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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Seems weird to protest saying it is a sad day. May not be sad for everyone, but certainly sad for some people.
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Sure, just likes it’s a sad day anyone is found guilty of anything particularly awful, the difference being that people don’t really seem to care about that unless it’s a famous person.
Not a lot of “gonna be a sad day if...” when regular people are accused of awful things.
I guess my only gripe is this: how can you be sad that you found out something negative about someone that you literally know almost nothing about? None of us know Tyson, we’re not his friends or family or coworkers, and everything he’s admired for remains in tact regardless of whether he’s guilty or not.
Hero worship is just bizarre. On your point about Iggy, would it really be sad? It’s not like he’d be any different of a person, it’s not like his play on the ice is erased or his charity work is all suddenly reversed. Everything that’s ever happened already happened, every good thing and every bad thing remains. Nothing changes. Separate people from their accomplishments, separate their actions from their ideas, and there’s not a lot of sadness to be found.