Actors fear backlash

[Matt]

My point about quoting is that it's not that difficult to refer to previous posts. If there is a previous statement that you wish to comment, use quoting like you just did. On the other hand, quoting whole pages just don't make sense.

/Matt

 

[PliotronX]

Ph34r the almighty blackslash \\\\\\\\\\\\

 

[Topher]

We have to listen to them spout off their "anti-war" crap, but we aren't allowed to spout off our own "boycott the anti-war idiot" crap? Duh, can we say double-standards?

And where do they get off even remotely comparing this to the McCarthyism days? Just shows that you don't need to be very intelligent to be a professional actor.

I'm still fuming about the celebrities trying to create government influence over the whole Elian Gonzalez thing. (Numbnuts Gloria Estefan and Andy Garcia in particular.)

Shut up and do your damn job, you stupid fvcking actors. Let us form our own INFORMED opinions.

Kid Rock was (oddly enough) a very good voice of reason on this whole thing.

 

[Red Dawn]

Do they actually think that people are stupid enough to boycott their work because they happen to disagree with their political views? Man they must think those that are Pro Bush must be knuckle dragging Morons.

 

[StageLeft]

If they weren't all such freaking loonies this wouldn't be a problem.

 

[Red Dawn]

I didn't notice zanybody boycotting Chucky Hestons Movies lately..well maybe because he hasn't made any but if there was a Movie about God and he was playing his usual lead I doubt that people would be boycotting it because he's a loon..they'd just be avoiding it because he sucks as an actor.

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: Topher
We have to listen to them spout off their "anti-war" crap, but we aren't allowed to spout off our own "boycott the anti-war idiot" crap? Duh, can we say double-standards?

And where do they get off even remotely comparing this to the McCarthyism days? Just shows that you don't need to be very intelligent to be a professional actor.

Because, professor, there's a difference between a boycott(fine but pointless) and simply demanding that someone lose their job over political views.

 

[Topher]

Originally posted by: jaeger66

Originally posted by: Topher
We have to listen to them spout off their "anti-war" crap, but we aren't allowed to spout off our own "boycott the anti-war idiot" crap? Duh, can we say double-standards?

And where do they get off even remotely comparing this to the McCarthyism days? Just shows that you don't need to be very intelligent to be a professional actor.

Because, professor, there's a difference between a boycott(fine but pointless) and simply demanding that someone lose their job over political views.

Exactly! Nobody ever said these guys will lose their jobs, either in the government or the entertainment industry. Where is the comparison?

And you don't need to call me professor. I'm not your teacher.

 

[Electric Amish]

Good. They should.

amish

 

[exp]

They fear another era of McCarthyism

Hollywood types have always been paranoid about blacklists...it's kind of amusing, really. To this day there are still those that think Elia Kazan is the devil himself and object to *any* recognition of his achievements as a director. Contrast that with their nonchalant attitude towards Roman Polanski's Oscar nomination and it's pretty clear where Hollywood's priorities lie.

 

[CPA]

It's not only regular people who are getting tired of the hollywood elite's idiocy. (see sig below)

 

[NightTrain]

Originally posted by: jaeger66
Because, professor, there's a difference between a boycott(fine but pointless) and simply demanding that someone lose their job over political views.

No there isn't. Both are free speech issues.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Good. They should.

amish

Hahaha. Fear keeps you on your toes🙂 I don't watch or watch a TV program or Movie based on an Actors political views. Of course I really don't give a damn what they have to say about politics in the first place. In fact I kind of expect actors to be weird as they are artists themselves and from what I've seen their values are always a little off because they tend to think in the abstract. Even if I felt like Martin Sheen does regarding this upcoming war (which I don't) his being an acto0r would seem to me as more of a distraction to the cause than anything else. Of course I hold other Celebrities like Limbaugh and Heston in the same low regard when it comes to Politics. They, like Sheen, just use their notoriety to influence those of lessor mental capabilities.

 

[BooGiMaN]

I think everyone has the right to express their feelings and views but i think people in high profile situations should really have some tact and think before they speak ...i heard on the radio that Harry Belefonte was in the neatherlands or some foreign country on a tv program and basically bad mouthed our president ..and said things like bush is totally evil and possesed..

I mean come on whats that all about.. yeah say i think if he said i disagree with the president and such is ok but how does it reflect on us as a nation when our celebs begin to talk crap saying that our president is possessed by the devil and a 100% evil :Q😕

 

[T2T III]

They should feel backlash, not only because of their anti-war statements - but, because their talents are not worth the amount they are getting paid.

 

[Soybomb]

I don't think you can compare angry viewers to mccarthyism.......

Anyway who cares what an actor, director, etc think about politics? They have just as much a right to express their opinion as I do, but I certainly don't care to listen to him. Thats like asking the checker at wal-mart for medical advice......

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
They should feel backlash, not only because of their anti-war statements - but, because their talents are not worth the amount they are getting paid.

Wow you sound like an Envy Merchant.

 

[Zebo]

They are terrorists

Under USAPA sec. 805. for giving material support to the enemy🙂

 

[Pocatello]

It's a free country, they should have the right to say what they want, and I have the right to boycott their shows and products. You make your choice, but you have to face the consequences of your choice.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
They should feel backlash, not only because of their anti-war statements - but, because their talents are not worth the amount they are getting paid.

Wow you sound like an Envy Merchant.

What, me envious? Not a chance. 😉

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
They should feel backlash, not only because of their anti-war statements - but, because their talents are not worth the amount they are getting paid.

Wow you sound like an Envy Merchant.

What, me envious? Not a chance. 😉

🙂

 

[GasX]

If you use your celebrity to get your political voice heard, then you should expect repurcussions. Nobody pays you to be a pundit and noone elected you to office. Your point of view is irrelevant.

 

[waggy]

Who really cares what they say? I mean they are Actors. Anyone who bases there political views on what they say is nuts.

I dont care if they are anti-war or pro-war or whatever. JUST make a good movie and not all this crap that has been released!@

though i did lose respect for the baldwins (well what amount a actor gets from me).

 

[Mallow]

Welcome to the real world that they often don't seem to realize they live in. If they feel strongly enough about their opinions to make everyone else in the world aware they need to accept the consequences of such actions. If people don't like their opinion, obviously they might not get jobs.

 

[jjones]

Let me see...hmmm....getting a bagful of hate mail is to be compared to McCarthyism? Poor, poor celebs. Here's a suggestion: If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen and STFU.

They all pursue public recognition like there's no tomorrow, and now that they have it, they're whining that the recognition they're getting is not the right kind?

And SAG, in defending its actor's rights to expression, dissaproves of some of the public's means of expression? Give me a break. They should all pull their collective heads out of their collective asses and stick to making movies if they're so worried about public opinion.