Mason County Press: For Robin...

Alright, I'm about to rant, so get ready.

In the wake of a celebrity's passing, millions, no billions of people share quotes, pictures and old funny stories. For a few days, the media and every social network within the US (and outside of the US for certain celebs) scream a trend in that person's name. Many are the discussions of the tragedy, at times in a bit more detail than is really necessary, in my opinion, but also talks of celebrations, the life of said person, how they touched so many people.

There is too, inevitably, a ton of posts from people disgruntled at that fact, those claiming that some rich, cocky celeb gets all of this media attention because they had the "poor little rich girl" syndrome. "What about our troops? The millions of innocent children dying all over the world? The poverty stricken families who live in the streets, unable to find food? Why are they ignored?"

Here is what upsets me:

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