Here is how the press and media work. They build you up, then tear you down. And if they can, they build you up again so they can tear you down. It's a cycle. Well, that cycle has begun for Susan Boyle in record time. No sooner has the British press embraced Susan Boyle has it looked for a way to tear her down.
In Britain today, Susan Boyle was taunted and verbally abused by locals to a point she lost control of her senses.
With police present, Susan Boyle reacted harshly and could be heard yelling by many onlookers in the lobby of the Wembley Plaza Hotel in North London, "How f***ing dare you! You can't f***ing talk to me like that."
The immediate reaction of the British press is to vilify Boyle, not the people that taunted her. This is the press in it's classic tear down mode after it has spent exhaustive effort in building her up.
Who among us doesn't have a breaking point? Who among us hasn't wanted to do something with their talent and done nothing with it? Susan Boyle is just a regular person thrust into a spot light. For her to lose her temper with people looking to abuse her and treat her inhumanely is completely acceptable.
Celebrities sometimes do not deserve our pity. Many love the spotlight and deserve to have a microscope put upon them. Susan Boyle is not one of them. Susan Boyle is you and I. She is one of us. A regular person that is a good person put in a hostile environment.
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