Billy the Kid.
Revolting and overthrowing a government is against the law…so all the mother fuckers that signed that paper with Hancock.
Can’t remember his name, but the right love to fawn over the guy who built “killdozer”
Bonnie and Clyde! Billy the Kid! I haven’t yet met the cute got girl who doesn’t have a list of favorite serial killers!
Bonnie and Clyde
the entire western genre
Hehehe
Was Robin Hood a real dude?
Watched a thing on him recently. Sure he was, cause apparently he was from Doncaster, not Nottingham.
He is an established folklore character, but it may never be proven whether he was a real person or no.
True. But whether his actions were inspired by real events or purely fictional the character demonstrates the tendency of people to venerate the righteous outlaw.
Slightly off topic but there was an escaped monkey around and people would never report it until they were sure it was gone, they didn’t want it caught.
Julian Assange, Edward Snowden…
I think it comes from America’s roots – America was founded on liberty and freedom, and to some extent, questioning authority, and I think since then it’s been somewhat cyclical with socioeconomic changes.
It’s also part of the American mythos that is perpetuated in film and music. We have superheroes like Batman, Spider-Man, Green Arrow, western heroes like Zorro and the Lone Ranger, movies like Star Wars, The Hunger Games, Bonnie & Clyde, shows like Mr. Robot…
Does Jack Sparrow count?
I think Rosa Parks and the Boston Tea Party-goers can be counted.
Just look how some people still see the civil war as the “war of northern aggression”, and how they still treat so-called “heroes” of the south.
The rap genre
Hehehe
The entire eastern genre
Well classic rap.
Today’s rap doesn’t have as much bragging and flexing. Not to say it doesn’t happen, it’s just not as significant as classic rap.
Today’s rap doesn’t have as much bragging and flexing
What rap are you listening to🤨? And what do you define as classic rap?
Yeah today’s rap definitely has bragging and flexing, it’s just sort of flanderized from “I’m a thug who is tough, fight hard to get what I’ve got, look at me now” to “I’ve got money, I get women, I get fucked up”
I tend to think that Trump is getting idolized, too.
There are people that will idolise all of these, even though they may be a minority. I don’t think that this is what OP meant.
For being a criminal or by being a grifter?
Grifting is often illegal too.
Jesse James.
Billy the Kid.
Jeffery Dahmer.
Charles Manson.
Al Capone.
Baby Face Nelson.
And many, many more.
Out of all these, though, the only one I have seen still be idolized in some capacity is Dahmer. Women seem to love him, despite the fact he was gay. And a cannibal.
Do people really idolize dahmer?
Yes
To that extent, Trump
I still think that guy needs to go fuck off a cliff, but he fits the premise right?
Bonnie and Clyde
also the most prominent idolized today isn’t Dahmer; it’s the guy who just got elected for president
Its part of the western tradition. Bonnie and Clyde for example.
PS. I’m not american.
They are believed to have murdered at least nine police officers and four civilians.
Yes, and Bonnie and Clyde also robbed banks and destroyed mortgages, freeing people from their debts. I have no idea if that’s true, but that’s the myth
