Is it the rigid application of a certain set of ideals? Is it bravery in the heat of battle or the face of adversity? How do you understand heroism?
I definitely agree with you here. Some kid with cancer that puts on a brave face isn't a hero. Some unlucky chump who gets iced isn't either.
As other posters have said, self-sacrifice seems to be the main trait of a hero.
I definitely agree with you here. Some kid with cancer that puts on a brave face isn't a hero. Some unlucky chump who gets iced isn't either.
As other posters have said, self-sacrifice seems to be the main trait of a hero.
Perhaps more important, certainly equally important in these times, would be to identify things that are not heroic.
Take people who just happen to not get shot in a mass shooting for instance. There is nothing heroic about this whatsoever. It is just dumb 'luck' for lack of a better term. If you just happen to be near others who die and not die yourself, this does not make you a hero. I'm really sick of that shit.
It's been said often, including here in this thread that saying things that go against 'the norm' is heroic. Bullshit. Brave, maybe, certainly bold but not heroic by any stretch.
Another good example. People who are ill and going to die, but haven't died yet. This does not make you a fucking hero.
Hero's put their selves in real physical danger for the sake of others. You don't see them on the evening news. If someone did something heroic and then went on the news, it negates the deed. They are not heroes.