{"id":9702,"date":"2015-06-11T21:38:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T21:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=9702"},"modified":"2015-06-11T21:38:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T21:38:31","slug":"about-to-declare-ware-on-misuse-of-word-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=9702","title":{"rendered":"About to declare war on misuse of word ‘hero’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’ve just about had it up to here with those who keep using the “h-word” improperly.<\/p>\n

I saw a tweet this afternoon about the death of pro wrestler Dusty Rhodes. It referred to him as a “blue-collar hero.”<\/p>\n

Blue-collar hero?<\/em> Yep. That’s what it said.<\/p>\n

I’m on the verge of declaring war on the misuse of that word.<\/p>\n

My war declaration, though, requires me to come up with an alternative word.<\/p>\n

In the Dusty Rhodes case, what could we use to replace the term “hero” as it was used in that tweet? Blue-collar celebrity?<\/em> Blue-collar icon?<\/em> Blue-collar star?<\/em><\/p>\n

The words “icon” and “star” perhaps overstate Rhodes’s status. But what the heck, this isn’t about Dusty Rhodes. It’s about the constant misuse of a term that should be used sparingly — and only to describe individuals deserving of the term.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine noted that Caitlyn Jenner — the woman formerly known as Bruce Jenner — is being touted as a hero. I haven’t heard that term attached to Caitlyn Jenner, although it wouldn’t surprise me in the least.<\/p>\n

Heroes are fighting men and women who put themselves in harm’s way in defense of the country; they are firefighters who rush into<\/em> burning buildings to save people’s lives; they are police officers who risk their lives arresting violent criminals.<\/p>\n

They aren’t athletes. Or entertainers. Or reality-TV celebrities.<\/p>\n

Can we stop misusing that word? Please?<\/p>\n\n

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I’ve just about had it up to here with those who keep using the “h-word” improperly. I saw a tweet this afternoon about the death of pro wrestler Dusty Rhodes. It referred to him as a “blue-collar hero.” Blue-collar hero? Yep. That’s what it said. I’m on the verge of declaring war on the misuse … Continue reading About to declare war on misuse of word ‘hero’<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[764,801,1483,1737,2111,3075,3629],"class_list":["post-9702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bruce-jenner","tag-caitlyn-jenner","tag-dusty-rhodes","tag-firefighters","tag-heroes","tag-military-personnel","tag-police-officers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}