Disturbing: MLB Umpire Is One Of 14 People Arrested In Human Trafficking Sting — Allegedly Showed To A Hotel After Making Arrangements Over the Internet

A Major League Baseball Umpire was arresting in a human trafficking sting this past weekend. Brian O’Nora was one of 14 men who showed to a hotel to pay for sex after having made arrangements over the internet.

I’m not a big baseball fan. I have no idea who this guy is. But I’m just adding it to my list of reasons why people should stop idolizing celebrities, politicians, musicians, athletes, and well-known figures. ASAP.

I’m all for celebrating skills and achievements. I love that people are proud of their home or college sports teams and get together to commune with other fans, but as a society we’ve moved a bit past appreciation or even basic adoration.

Our society has begun to WORSHIP these figures, going so far as to care what they’re wearing, what they’re naming their children, or what political policies they endorse, and we praise them as people to look up to for MERELY EXISTING. It’s well beyond basic appreciation, and it leads to surprises like this human trafficking arrest. Or Allison Mack’s cult involvement and arrest. Or Jonathan Rhys Meyers DUI.

I’d rather hear about Matthew McConaughey’s foundation to promote health and activity amongst high school students than I would about Charlize Theron and her ground-breaking bravery in helping her adopted son realize he was a girl at age 3. Show me Gary Sinise building Smart Homes for wounded veterans over Gwyneth Paltrow and her $75 vagina-scented candles any day.

I haven’t bought a magazine in years because of all of the stupidity on the covers. I can’t be the only person out there who wants to hear about the positive and fascinating things going on in the world instead of the layout of a famous mansion I have no interest in seeing, the designer of “one-of-a-kind” dress some dude is wearing for a photoshoot, or some potential drama from a babysitter/mistress.

Is there a petition I can sign somewhere? Please stop selling vapid celebrities and dumb-as-rocks athletes as role-models! I literally lose brain cells listening to them speak, and 90% of them end up letting their fans down at some point due to illegal activities. It’s okay they’ll go to rehab and “find themselves” to return to the spotlight good as new.

Can we please not be here when they return to the spotlight? Not only are famous figures often revealed to be “simply human”, but some of them show themselves to be the worst among us. I hope that we can make the decision as a society to uplift those who are worthy of our time and consideration, while leaving everyone else to the category in which they firmly belong. For example – just a good athlete. No other admiration needed.