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Originally Posted by Platapus
They have no problems seeking publicity when it suits them, well, they then should accept the publicity when it does not suit them  |
I think that's a little shortsighted. (And I always feel there's some kind of envy involved in this argument)
I know defending politicians is will raise some eyebrows here and there, but consider this: first of all, if you're going into politics, you have no choice. It's the people who want to see you on tv, want to know about your family, your life and all that. It's part of the job, and I don't think most of them like publicity that much. It's just part of the job. And there's some perverted demand from a part of the public to know about their personal lives.
Second, it's this lynching thing that really bugs me. The first thing a public figure does ANYTHING wrong, there's a huge mob of people that immediately take the opportunity to burn him to the ground. It's got jealousy written all over it.
Cheating is wrong. Hell, I can even call Arnold wrong on a whole bunch of things, but is it somehow worse when he does it than when your next-door neighbor does it? He somehow deserves all of this cr*p because he is a public figure? That feels wrong to me somehow.