Kid Rock and Sean Penn: Americans

[PJABBER]

Once in a while you kind of get this feeling that the divide is too great and the barriers are too high to overcome.

Then something happens and it hits all of us and you think, what is all the name calling for?

Accept and acknowledge that the differences are what make us great.

Kid Rock and Sean Penn, as different in their opinions as can be, agree that America is still where it's at.

Americans - a Public Service Film by Kid Rock & Sean Penn

 

[boomerang]

It's a great message. Hope it's not too late...

 

[PJABBER]

It's a great message. Hope it's not too late...

I don't think it is ever too late. Even after wars, people need to reconcile their differences.

This is one of the most effective videos I have seen in a long time addressing that diversity is our strength, no matter how polarized we wind up being.

I particularly like that two such different guys got together to make this video and laid out their differences with no holds barred.

This is no kumbaya moment, it is a direct confrontation of intolerance by two guys that represent polar opposites.

I am admiring Kid Rock more and more. His work to build up Detroit, his support of the troops, he might be a partier but he is not living his life staring at his navel.

I really don't care for Sean Penn and his politics, but I think he puts himself on the line for what he believes. He is sort of like Jimmy Carter in that sense.

 

[zsdersw]

The Bald Eagle doesn't fly with either a left-wing or a right-wing... it can fly only with both.

 

[sMiLeYz]

The Bald Eagle doesn't fly with either a left-wing or a right-wing... it can fly only with both.

qft

 

[thraashman]

Once in a while you kind of get this feeling that the divide is too great and the barriers are too high to overcome.

Then something happens and it hits all of us and you think, what is all the name calling for?

Accept and acknowledge that the differences are what make us great.

Kid Rock and Sean Penn, as different in their opinions as can be, agree that America is still where it's at.

Americans - a Public Service Film by Kid Rock & Sean Penn

Gotta admit, when I saw this was a PJabber post I didn't think for an instant this could be anything but very partisan. Nice to be proven wrong. Props for posting this.

 

[thraashman]

The Bald Eagle doesn't fly with either a left-wing or a right-wing... it can fly only with both.

Did you make that up or is it a borrowed quote? It's a pretty good one.

 

[zsdersw]

Did you make that up or is it a borrowed quote? It's a pretty good one.

I don't know, but I doubt I'm the first to phrase it that way or use that particular metaphor.

 

[Juddog]

This reminds me of the speech at TED given by Jonathan Haidt. He essentially states that society can't really survive with just one side or the other and that both serve their functions to keep things moving. Both sides have their own way of determining morality.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html

 

[bfdd]

Great video, so are they going to drop their support of those who pimp this divide? The R's and D's?

Also, the Prius purchase was pretty stupid considering the carbon footprint for the creation of his old vehicle was long "paid" for. He could have done an engine swap to a diesel to run bio diesel and turned his old clunker into a green machine. Oops sorry that's not legal in California lols, stupid regulations.

 

[Jaskalas]

Two faces of the same coin.

That's not a good thing if you want a change.

 

[bfdd]

Two faces of the same coin.

That's not a good thing if you want a change.

truth.

 

[JTsyo]

The Bald Eagle doesn't fly with either a left-wing or a right-wing... it can fly only with both.

BRB off to design a new eagle.

 

[Juddog]

Two faces of the same coin.

That's not a good thing if you want a change.

I need coins for change; how else will you get that jingle sound in your pocket?

 

[Darwin333]

Once in a while you kind of get this feeling that the divide is too great and the barriers are too high to overcome.

Then something happens and it hits all of us and you think, what is all the name calling for?

Accept and acknowledge that the differences are what make us great.

Kid Rock and Sean Penn, as different in their opinions as can be, agree that America is still where it's at.

Americans - a Public Service Film by Kid Rock & Sean Penn

Awesome post, couldn't agree more.

The Bald Eagle doesn't fly with either a left-wing or a right-wing... it can fly only with both.

Awesome quote as well, sig worthy even.

 

[Yreka]

Pretty cool vid, although trading in that beautiful Impala for a Prius made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

 

[buckshot24]

I liked seeing Penn called a commie I have to admit but the video was very well done. I do think the motives of other people are thrown into the legitimate policy debates too often. Some of us simply have a different opinion on what policies those are.

 

[woolfe9999]

Great video, and thanks to the OP for linking it.

I know many conservatives IRL and I think many of them are great people. Differences in political opinion don't come up that often, and when they do, it's usually pretty respectful. Sometimes I think the internet has widened the political divide because it creates a forum for assholes to "be themselves" in the comfort of anonymity.

 

[PJABBER]

Glad to see people here liking the vid. 500K hits on YouTube, so it is being passed around.

 

[Jaskalas]

I need coins for change; how else will you get that jingle sound in your pocket?

Not the same old rusty coin, try a new one.

 

[jman19]

The Bald Eagle doesn't fly with either a left-wing or a right-wing... it can fly only with both.

:thumbsup:

 

[zinfamous]

The Bald Eagle doesn't fly with either a left-wing or a right-wing... it can fly only with both.

yeah, but the bald eagle tends to scavenge off the forgotten remains left behind by some other predator.

true story.



The USA really needs a better mascot.

 

[lotus503]

Once in a while you kind of get this feeling that the divide is too great and the barriers are too high to overcome.

Then something happens and it hits all of us and you think, what is all the name calling for?

Accept and acknowledge that the differences are what make us great.

Kid Rock and Sean Penn, as different in their opinions as can be, agree that America is still where it's at.

Americans - a Public Service Film by Kid Rock & Sean Penn

Great video, hammers the point home for sure.