Why do people always throw "You're not famous and successful as he or she is" card when making an opinion??

Question

For instance you would say something in the aspect of why a basketball player isn't doing well.

You would notes their flaws and what needs to be improved and people get mad because you're not a pro, do you have to be a pro to voice your opinion?

Answer 1

No, you don't have to be a pro to voice your opinion. I think sometimes people really like a certain person (celebrity, athlete, etc) and feel like they have to be protective of that person when people are criticizing that person. By saying "you're not famous and successful as he/she is" the person is protecting the person they like and putting down the criticizing person for making what appeared to be a negative comment. I think it's interesting how people will be so quick to protect celebrities and other famous people that they have never met (and probably never will meet) personally.

I also think that if someone criticizes a famous person, the person who likes the famous person may feel like his/her tastes and interests are being judged and that's why they become defensive. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

well, actually no, but i feel your time would be better spent (for the world and for you) in improving yourself. ie seeing other people's faults is easy, but there's nothing you can do about it on the other hand, if you can see your own faults, you can actually do something to make the world better so it's a matter of being much more productive looking at your own problems. it's pointless to point out other people's faults because there's nothing you can do.