/lit/ - Literature

/lit/ is discovering that a person who knows a lot about one subject, may not actually know everything.

And what's even more interesting to me, is the preference of this board to hold up and judge conversation being said in a relaxed, off the cuff environment, as if it were some great work that is required reading for an educational course. If you're criticizing these two for speaking blithely, I'm afraid that's because you're unable to understand why these people are so beloved. These are just two ordinary people trying to make sense of the world, yet we have a mob of crusaders eager to burn them at the stake for it. I wouldn't want that to happen to me. Meanwhile this person's true work is cast aside because it actually requires a fair bit of time to study. Gossip is fun because you can fool yourself into believing it's important work.

But these people are public figures you counter, and should be held accountable for what they say? Fair enough. But I don't think this board could even agree on what authority that responsibility should be placed. Let people make their own judgements.