Amid the moral lenses attached to Smith’s future, the counterbalance questions didn’t get much airtime. Do golfers who stay with the US PGA support a country where black hole prisons are a reality and women have fewer rights than gun owners?
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And do the good and optics of morality trump what is right for the individual?
Social media means we feel like celebrities are friends who care about two cents worth of random numbers. The sense of ownership we have for public figures means we believe we have a say in what they do, say, what they should stand for.
Former Jennifer Lopez found this out after announcing her quick nuptials in Las Vegas to Ben Affleck. The bride-to-be’s transgression wasn’t her final choice of groom (see how easy it is to moralize?) but for her to take his last name.
This has been called, among other things, regressive. An attack on the “social forces and historical paradigms that drive us”. OK. It was also a woman’s choice, as she is called.
I have kept my own surname through two marriages. I believe that you are born with a name and that it is your story and identity and should be cherished. Shamefully, I once grilled my niece at her wedding about why she changed hers. Still, I absolutely believe that individual choices trump perceived attacks on the sorority.
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Witness the sly remarks as Meghan rubbed Harry’s back as he addressed the United Nations on climate change and food shortages. Always sensitive, she also grabbed his arm with both hands.
Meghan, if you want your husband to look like a giant baby in need of reassurance or like he’s under arrest, be our guest. Thousands wouldn’t, but they can mind their own beeswax.
Disclosing bad behavior is one thing, teaching someone how to make money, manage their career, make a name for themselves, or do PDAs is another. Especially if they do not harm others.
Kate Halfpenny is the founder of Bad Mother Media.
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