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I don't think celebrities and actual humans are quite the same. Celebrities have been putting on personas since the very first celebrities began. A celebrity is literally a public image, that's what it is. This stretches to politicians as well. Hannah Montana was not an original idea, it was a commentary on the lives a lot of celebrities live. Tosh.0? A shy introvert.
The only thing you mentioned that was new is the invention of digital avatars. Everything else is business as usual. Who cares?
As for the people harassing people? Well they should stop. Online harassment isn't cool, regardless of celebrity status.
I didn't mention anything other than people that view others as humans would care that other humans are being harassed.
Being doxxed and getting death threats? Oh yeah that's not cool but who cares?
Also, a more minor point relative to your stance that celebs aren't human, but how on earth did you manage to equate a public persona with completely obfuscating ones identity or even creating a totally new identity?
Ok we're talking about different parts of the original post.
Also I literally don't care about this anymore. Enjoy hitting downvote and crying about YouTubers getting caught up in their own choices in pursuit of fame.
Enjoy being proud about being indifferent to human suffering.
Enjoy assuming things about strangers to make yourself feel morally superior.
Your only reply to the whole of the original post was who cares. The doxxing death threats and sexual harassment, who cares. You wanted to say that you were talking about a different part but you gave no context or indication for that when you just said who cares. How is that not indifference to human suffering? It really doesn't seem like much of an assumption.
Get over it.
Yes indifference makes you cool. Caring about things is for losers. Any more grade school wisdom you'd like to impart?
Enjoy assuming things about strangers to make yourself feel morally superior.
Well we already established it's much of an assumption.