“Just because someone has the guts to tell the truth and not worry about what others think, doesn’t mean they don’t have feelings or a heart.”
Exactly. You’d think conservatives would believe that telling the truth, tho it might hurt, would be preferable to leading someone on to believe s/he has talent when that is not the case.
The saddest contestants I’ve seen on American Idol are at the tryouts where there are those who’ve been assured all their lives that they have incredible talent, when they just don’t. Not unlike students who are told they are so bright, when in the bigger world they are, at best, average.
>>Exactly. You’d think conservatives would believe that telling the truth, tho it might hurt, would be preferable to leading someone on to believe s/he has talent when that is not the case.<<
I think what he does is a kindness. Soft-selling when someone flat-out has no talent is of no help to them. You can’t wish talent onto yourself — you have to have a kernel to begin with.
His direct statements are the best things the contestants can hear.