Short one today, kids.

I understand that it is mind-numbing and enraging to be constantly lectured to by celebrities. I understand how infuriating it is to be harangued by someone who doesn’t know the price of heating oil and hasn’t done their own grocery shopping in fifteen years but looks at middle America like they are out of touch. I get it. Celebrities aren’t arbiters of what is true and virtuous. They aren’t political or economic geniuses. They aren’t civil rights experts. But guess what; neither are you.

We, the enraged, ought to remember that if we were given access to millions of people we would do the exact same thing. Celebrities are human beings. They are prone to selfishness and self-importance. They are opinionated, obnoxious, loud and headstrong. Just like you. Just like me. They have a right to voice their opinions. You have a right to ignore them. Being a teacher, electrician, plumber, garbage man, landscaper, lawyer, dentist, etc. doesn’t make you Thomas Sowell or William F. Buckley just as being a pop-star or movie star doesn’t make you Rosa Parks or Jesus Christ. No one is saying you can’t voice your opinion. You are reading this on an amateur blog. However, be mindful of the fact that the rights that we love and that also drive us insane from time to time (see; free speech) are for all Americans regardless of their line of work or their popularity.

Of course, it doesn’t help that we have a president whose skin is about as thick as a piece of overstretched cellophane. It makes me laugh as much as it makes me angry when I read posts from angry pseudo-conservatives about not caring about what celebrities think. Yes you do. The fact that you posted proves that you do. You care because you allow yourself to care. Stop doing that. Stop worshipping at the base of the pedestal of celebrity. Whether it is the act of heaping praise or heaping shit, the act alone is an act of devotion. Stop it. Give it a rest.

Or just turn off your TV.