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Letter: Don't call Jenner a 'hero'

June 12, 2015

A journalist looks at Vanity Fair's Twitter site

I find it fascinating, the massive media time allotted to the topic of Bruce Jenner and his transformation to something other than a man ["Give factual answers about Jenner's gender transition," exploreLI, June 10].

Among the words used are heroic, courageous, historic.

This is a man with a family and a once-great athlete who adorned the box of Wheaties. He now claims he's a woman -- and the media and public say this is courage?

 

What is so disturbing is that a true hero, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle of "American Sniper" fame, was deemed a coward by filmmaker Michael Moore.

We should be ashamed as a nation to admire someone like Jenner. He has done nothing but destroy his image and history. One may do what one wants within the law, but let's not use the term "hero" to describe these actions.

Lawrence Harkavy, Saint James

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HE is no hero. HE is a former athlete who made a lifestyle change.

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Well, people are entitled to pick their own heroes. So, maybe not a hero like a national Soldier, but maybe more a champion of a cause that someone cares about. So, people can write articles that he/she isn't a hero, but we don't get to decide for someone else who is a hero to them. Obviously, this has sparked something deep in some people. So, who knows.

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He is a train wreck. I think it shows the mentality of anyone calling him a hero.

They have that freedom to pick their hero. But it doesn't mean they are right.

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The lowest private in the military has more manhood and bravery in their little pinky the Michael Moore in his whole body.

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Micheal Moore is an idiot.

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Lindley wrote:

The lowest private in the military has more manhood and bravery in their little pinky the Michael Moore in his whole body.

 A 5 yr old braving a new school is higher on the list than Micheal Moore.



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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

Micheal Moore is an idiot.

  He is also a hypocrite .



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lilyofcourse wrote:
Lindley wrote:

The lowest private in the military has more manhood and bravery in their little pinky the Michael Moore in his whole body.

 A 5 yr old braving a new school is higher on the list than Micheal Moore.

 I agree



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Lindley wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

Micheal Moore is an idiot.

  He is also a hypocrite .

 That too.  And many other words.  None nice though.



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Well, people are entitled to pick their own heroes. So, maybe not a hero like a national Soldier, but maybe more a champion of a cause that someone cares about. So, people can write articles that he/she isn't a hero, but we don't get to decide for someone else who is a hero to them. Obviously, this has sparked something deep in some people. So, who knows.

Well said Gaga. I completely agree with you. 



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Well, people are entitled to pick their own heroes. So, maybe not a hero like a national Soldier, but maybe more a champion of a cause that someone cares about. So, people can write articles that he/she isn't a hero, but we don't get to decide for someone else who is a hero to them. Obviously, this has sparked something deep in some people. So, who knows.

 But this isn't about any one individual choosing a hero.  This is about the contrast in who the media calls heroes--and that is seriously fvcked up.



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I agree with huskerbb. The media is designating him as a hero. I wouldn't care if transgender people wanted to designate him as their hero, but a hero in the general sense of the word, who should be accepted as a hero by all? No. He is no hero in the general sense of the word.

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A hero does something deserving like sacrifice for another.

There was nothing Jenner did for anyone but himself.

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