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It is sad to again and again be reminded that even the ones we see as heroes earlier in our lives, could do something to kind of "tarnish" our idea of them. I t
by embedding-shape 21d ago
It is sad to again and again be reminded that even the ones we see as heroes earlier in our lives, could do something to kind of "tarnish" our idea of them. I think lately I've gotten better at handling coming across this, as I'm getting better at realizing we're all just humans, and what we see from these public people is often just a small selected slice, we're all flawed in our ways, but we typically don't get to see those unless it's something extreme, one way or another.
Many cases of this happening too, people loved and celebrated for years/decades, then does something that just absolutely tarnishes everything they would have been remembered for. Philippe Pétain comes to mind as an extreme example, one of France's greatest national heroes up until late in his life, he became head of the Vichy regime and collaborated closely with Nazi Germany.
- thenewnewguy 21d agoComparing Norton selling their company (even to a scummy owner like Symantec) to Pétain collaborating with Nazi Germany feels a bit ... extreme ... to me.
- embedding-shape 20d agoYup, that's exactly what I said. Quoting myself verbatim: > Norton selling his company is exactly like Pétain collaborating with Nazi Germany I wish I didn't say that, but what can you do. Sometime y'all need to probably chug a glass a water and re-read the comment you're about to reply to.
- bbarn 19d agoPétain was a soldier with what, 50 years of experience when he made that choice? He picked the wrong side obviously, but is it also possible he did what he though was best for France? Both things can be true.
- embedding-shape 19d agoYeah, I don't doubt that he did what he thought was best, I think most if not all humans do that most of the time. But I do think the general sentiment about him did shift a bit after he made that choice, which was the point.