Posted on 01/23/2014 12:45:42 AM PST by grundle
Bruce Springsteen has long been a champion of working-class heroes in his music, and now his son has actually become one. Twenty-year-old Sam Springsteen – the youngest son of Bruce and Patti Scialfa – just graduated from Monmouth County Fire Academy and will join the fire department in his hometown of Colts Neck, New Jersey, according to the Asbury Park Press.
Proud mama Scialfa posted a photo on Instagram of her son in full firefighter regalia with the caption, "My youngest son, Sam, graduated from Monmouth County Fire Academy tonight. #Proud #OurFamilyHero."
Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Bruce became a vocal supporter of firefighters and other service people who were killed during the World Trade Center rescue efforts. He headlined the benefit concert "America: A Tribute to Heroes" on September 21, 2001, to raise money for 9/11 victims and their families and emphasizing the work of New York City firefighters and police officers.
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But my point is that by not being a professional firefighter, he obviously has a career unrelated to this. His parents didn’t mention that.
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This is a story about a young man graduating from a firefighting program. And you take issue that his full C.V. is not included?
weird.
Not weird at all. Springsteen pretends to be a man of the people and he and his wife put their son out there as a working class hero - when, in fact, he is probably a voluntary fireman with another career. Now, please don’t ignore the fact that I think it is laudatory and wonderful that the son is doing this. I’m just cynical about his parents. I live in his neighborhood and while Springsteen is personally a nice guy, his politics are shameless. And please don’t just assume I’m somehow putting their son down. Quite the opposite.
Did he save a life during training?
Not weird at all. Springsteen pretends to be a man of the people and he and his wife put their son out there as a working class hero
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Yes, very weird and getting weirder.
The story is about a young man, and you just want to talk about the sins of the father.
The parents rightfully expressed pride in their son, and you have turned that into them “making him a working class hero.”
Oh, stop.
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