@LetMeBubble
I just realised when coming back to this thread that I spent a lot of time defending them on here but haven’t even heard their speech and I feel like it’s not something I’m keen on doing either.. it’s weird that most of their haters are following them so attentively, while I’m the one accused of being a fan girl !
I genuinely have no interest in them as people or the royal family for that matter.. it’s nice to hear some good news on life events like babies being made and weddings. A little bit of fairytale fun. But any deeper than that, it’s just really not interesting.
What for? Do I feel like they have a sense of obligation to uphold the tradition of this country for my sake? Hmm how old fashioned.
But I believe every human being needs to be treated with decency.
It is also a bit amusing to watch and learn how modernity (aka Harry and Meghan) clashes with tradition (aka royal family), and how it can be exploited by those looking for gossip (aka media).
Modernity should win over tradition where it is morally correct. Tradition should win over modernity where it’s morally correct.
What happens if the moral fabric for both is totally different though?? And they never end up seeing eye to eye?
And what happens when external people are looking to escalate those conflicts.. in order to exploit it and gain from it some of the attention??
I’m taking notes so i can use those events as examples for my kids about philosophy of life !
Popcorn anyone ?
@LetMeBubble I felt depressed at the ignorance and hatred and desperate reaching by those who are desperate to throw shade on Harry and Meghan, and couldn't be bothered replying further to those nutters. However your post spoke for me in so many ways. I am in favour of a Republic. I've never really been a big fan of the Royal family. To be honest, I couldn't care less about any of them (I'm Australian so the thought of someone on the opposite side of the planet being our Head Of State particularly pisses me off). I never even gave Harry a second thought until a year or so ago.
However, I find myself defending Harry, and Meghan in particular because I think there is truly something really evil in the way people are bullying her. I think we've all heard of people suiciding due to bullying and abuse online. Royal people and famous people still eat, urinate, shit. They have feelings. And no matter how much they are told to ignore things, when so many in the media and online are attacking you for absolutely fuck all reason (and neither of them have roasted cats in public or sold babies to the devil), it hurts. People, are.....PEOPLE. Harry and Meghan are still human beings. Whether it be Caroline Flack, or Charlotte Dawson (Australian/New Zealand media celebrity who committed suicide on 22nd February 2014 due to twitter trolls telling her to kill herself after learning she had suffered depression for years), these people are human beings with the same range of emotions and background issues we all have.
I watched Harry and Megan's wedding, but that was it. I never really followed them, and don't know the ins and outs of their work/charity setups - unlike their haters. I'd never really paid any attention to them, nor am I a fan. If they came to Australia, I couldn't truly be arsed to see them.
I am not a fan of them. However, I hate bullying, racism or any media abuse and pile on. People who have read my posts in this thread would think I am a fan of them. Not so. I couldn't have given a rats.....until I saw the bullying in the media and on here, and I feel in a way forced to defend them. People are people, no matter their fame or lack of, and do take to heart what they read and hear about them. So many people suicide do to online bullying. We had the #BeKind movement yet people have forgotten. Or, they think that Meghan is different and somehow 'deserves it'. These people who abuse and bully Meghan have to live with themselves. I think they must be very miserable, desperately unhappy people. I think living in their skin is punishment enough for them.