Reply #187: They aren't exactly alike but that wasn't claimed in the OP [View All]

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just that they all could be called "attention whores" based on their choice to draw attention to their causes. There are no other claims made.

People think Cindy is being put on a pedestal because they assume we're saying she is perfect. No one is saying that. She's been through a lot and she's tired. She wants to quit now, and that's up to her. But to call her an "attention whore" is to not understand that gathering attention is exactly what she needed to do, and many other people have done extreme things to gather attention too. That doesn't mean she is a hero, or that she isn't for that matter, or that her level of "hero-worthyness" is the same as other people mentioned here. That isn't the point here. The only point is that a lot of people who have fought for causes could be called "attention whores".