What's your problem with celebrities in politics?

[GettyRoad]

Celebrities are influential. You want boring politicians and lawyers to be in control of politics and then get upset when no one is interested and oldheads like Mitch McConnell run the country?

Celebrities should have input because 1)they pay taxes like everyone else 2)it affects them too 3)they have influence and platforms and they should use it if they want to

You want politics to be stuffy and boring? And wonder why people gravitate to Trump?

 

[HomerJS]

I don't have a problem with celebs in politics. I have a problem with dummies, hypocrites and racists.

Aka Tubberville, Trump, Herschel Walker.

 

[ivwshane]

I have the same problem I have with most people in politics, they are ignorant on the issues or they are unwilling to accept contrary data that challenges their beliefs, or they try to simplify complex issues.

 

[alien42]

Colin Kaepernick isn't in politics.

 

[GettyRoad]

Colin Kaepernick isn't in politics.

Yes, he is. He decided to speak about police brutality, which is seen as a political issue.

 

[K1052]

Yes, he is. He decided to speak about police brutality, which is seen as a political issue.

Having an opinion or a stance on an issue isn't being "in politics".

 

[Tsinni Dave]

Yes, he is. He decided to speak about police brutality, which is seen as a political issue.

It's only a political issue because it was made into one by terrible politicians. Police brutality and racial profiling are issues that should be addressed by society as a whole and not used as a cudgel by a political party whose supporters went on to beat cops with American flags.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Yes, he is. He decided to speak about police brutality, which is seen as a political issue.

I don’t think you know what being in politics means…I can have a thought without being in politics.

 

[Perknose]

OP, I think you are the one with the problem. You like to put forward B and C list "celebrities as being "influential," and those you put forth are generally ignorant right wing racists. They can do and say what they want, but they are not "thought leaders" except to people, like you, who hold similarly abhorrent views. They can simple go fuck themselves, for all I care. So can you . . . which is my way of saying that you are not that bright and that, when you post here, it does not rise above the level of extraneous noise pollution.

 

[brycejones]

Is the OP Rudy G?

 

[nOOky]

I don't care about celebrity opinions, they are entitled to their views and the appropriate responses the same as anyone else. They just may have a better platform for making their opinions known due to their celebrity.

 

[soulcougher73]

Just because someone is a "celebrity", which is debatable on its own. Doesn't mean they are smart people who have good ideas or ideologies that the common pleb should listen to.

 

[BoomerD]

Is the OP Rudy G?

Is the Four Seasons Garden Center on Getty Road?

 

[BoomerD]

I don't care about celebrity opinions, they are entitled to their views and the appropriate responses the same as anyone else. They just may have a better platform for making their opinions known due to their celebrity.

And therein lies the problem. Because of their celebrity, most are axcustomed to the "hangers-on" agreeing with everything thwy say, which serves to inflate their sense of self-importance.

 

[nakedfrog]

No inherent problem with celebrities in politics, but their sole qualification should not be "you might remember me from such films as 'The Day I Railed GettyRoad's Mom' or 'Railing GettyRoad's Mom 2: Electric Boogaloo'", they should actually know stuff about issues and governance, how political processes work, that kinda thing.

 

[hal2kilo]

The what about is never ending. I have a solution.

 

[UNCjigga]

My gripe is with influencer kids on TikTok—moreso than any other type of celebrity. TikTok is not a platform for meaningful conversation on any kind of issue. That’s my Gen X take and I’m sticking to it.

 

[HomerJS]

Did the OP get his answer?

IMO - Being in politics isn't always running for office. MLK was in politics and didn't run. Colin Kapernick and David Hogg are examples of people advocating for political positions but not running.

 

[brycejones]

Is the Four Seasons Garden Center on Getty Road?

It must be.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

My dad, an immigrant from central India who grew up dirt poor in *INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSING* busted his ass off, made it to the US, got a good job, and secured a solid foundation for his family.

When I was a kid Forest Gump was released to much fanfare so my dad brought it home to watch. Once the movie was finished he got up in disgust, wordlessly took the VHS out of the player and took it back to Blockbuster without saying much.

I asked him later what his issue with the movie was, it was a great movie, moving, Tom Hanks did a great job etc. He just sighed and said "I worked so hard to have so little, and this literal retard fails into having more than me."

Now I don't inherently agree with my Dad's wording or the idea that "he has so little" (maybe in comparison to Multi millionaires and billionaires) but the words stuck with me and over time it was kind of facinating to see how well Forest Gump really captured the American mythos: Anyone, literally ANYONE, could make it here. You didn't have to be smart, you didn't even have to be particularly skilled. You just had to have a good heart, work hard, keep truckin', and good things would happen for you.

American audiences love that kind of thing. Part of the reason we love sports celebrity so much. My Indian Ass Dad though...

 

[eelw]

Lol apparently both parties asked the Rock to run as their candidate

 

[Brainonska511]

Are you upset that we didn't give 2 shits about what Tom Selleck was saying and your cop bootlicking?

 

[HomerJS]

Lol apparently both parties asked the Rock to run as their candidate

No way Dems asked the Rock. Have Dems ever put up someone as stupid as Herschel Walker?

 

[woolfe9998]

The irony here is that the majority of celebs are liberal. Yet you don't see people around here offering up, say, Taylor Swift, to support their liberal views, claiming she is somehow an authority on politics because lots of people buy her music and go to her concerts. I feel like conservatives cling to the smaller number of celebrities who are conservative. But it's best for conservatives not to elevate them too much because if we listened to the majority of celebs on politics the republicans would never be elected.

 

[Pens1566]

The irony here is that the majority of celebs are liberal. Yet you don't see people around here offering up, say, Taylor Swift, to support their liberal views, claiming she is somehow an authority on politics because lots of people buy her music and go to her concerts. I feel like conservatives cling to the smaller number of celebrities who are conservative. But it's best for conservatives not to elevate them too much because if we listened to the majority of celebs on politics the republicans would never be elected.

Right. And it's not just the difference in # either. The ones on the right also tend to be D-List or worse. We're talking Kevin Sorbo, James Woods, Kid Rock, and the ever pertinent Scott Baio.