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> "But if you only admire the interesting parts, you get a horribly inaccurate picture." I don't think that's how admiration generally works. I admire Steve J
by autokad 7y ago
> "But if you only admire the interesting parts, you get a horribly inaccurate picture."
I don't think that's how admiration generally works. I admire Steve Jobs on many things, but he was a cruel human being to some. When I see a sports star, I don't need to know 'the whole picture' to admire their amazing catch or dedication to training. That doesn't make it 'horrid'.
- jcranmer 7y agoBut only focusing on the good is definitely a trend that happens a lot--it's called romanticizing. And the ultimate thesis here is that Sparta has been heavily romanticized in modern culture: to modern people, Sparta is the epitome of a proud, independent, martial ethos, when in actuality it was a society led by indoctrinated child soldiers whose military prowess was middling at best and whose military reputation was overrated, even contemporaneously.
- autokad 7y ago> "But only focusing on the good is definitely a trend that happens a lot--it's called romanticizing." It doesn't appear that way to me at least. The tired trend I see "hey, you see that thing you like, here let me rub shit all over it. Why do you like it? stop fantasizing, cant you see that I found something bad in it so you are obligated to hate the whole thing". Case in point.