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Originally Posted by My2miracles
It's insulting because he's an uneducated athlete who I assume some women find attractive. Some group chose him to be their spokesman because they knew some nitwit women would listen to him. It's insulting to me - a non-nitwit that this idiot is reading lines fed to him because some marketing person figured I'd listen to him because he's a celebrity because I'm too stupid to be able to listen to someone with actual credentials.
I'm going to take the high road here & assume you didn't intend that to be read that I am a nitwit. It's not necessary when you can't understand a person's point to insult them but understandable when you have nothing else.
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Of course he's reading lines. That's somewhat obvious. Why are so you fixated on the fact that he's a man, and a n athlete? The focal point should be the information he's giving. If it's factual, you shouldn't find it insulting.
So what if his looks, or even popularity, appeal to some women? I sure as heck don't. Hell they could put winnie the pooh on the screen for all I care. As long as the information he's sharing is factual and can help save lives(and it can, you can't deny that fact), then there's no need to care about other aspects.
I DO find it sad that some people only listen to what some folks have to say simply because they are public figures(be it star, or whatever else). But that is a reality today. If that's what it takes to get some folks to listen, I say go for it.
The info being shared is important. Do you think more women would listen if a doctor were on the screen saying it? I would like to hope so, but my better judgment knows otherwise.
Acting insulted is simply putting yourself above that person. Like you're too good for him to share important info with you, or something. That is why it comes across as you being no better than the ones who seem to need someone like him, to share this info. I didn't call you a nitwit, either. If I were going to do that, I'd do it outright. What I said was your example is proof positive of exactly why we cater to nitwits, and how they "win". Because if we didn't do that, if we didn't provide these people that the nitwits of the world are sure to listen to, we'd have even more nitwits in the world because they'd never listen otherwise. That's the sad reality.
So what if he hasn't gone through it himself. Most people who advocate for things, haven't necessarily gotten firsthand knowledge. They base what they say and/or do, on knowledge they've obtained from somewhere/someone else. I've never had breast cancer, but I still advocate for exams and doing whatever we can to help one another and promote early detection. I've never had prostate cancer, and I still advocate for men getting checked out. As a matter of fact part of our campaign this relay season is dedicated to "men with cancer" and sharing information men may either be uncomfortable with or simply not know. Do you know there is still a very large percentage of men on this planet that believe they can't possibly get breast cancer? Yeah, a lot of them are above being told by a woman how this is possible too. They find it insulting for us to advocate early detection to them. But that doesn't stop us from trying
Maybe this fella is promoting awareness on behalf of a loved one. You just never know. I don't think it should really matter though, either.
In the end, the message is far more important than the messenger, or at least it should be. When people make it about the messenger, they lessen the impact of the message and most likely, don't even actually absorb the information.
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