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?
It is heroic to some.
Villainous to others.
Heroism and Villainy are two sides to the same coin.
It is heroic to some.
Villainous to others.
Heroism and Villainy are two sides to the same coin.
Racism usually has its own crowd, so I doubt you could argue along these lines.
I don't consider myself a real racist, but I think racists can be heroic, as can other people I disagree with. Perhaps I'd initially define heroism as doing things that others would shy away from due to the personal risk involved. Hero is usually a label applied to others of the same alignment, so in the modern context the hero should have at least someone else on their side.
One person's hero is another's villain, and I'm guessing @X175B247 might relate to that given his previously expressed moral flexibility.
Racism usually has its own crowd, so I doubt you could argue along these lines.
I don't consider myself a real racist, but I think racists can be heroic, as can other people I disagree with. Perhaps I'd initially define heroism as doing things that others would shy away from due to the personal risk involved. Hero is usually a label applied to others of the same alignment, so in the modern context the hero should have at least someone else on their side.
One person's hero is another's villain, and I'm guessing @X175B247 might relate to that given his previously expressed moral flexibility.
Honestly, my whole life all I've ever heard was "don't try to be a hero".
Now obviously there is going to be a distinction between superheroes and regular good guy heroes, but at the end of the day most of them get killed.
What does a hero mean to me? In this day and age I'd have to say that a hero is the person who goes against the crowd.
Heroism is having the bravery to go against social norms.