Anonymous wrote:When did we start respecting celebrities? Why would we care if they graduated college?

They aren't performing surgery on our children!

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-no, they are not. But they are directing money-driven politics, giving to super-PACs, dining with the president and other politicians, making political propaganda of one type or another, etc.

So there is that. Like, our future as a nation, and all.

When did we start respecting celebrities? Why would we care if they graduated college?

They aren't performing surgery on our children!

Odd post

Op it depends on the college? What college did you attend?

It would never occur to me to use a college degree as a measure on how much I respect a person. It's irrelevant.

Most celebrities in the entertainment world didn't go to college. Even some respected news anchors (Peter Jennings is one) didn't go to/graduate from college.

If your job requires a college degree then it's important. For many in the entertainment world it's not critical.

The CEO of my company didn't go to college. Should I not respect him?

I think actors or musicians who go to college are NOT the norm. Celebrity culture is driven by youth and the younger they get out there the better for their career.

Like Kobe Bryant?

Such a loser.

OK, I'll bite.

Although respect may not be the best description, I have trouble "taking seriously" the child actors that went to Harvard, Yale, etc.

Tyra Banks and Natalie Portman...I'm looking at you.

You need a degree to pretend on film to be someone else, be a singer, be a fool, be a Kardashian ... ? LOL.

I respect no celebrity. Most are dumb as rocks and their opinions mean nothing.

College degree does not = respect.

Anonymous wrote:No, I can't respect people like Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad grew up on a farm, poor, and used to buy and then resell matches on the street. I mean, he founded IKEA and is now one of the richest people in the world, but, whoa, he didn't go to college. What a loser.

Bill Gates got into a college, but he's a dropout, so technically also a loser.



OP, you are ridiculous.

The Kamprad family are well known racists and generally wretched people. Look it up.

Still respect them? Perhaps it is you who is ridiculous.

For me it isn't about respect. I don't respect "celebrities" in general.

A college degree is just a class indicator IMO. I generally assume someone who didn't go to college (and yes, the college does matter, Podunk U doesn't count) is from a less advantaged background. That does not mean that I cannot like and admire someone from such a background. Merely, a college degree is an indicator of how the person was raised and what s/he values or was taught to value. I do think a person should be judged on his/her actions and accomplishments and how s/he treats others.

Wasn't Steve Jobs also a college dropout? The original question is asinine.

Yes. I don't respect anyone who could seriously ask this question though.