Losing respect for people

Does anyone else find that whenever they stumble across some random celebrities TWAW handmaideny support posts to the most oppressed of all communities that they just sort of drop in your estimation.

I agree with you, OP, but I think the larger question we all need to ask is: why do we as a society automatically give "respect" to "random celebrities" and hold them high our estimation?

I've met quite a few celebrities in my lifetime, and honestly most of them were "nothing to write home about" as the old saying put it.

Most people in the acting business are good at memorizing dialogue written by others & playacting to give the impression of authentic human emotions & intelligence. They are mimes who use words, not great minds or moral authorities. They are experts at creating a certain public image of themselves & at "virtue signalling."

Most pop stars are not deep intellectuals with humanitarian impulses, they are craven conformist capitalists out for the cash & fame. Those pop stars who do seem to display humanitarian impulses often end up doing much more damage and harm than good to the people they've decided they want to help through their naive "do gooderism" (as the story of Live Aid shows).

There's an old saying: "never meet your heroes/idols." Coz they are bound to be a disappointment. The modern version should be: never follow your heroes/idols on social media or in the press.