zzyzxroad
Diamond Member
- Jan 29, 2017
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OK. I am not going to assume one should never assume. I think I will shoot for now assuming that all of my assumptions are correct or act in negative ways without some real evidence. This opinion may be subject to change.
MrSquished
Lifer
- Jan 14, 2013
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Yeah I see Jon Cryer tweets on twitter every now and then and he is very very anti-Trump. No idea what he was like in 2016. His pinned tweet right now is a total critique of Trump.
Homerboy
Lifer
- Mar 1, 2000
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Having an enlarged right amygdala, found to be characteristic in brain scans of self described conservative people leads to the logical conclusion, since that part of the brain deals with fear, that conservatives generally are more subject to an increase in their perception of threat. They will focus on ugly and disturbing photos, for example, more than self described liberals do.
The neurological scientific conclusion that has been drawn from this explains why conservative brains create altered realities. They are more fearful of data and information that degrades their ego security and are more motivated than liberals to not deal with it rationally. Conversely, liberals have that portion of the brain that suppresses fear response when analyzing threat rationally enlarged in comparison to liberals.
In human evolution both have survival value with the first to leap sometimes surviving and sometimes those who look before they leap. But, having left the wilds as relatively weak animals to have become the dominant species, a lot of fears we can have are simply not real. Dealing with threat rationally, today, is where the survival advantage is to be had. It doesn't help much trying to run a country and have a terror of scientific fact.
uallas5
Golden Member
- Jun 3, 2005
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And this makes him different than the millions of conservative boomers today that were hippies back in the 60's?
JEDIYoda
Lifer
- Jul 13, 2005
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JEDIYoda
Lifer
- Jul 13, 2005
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soundforbjt
Lifer
- Feb 15, 2002
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Nobody's surprised about him, since it's not a secret he's both a massive douche and a conservative. And a massive douche. Stated again, for emphasis.
sactoking
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- Sep 24, 2007
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Yes, definitely not a "probable." Huge conservative who hides it behind an 'Aw, shucks' demeanor cultivated from Dirty Jobs.
Unfortunately for me, my mom has bought his shtick hook, line and sinker.
Thump553
Lifer
- Jun 2, 2000
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Dennis Hopper died a decade ago, well before our current perverted view of what a "conservative" is.
Arlo Guthrie (Woody's son, wrote Alice Restaurant) has gone from being a flower child to a libertarian-but all along the way he's displayed an active and inquiring mind, and has always been more than tolerant of others' views. I think that's a lot better than those who only listen to those who think like them, even what I do and think may happen to coincide with their views. This echo chamber tribalism BS is tearing down the country almost as fast as The Donald is-in fact it is the main reason such a clown rose to such a high position.
Arlo Guthrie (Woody's son, wrote Alice Restaurant) has gone from being a flower child to a libertarian-but all along the way he's displayed an active and inquiring mind, and has always been more than tolerant of others' views. I think that's a lot better than those who only listen to those who think like them, even what I do and think may happen to coincide with their views. This echo chamber tribalism BS is tearing down the country almost as fast as The Donald is-in fact it is the main reason such a clown rose to such a high position.
Firstly, a "left or right thing" would lead to... a spectrum. If you have left and right then you have degrees between them, hence a spectrum. You can't really say it's not a left and right thing and then say it's a spectrum - what points does this spectrum run between, if not left and right?
Though personally I think politics is not a spectrum, it's an N-dimensional space, where N>1 and probably N>2. I also don't believe 'we' all want the same ultimate goal. Most people want what's good for themselves and those like themselves. That more-often-than-not clashes with what other people want. Hence politics.
Finally, it is notable when people in certain fields (particularly arts and entertainment) have political views that are atypical of the norm in those fields, so I don't see anything sinister in making a list of those one has noticed. Who said anything about a 'hit list'? There's also the fact that a lot of 'liberal' actors are a rather flakey types of 'liberals', prone to weird ideas and to embarrass their own side, because it's a field of work that seems to attract a lot of strange people.
As far as I know he only appeared in one movie, though. Was he blacklisted by the liberals?
zinfamous
No Lifer
- Jul 12, 2006
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We couldn't hear him over the sound of him sniffing coke off of the shoulders of his coke buddies that he ratted on and sent to prison for 2 decades+
kage69
Lifer
- Jul 17, 2003
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I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing conservative actors act like they're a noble, persecuted minority. Funny stuff.
Protip for sanctimonious right wingers in Hollywood: don't be an asshole and people might still want to work with you. Pretty simple really.
Chris Pratt is a conservative and considers himself very religious, where is his blacklist mention? He doesn't have one, because he doesn't conduct himself like an entitled, professional victim wearing his beliefs on his sleeve. When you support ridiculous policies that run contrary to equal rights, science, common sense, etc, don't be surprised if someone directly affected by that agenda wants nothing to do with you.
Seems like this would be a non issue if right wingers followed their own views on actors using their platforms to speak. As usual though, snowflakes need their feels to get extra consideration.
Protip for sanctimonious right wingers in Hollywood: don't be an asshole and people might still want to work with you. Pretty simple really.
Chris Pratt is a conservative and considers himself very religious, where is his blacklist mention? He doesn't have one, because he doesn't conduct himself like an entitled, professional victim wearing his beliefs on his sleeve. When you support ridiculous policies that run contrary to equal rights, science, common sense, etc, don't be surprised if someone directly affected by that agenda wants nothing to do with you.
Seems like this would be a non issue if right wingers followed their own views on actors using their platforms to speak. As usual though, snowflakes need their feels to get extra consideration.
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nOOky
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- Aug 17, 2004
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Despite him being an asshole I still watch his show Last Man Standing. When Fox took it over it became decidedly even more right from the get go. I don't wait impatiently for every new episode like I did for The Big Bang Theory or Marvel AoS, but we do watch it when we are bored, it has some funny stuff in it.
Pffffft, you're telling me you would take life in prison vs. providing names of dealers?
Sure buddy, sure
Your mouth would open so fast....
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