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Originally Posted by kutulu
I think that in general people are just jealous that when a celebrity speaks up, they get listened to.
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Are there times when it is warranted for a celebrity to speak out? Yes. Michael J. Fox speaking about Parkinsons at a congressional hearing is perfectly fine by me. He knows about it. I have no problem with it. What I have a problem with are things like the Senate's Environment and Public Works subcommittee on the subject of mountaintop mining. One of the experts brought in to speak about it, that's right, you guessed it, the Backstreet Boys' Kevin Richardson. Yes, you read that correctly. He was invited in front of congress to speak about a topic that was based around the effects about contaminated water from the dirt and rocks that end up in nearby water sources. This is why it annoys me, they bring in a Backstreet Boy when they should be listening to a geologist, what happens as a result is that, yes, the celeb's voice is heard, but the point is marginalized because a celebrity is easy to dismiss since that celebrity is likely to not be an expert, and in a lot of cases, not really even know what the hell they're talking about.