“The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth. (Most of his fans were just as ignorant and unlettered; the disease was spreading.)”
― Robert A. Heinlein, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Bkmrk.
Yep. Start the rumor that movie theaters will be unable to prevent the spread of COVID-19 or any other virus no matter how much they try to clean up between showings.
I suspect many more are ignorant and unlettered that read/ read Shakespeare, I know this to be true because they critique our movies and literature!
Good post. I pretty stopped watching sports a few years ago. The kneeling for the anthem was the final straw. Don’t miss them at all.