People are over-reacting to Miley Cyrus's VMA performance.

Yes she has been a role model for many years but she was only as much of a role model as people saw her to be. She never took on the job of "role model", it was just a perception that people had of her. Miley has clearly shown that she has changed from those days, maybe not for the better but she has certainly changed as she has gotten older. Because people know her as the sweet role model type girl from Hannah Montana (which might I add is complete acting) and not Miley's own personality, they expect her to play that character forever. No matter what Miley has become it is totally unfair to expect someone to play a character for the rest of their lives and slate them when they are not. She is showing that she is past those days. Of course she is going the complete wrong way about showing it but let's face it, how many 20 year old girls nowadays act like the current Miley Cryus; A LOT. The only reason why people are complaining so much about Miley is the fact that she was a child star on a kids show, which again I must say was totally acting. So basically people are complaining that she's not playing an acting role . Of course though, they don't ever think of it that way. For example, if Rihanna did a performance like that, which she regularly does, there would be a fraction of the amount of complaints as Miley's and I'm sure just as much young girls, if not more, see Rihanna as a role model too. If you think Miley's performance glorifies date rape and was degenerating towards women then what do you think the unrated Blurred Lines video does? A lot worse I would say, but again there is little to no complaints about that. "10-year-olds at my school are completely infatuated with 'Hannah'. Imagine the effect Miley's VMA stunt would have on their innocent minds." These girls are merely just obsessed with a character rather than a real person. It would be beneficial for them to realize the difference now rather than later. Why should Miley sacrifice the freedom of expression and pretend to be someone she's not at this stage of her life, just to keep innocent, ignorant young girls happy, even with her current explicit expressions. (I don't mean ignorant in a derogatory way, just in an honest way). "Keep in mind, that the video is something one sees by choice, but a live performance?" You only saw the live performance from a video, unless you were there yourself so it's the exact same principle. "And a live performance like that cannot be censored." If it could be censored then it wouldn't as there is no need to censor a clothed girl who is just making a fool of herself. Again it is not fair to condemn her so harshly for her performance just because people were not expecting her to do it or didn't think she'd ever do it, yet Rihanna can do a similar performance on any given night and not be condemned for it but why? Because people were expecting her to do it? Do you see what I mean? You say "Suppose a little girl sees a picture of Miley's this performance, and tells her mother that she wants the same outfit as 'Hannah', as she always does. What do you expect the mother to react?" Well, Suppose a little girl hears about or sees the blurred lines unrated video and tells her mother that she wants to go around naked because of the girls in the video? Suppose a little girl sees a picture of a woman in a bikini in a magazine or newspaper and says she wants the same outfit? Suppose a little girl sees a woman in a bikini on a tv ad and says she wants the same outfit? Why shouldn't we all outrage over this? To name but a few examples. Given what I have said I do not see any logical reason why Miley Cyrus should be singled out. I therefore feel that peoples strong reaction to her performance is not justified.