[humblegunner]

A few words about why heroes are so important

They're too busy to write blogs?

[ronnie raygun]

When they speak of hero's like George Washington the children are immediately told they were slave owners.

[Crapgame]

I’ve been harping on this for some time. As an adjunct professor of humanities, I teach courses in Ancient and Medieval Cultures, The Modern World, (Renaissance to War on Terror) and American History and the Constitution. Unfortunately, as an adjunct I have no influence on the selection of texts. All I can do is try to mitigate some of the damage from the assigned readings. I tell my students up front that their books are primarily social histories, or another form of social studies. We need to get away from social studies in primary and secondary school and go back to teaching history. I am amazed at what an incredible lack of basic American history my students possess when they come into my classroom.....and yes, as my tagline suggests, I openly advocate teaching American Exceptionalism...

[xrmusn]

HERO?

SORRY, I THINK NOT.

Just because you do the ‘right’ thing or even ‘invent’ something to better others, or overcome adversity or handicap to become brilliant, does NOT make one a hero.

Interesting? Yes.
Courageous (going against the grain)? Yes.
Outstanding? Yes.

Some people would consider BO a hero, and I am mildly ‘surprised’ that 60 minutes didn’t sort of mention him in that capacity.

HERO? NO!!

And before someone says BUT the dictionary def says....

I will ask

If you are a bright, cheery, happy person and I said you were gay, would you be ‘upset’?