All celebrities have their die-hard fans. Justin Bieber has his Beliebers, Beyonce has The Beyhive, and Katy Perry has her Katycats. Die-hard fans of celebrities have been around forever. With the rise of social media, fans can join together in record numbers for even the smallest youtuber like PewDiePie. However, with that rise comes "Haters". A hater according to Google is "a person who greatly dislikes a specified person or thing". Simple enough. It seems though that Haters have arrived more (or at least become more vocal) with the rise of the internet. The farther you go back in time, the less you heard of hate towards big celebrities. That could be because the internet gave them a way to be more vocal, everything a celebrity does is now more publicized, or both. If you look at Justin Bieber who has millions of fans, it also seems as if millions of more people dislike him or at least not "just" indifferent. So why do we hate these celebrities?
The answer is simple! They aren't us. And I'm not saying black people and white people aren't the same or rich people and poor people aren't the same so they should dislike each other. Celebrities aren't like us and that is okay. It is when they tell us how to live that is not okay.
For the purpose of the article, we are going to make a distinction between a celebrity and a famous person. This is just to make it easier on us. We will define a celebrity as someone who is famous for whatever reason, but is also always in the news and tabloids for reasons unrelated solely for their work. According to this definition, I will define Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, and even George Clooney (for all his humanitarian work) as a celebrity. A famous person is just someone who is famous for their work, but stays quiet outside of what they do. I would describe Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Day Lewis, and Barack Obama (his work is leading the nation so telling people what to do is okay) as just a famous person.
Average people are starting to get fed up with celebrities. Obviously, there are those who like tabloids enough to keep the business and celebrities in business. But everyday resentment is growing towards celebrities. There is a simple reason why too. We don't want to be told what to do by hypocrites. How many times will you see celebrity tell you to cut down on gas use only to see them driving one of their many luxurious sports cars? Celebrities will tell us we need to donate to different causes to help the less fortunate when meanwhile we have to fight day to day to survive. The worst offenders are seeing celebrities praised for losing all their baby weight after six weeks when they have a nanny to take care of the baby.
And I'm about to say something that is unpopular. It is mostly liberals. Kim Kardashian just went to support Hillary Clinton. Beyonce just did the controversial Black Lives Matter-esque act at the Superbowl. Yes, you do see more conservative famous people speaking out nowadays, but that is usually Jon Voight speaking out for Israel, or a Republican celebrity talking about how people should be left alone.
Liberals live in a world of La La Land. Just look at every millennial Bernie Sanders supporter asking for free college education who will call you a cold-hearted person if you disagree. There are the liberals who actually believe in what they preach and I can respect them. I have a professor who sends her daughter to a more expensive daycare specifically for the attraction of it being more diverse. I don't agree with that, but I respect it. Most liberals aren't like that. (Ever hear of the section 8 housing in Fair Lawn issue)? However, liberal celebrities are even worse. Many of them are uneducated people who hit the lottery genetically and got lucky being discovered. They have more money than they know what to do with. For them, donating tens of thousands of dollars at a time is a drop in the bucket. Celebrities can do it and then they just expect you to follow. Let's not mention that it is actually beneficial for them when they do charity work because it gives them positive publicity.
These people don't live in reality. Ever watch the Academy Awards? It is a bunch of them patting each other on the back. Do they work hard? Yes, some of them do. Do I admire their work ethic? Yes, I can, but I don't need Jennifer Lawrence telling me how I'm a bad person because I support a party that in her eyes "doesn't support women's basic rights".
Celebrities are put in a position that makes them think they are gods and know what is best for everyone. It is our own fault for letting them get there. We can do something about it though. Stand up, and call out celebrities who make ludicrous statements or tell us what to do. Let them know that they aren't one of us.
Next time a celebrity tells you they are one of the guys, don't believe them. It is okay that they aren't like us. Their psyche is very different. They have struggles that are different than ours. But they aren't us.
Sources
https://www.google.com/search?q=hater&oq=hater&aqs=chrome..69i57.1578j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
http://madamenoire.com/275027/beliebers-barbz-and-the-beyhive-the-craziest-celebrity-fan-bases-and-the-weird-names-theyve-adopted/
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/259951-jennifer-lawrence-the-gop-doesnt-support-womens-basic-rights
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