Celebrity Worship- A Symptom Of End Stage Infantilism- Many of my readers will bristle at the above headline. Good. It should cut deep, not just itch. Without getting into specific cases, I'll make a few points and keep this short. In the 1960's, there were many celebrities, entertainers, and public figures who got behind the Civil Rights movement. Harry Belafonte was one example, Kirk Douglas was another, and many more musicians, actors, athletes like Jim Brown, Bill Russell, and writers whom we all know. They gave tons of money, got into good trouble, antagonized J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, put their physical safety on the line by marching in the South, and risked their careers. They were leaders of a movement that after 400 years of getting fucked by America took history in their own hands and decided to peacefully defy unjust laws. They went through a lot more than we have, and realized that they needed to do something different. And after they won, they didn't sit ba...