Should celebs always have a take, asks an article in The Goods.

It mentions a video on TikTok that questioned an influencer’s possible views on the recent Israel-Palestine crisis. “Do you guys even care about the issue or do you care about influencers caring about the issue?”

Social media has given us the expectation that every video, every tweet, every take needs to be a 100 percent irreproachable statement and encompass the lived experiences of everyone who might read it. “ ‘The way this app makes us act like teenagers need to have PhD-level expertise on every single topic is crazy,” was the gist of one TikTok I saw months ago and haven’t been able to stop thinking about (it),” says the writer.

One feels sorry for influencers or celebs. It’s true that their voice lends strength to a protest. But a) they may not be interested in an issue; b) they may not feel strongly about it; c) they may actually feel the opposite way and d) they may simply not know enough. A celeb’s business is to be a celeb, really, doing whatever he or she does. An influencer is not supposed to know all.

Yes, of course, a conscience is most welcome along with fame, but knowledge, interest and instant anger at every injustice cannot be expected from everyone. Such unanimous protests can also sound, well, fake.