So would paying a little piece back by showing support for those people perhaps help to tip the scale a little less? Sure, they aren’t balanced, but one shouldn’t ignore progress just because the job isn’t over yet.
And I would suggest the admiration should be earned, but I also have a hard time thinking of another entertainment platform that brings up issues and spot lights real problems that may go under reported. Using popularity to try and increase public awareness seems pretty admirable.
He is supporting others, but he is supporting the others who support him, with himself being the disproportionate beneficiary of the shared effort.
Oliver’s actions may not be wrong, but the admiration he is afforded through the post exceeds the degree that it is genuinely warranted.
So would paying a little piece back by showing support for those people perhaps help to tip the scale a little less? Sure, they aren’t balanced, but one shouldn’t ignore progress just because the job isn’t over yet.
And I would suggest the admiration should be earned, but I also have a hard time thinking of another entertainment platform that brings up issues and spot lights real problems that may go under reported. Using popularity to try and increase public awareness seems pretty admirable.
I am not objecting to your views as much as to any support for the specific views presented in the post, which I find exaggerated and misguided.