I will never understand why the public knows so little about such men and everything about some entertainer.
These men have the problem Henry and his men had:
This story shall the good man teach his son; and Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, from this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered-we few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; and gentlemen in England now-a-bed shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.The vast majority of entertainers are just fluff.
With rare exception in this age, they know at best their virtue is untested, at worst so much less, and hesitate to remind others and most critically, themselves that that is the case.
They claim 'courage' when surrounded by an army of like-thinking people, far removed from physical threat they have not traded for their station, and quietly cringe from the thought of facing direct opposition.
Of course the spotlight is shifted from those who fought for this country and the values many in the media now decry, especially those who are held up to be exemplars of courage and self-sacrifice, because those in the limelight can't hold a candle to that.
