are societies leaders. They are influencing factors. When some Kardashian does something dangerous or stupid, people follow. The worrying truth is,kids have these idiots on their walls. They listen to them, and they are copying; For the worse.

While celebrities aren't heroes, it doesn't mean that people don't treat them like ones. Heroes, in general, are people who others think are so. Although, it may sound harmless what they do, damage is being done. Maybe not to us who know, but what about those that don't know? It would be naive, to believe that someone would suddenly hold these celebrities accountable to their actions. However, it's important to know that what they are doing is wrong. For who knows, maybe one day, we will judge them for doing much wrong. And hopefully, one day, we will truly have some heroes.