Politics Is Full of Hypocrites and Attention Seekers
Derek Hunter
Remember that guy who became a meme more than a decade ago screaming in a YouTube video for people to “LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!”? The “cry” for privacy, ironically, went viral in the personification of the “Streisand Effect” – when the attempt to get people not to look at something causes more people to look than otherwise would have. With the exception of Hollywood, politics is full of people desperate to have their privacy respected…just ask their publicists.
Some people lead lives of example – something to aspire or look up to – while others lead lives that can best be described as cautionary tales.
Whatever side of that divide you fall (and most people spend time on both sides, living their lives largely on the line in the middle), attention is always given to those who scream the loudest and act the dumbest. The hypocrites who are shameless in how they conduct themselves as they claim they only wish to be left alone.
Personally, I can feel badly for someone going through a family trauma (note that word, not simply bad publicity due to their own actions), but lose a lot of it when their publicist asks for privacy on their behalf. I mean, you have a publicist, so you’re looking for attention. I’m thinking specifically about someone like Dave Grohl, leader of the Foo Fighters, who fathered a kid out of wedlock with some side piece. He released a statement acknowledging what he’d apparently been caught doing, then used his kids to try to cover his ass. “We are grateful for your consideration toward all the children involved, as we move forward together,” it read.
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