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Stop With The Hero Crap

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Terry L. Cooper
3 min readJan 4, 2021

Oxford online

he·ro

/ˈhirō/

noun

  1. a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.

Dictionary.com

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hero

noun, plural he·roes; for 6 also he·ros.

a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.

  1. a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity.
  2. (in the Homeric period) a warrior-chieftain of special strength, courage, or ability.
  3. (in later antiquity) an immortal being, a demigod.

Merriam-Webster

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hero

A. a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability

B. an illustrious warrior

I’m about to piss a whole lot of people off. I know this. Guess what? Doesn’t make what I’m about to say is wrong or that I’m wrong for saying it. Someone needs to because it has gotten way out of hand and this is long overdue.

The word ‘hero’ gets thrown around a lot. More often than not, incorrectly. As…

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