08-01-2016, 07:48 PM
(08-01-2016, 07:40 PM)McC Wrote: You might be confusing role model with "idol."
You may be right. I may have to adjust my position. After looking at some other information I would say that too many people make idols out of role models. For example: a professional athlete that tops the charts on the field but has a domestic violence charge. Theoretically he could still be a role model for his athletic prowess, but you wouldn't want to idolize him because of his moral failings with regards to domestic violence.
I think the problem is that so many people expect role models to be good idols, but no one is really a good idol. Still, I would probably say that I admire people, but I don't know if I would call any of them a role model.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
