FabSwingers.com forum: Who do you admire in the public eye?

By *asual777 OP Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

From the lounge

A good few come to mind but would love to hear your view

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nobody, the idea of heroes has been shown to be nonsense with all the appalling scandals of recent years, we are all a mixture of good and bad.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

No-one.

Celebrities are very frequently narcissists who need a constant supply of attention, admiration and 'stroking' to assuage their inherently fragile personalities, damaged in childhood by parents who had themselves been hurt.

Media help to build public images and just as easily tear them down on a whim.

The greasy pole of fame is best avoided; it is almost invariably illusory.

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By *asual777 OP Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

Wasn’t thinking anyone heroic . More someone standing up for something which helps others

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally I love Tyson Fury and Dwayne Johnson. Two cool, funny and positive people. I can be cynical enough I suppose about celebrities with high popularity however these two spread positivity and laughs. What's not to admire

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By *mmmm300Woman
over a year ago

cork

No one in an international stage comes to mind. On a local to cork stage, Penny Dinners (a charity) and all involved. Utterly amazing group of people.

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By *ilthyNightsCouple
over a year ago

East / North, Cork

Rocky Gervais - For his celebrity takedowns particularly at the golden globes, and for afterlife

Prof Brian Cox - For his love of physics and the way he makes it accessible. Also being an ex popstar who had a massive hit singing about ecstscy and generally being a total ride.

Keanu Reeves - For being cool and generous. He should run classes on how to be a celebrity.

Kate Winslett - Because she survived being a child star without imploding. For prioritising her kids over her acting. For choosing awesome strong female roles and killing it every time.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

David Attenborough His programmes taught more people about the planet and animal kingdom than anyone else

Dolly Parton her charity book club does so much to help people and educate them

U2 make me proud to be Irish when I hear their music abroad and they do a hell of a lot of social work

President Higgins for being a decent president

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By *eginaGWoman
over a year ago

All the trans women from the TV Show pose - MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Dominique Jackson, Angelica Ross.

Taught me more about the lives and struggles of transgender people than any flag, online post or hashtag ever could.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All the trans women from the TV Show pose - MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Dominique Jackson, Angelica Ross.

Taught me more about the lives and struggles of transgender people than any flag, online post or hashtag ever could. "

Yes!!! Couldn't agree more!

Also ex Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall. He does a lot for marginalised groups and his book "Mind Games" is a real joy to read

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By *asual777 OP Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

"All the trans women from the TV Show pose - MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Dominique Jackson, Angelica Ross.

Taught me more about the lives and struggles of transgender people than any flag, online post or hashtag ever could. "

Pose is very good

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By *asual777 OP Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

"David Attenborough His programmes taught more people about the planet and animal kingdom than anyone else

Dolly Parton her charity book club does so much to help people and educate them

U2 make me proud to be Irish when I hear their music abroad and they do a hell of a lot of social work

President Higgins for being a decent president

And her role in developing moderna

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By *3nsesMan
over a year ago

Dublin

"Personally I love Tyson Fury and Dwayne Johnson. Two cool, funny and positive people. I can be cynical enough I suppose about celebrities with high popularity however these two spread positivity and laughs. What's not to admire"

In relation to Tyson Fury spreading positivity and laughs - unless your gay or a woman. If your gay he just despises you and thinks you should burn in hell. Infairness, he's a much more positive view towards women compared to that. He thinks their best place is either in the kitchen or on their back.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Corey Taylor. The guy went through abuse, addiction and multiple other things and has to be one of the more positive people I've ever seen.

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By *3nsesMan
over a year ago

Dublin

Holly Cairns from an Irish point of view. The only blot on her is that she dated someone from Fianna Fail.

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson too. They have also navigated being child stars into normal adults very well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jimmy White since i was a kid, his book is a great read, especially the stories of him & Alex higgings. Thought he was great telling his story on tommy tiernan last week.

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By *asual777 OP Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

"Rocky Gervais - For his celebrity takedowns particularly at the golden globes, and for afterlife

Prof Brian Cox - For his love of physics and the way he makes it accessible. Also being an ex popstar who had a massive hit singing about ecstscy and generally being a total ride.

Keanu Reeves - For being cool and generous. He should run classes on how to be a celebrity.

Kate Winslett - Because she survived being a child star without imploding. For prioritising her kids over her acting. For choosing awesome strong female roles and killing it every time."

Keanu does stand out for some reason

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By *dfabMan
over a year ago

Dunboyne

All those rock stars who smoked and snorted everything going, fucked anything that moved, have 15kids they know about and are still selling millions of albums!

You have to say, You Jammy Bastards!

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By *dfabMan
over a year ago

Dunboyne

Oh! Billy Connolly. For making so much of a mockery of the inhibited attitudes to sex and the church a thing of the past. I don't think there's a single individual that helped the collective population to wake up and smell the coffee as much as he did.

Plus his openness about living with Parkinson's and how he gets on with life as best he can.

For me, he's one of the greatest, funniest, real people that ever lived

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Corey Taylor. The guy went through abuse, addiction and multiple other things and has to be one of the more positive people I've ever seen. "

Yes! I love Corey Taylor, very open now about what went on, and an amazing talent to go with it

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