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Supporting something you don't believe in??

Say you were against tobacco & drugs. Your favourite music artist/celebrity supports both of these things. Do you think, by supporting them supporting drugs & tobacco, that you are supporting these things as well?
 princess829 posted over a year ago
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Cinders said:
1) You don't have to do what celebrities do. Whether that celebrity is an active member of PETA, the military, or any political party, or corporation, being a fan of the celebrity is not being a fan of the organization they support. Whether that celebrity is gay, a drug user, a pacifist, religious, a gambler or a community volunteer, you're a fan of the person, not the person's activities. You can love and support friends who have different opinions than you.

2) If you're worried about supporting a celebrities bad habits monetarily by, say, buying their DVDs or downloading their MP3s, let me just say right now - don't. Celebrities, as a general rule, are rich, unless they're famous for being trash, and even then, they were generally once rich. The forty percent commission they get from the sale of that one DVD you buy is not going to tip the scales.

3) If you're worried about your child modeling bad celebrity behavior, have a talk with them about separating the talent from the celebrity. Point out better role models, like Jesus or Gandhi or Buddha.

4) While a very sound tool, the transitive property does not apply in the instance of celebrity and their causes. For example: I love link. Jorja Fox loves PETA. Ergo, I must love PETA.

This logic is false. I do not like PETA. But those are her choices, and I still think she's awesome. However, that doesn't mean it can't be true. For example, same scenario. I love Jorja Fox. Jorja Fox loves LGBT rights. Ergo, I also love LGBT rights - but not because Jorja does. Because of my own values, reasoning, and principals. You follow?

The only time in which supporting a celebrity means supporting their causes and habits is in the political arena. Why do you think people feel so betrayed when a senator is caught with a prostitute, but kinda expect it from somebody like Hugh Grant?

Keith Olberman, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Moore, Sean Hannity - these are celebrities where supporting them means supporting their beliefs and causes, because 95% of who you know them as depends on what they say about these things.

John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, John F Kennedy - these are examples of people whom you can admire, even if you don't agree with their beliefs. 75% of your opinion is based on their beliefs and politics. The other 25%? On who they are and how they act.
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MadamOcta13 said:
Hmm...that's tough. I would have to say, that if you supported someone because you appreciate their talent but does drugs wouldn't nessacarilly mean that they support it, unless that celebrity becomes a role model to a teenager or drugs is something that they feel strongly about and recommend it to others, or something like that.
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Monrose said:
No, but I have to support things I don't believe in all the time anyway, because I'm a politican.
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alismouha said:
Whatever your favorite Celebrity does is not your fault and shouldn't be on your head at all,even if he/she does drugs,for instance,you are not going to marry him/her,you only listen to/watch him/her and if he's/she's good/good in your opinion,his/her morals are irrelavent.
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