List to celebrities

http://www.celebrity-websites.com/celebritypetition.htm ^

[mattstat]

Here is a list of celebrities who are anti-freedom. This was helpfully provided by the celebrities themselves (see the link).

The list is only useful if you use one of the most powerful weapons that you have: your wallet.

Remember: it is your fault that these people are allowed a public forum. Why? Because you gave them money and notoriety that turned them into celebrities in the first place which, by some perverse miracle, makes their opinion worth hearing.

You can also take their celebrity away.

How? Turn off the tv, change the channel, don't go to the movie, don't rent that video. Be responsible.

Matt wmbriggs.com

[Taxbilly]

[plain talk]

Actually it would be nice to see a running list of celebrities FOR the war on Iraq. Probably a rather short list I suspect.

[BonnieJ]

That is not a very impressive list! Has-beens, never-beens, etc. A way to get their names out there, get noticed. Did any of them protest the bombings and civilian casualties of Clinton? Of course not! Not the cool, in thing to do! A bunch of idiots. No one with class or honor or distinction or true talent is on that list.

[Hatteras]

NO! Not Shelley Fabares?! My heart, my heart...

Signed,
Johnny Angel

[Egregious Philbin]

Tons of talent on that list. What movies do you watch? "Anti-freedom" is silly, they're just anti-war in Iraq. What bothers me is that they think their opinion matters more than others, though their skills and talents lie elsewhere.

[TheSpottedOwl]

David Duchovny : (

[sport]

Bump

[JimVT]

Is that Vincent Donofrio the one who is on "CSI" something, the tv show?

If so, his show is the one both my wife and I turn off as soon as he appears. The other "CSI" (without him) is quite good.

The guy acts like he has one emotion; angry, and he doesn't even do that well.

We could almost figure an A**hole like that would be an America-hater.

[jagrmeister]

More like a list of never-has-beens and no-talent hacks. First, 3/4 of that list are unrecognizable. Second, Glover- what's the last movie he's been in? Duchovony?? Please. It looks like most entertainters are being mindful of the Dixie Chicks misstep. The A-list actors are not on this list. The only one might be Matt Damon- and since he has basically come out of the closet, he has not been bashful about vomiting his leftist politics to anyone who will listen.

[Egregious Philbin]

Matt Damon is a good actor, nevermind his politics. Jessice Lange too, and Susan Sarandon and Don Cheadle and Alfre Woodward. Jane Kaczmarek is hilarious on "Malcolm in the Middle.'" Lily Tomlin is very funny. So is Carl Reiner. Dave Matthews was the #1 concert draw last year. Studs Turkel is a respected author, as is Howard Zinn. Ethan Hawke, Helen Hunt, and Samuel Jackson, though no favorites of mine, are doing quite well for themselves. To each his own, I guess, but only a handful of these people are has-beens, nevermind "never-has-beens."

It looks like most entertainers are being mindful of the Dixie Chicks misstep.

It's nice of you to call it a "misstep." Is that a misstep for not marching in lockstep?

[jagrmeister]

I've found another liberal troll. Your defense of the Dixie Chicks for attacking the President on the eve of war is amusing. Only a leftist would characterize their outburst as "bold" (for not walking in "lockstep") as opposed to foolish or inappropriate. I'm still laughing at your characterization of Howard Zinn as "respected". He is not taken seriously anywhere but college campuses. In other words, adults have outgrown him. Thanks for logging into Free Republic, but I think you mistyped...you want democratunderground.com.

[breakem]

He's on the Sunday nite Law and Order. I think it's called L&O Criminal Intent

[JimVT]

Yeh...I had the wrong program.

I should never discuss current TV without checking with my wife.

I'm only qualified to watch Andy Griffith reruns.

Thanks.

[Egregious Philbin]

Only a leftist would characterize their outburst as "bold" (for not walking in "lockstep") as opposed to foolish or inappropriate.

I never said "bold," and i'll buy "foolish," if only because she should have known her audience a little better. But "inappropriate"? For "attacking the President on the eve of war"!? That sounds like the "lockstep" I was talking about. The President is not and should never be immune to criticism. I find it funny that so much attention has been paid to the uninsightful comments of a singer to an audience in London, or that people on FR feel threatened by it.

Thanks for logging into Free Republic, but I think you mistyped...you want democratunderground.com.

I've been "trolling" on FR for a couple years now. You want "lockstep," go to DU and criticize Clinton - you'll see it in action right away. Thankfully, not everyone here is so blindly worshipful of President Bush.

[jagrmeister]

Once again, like any liberal would, you are transfixed by rights and entitlements rather than the other side of the same coin of patriotism which is responsibility and restraint. We all have the right to make uninformed attacks on our country as we are about to enter war, yet we choose not to because we know that words have consequences. I find your irrational defensiveness of the Dixie Chicks to be amusing...the nation's reaction to the Dixie Chicks is merely symbolic, a shot across the bow to any self-indulgent leftists who wish to sow the seeds of anti-americanism at a time when we need to unite.

[Egregious Philbin]

I don't know what coin you're talking about. When I flip the First Amendment over I get free speech, not patriotism. It's a right, not an entitlement. Patriotism is something that arises from living in a country where we can practice free speech. Tell me what could possibly be "irrational" about my defense? If it is because i'm hung up on principle, so be it, but it's principle based on law, not this other side of the coin you're talking about, some unwritten agreement about not dissing the president.

"Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."

She, and two other people, are ashamed the president is from the state they're from. "Uninformed attack?" Nope. Just a statement of opinion.

a shot across the bow to any self-indulgent leftists who wish to sow the seeds of anti-americanism at a time when we need to unite.

There you go with the lockstep again.

[jagrmeister]

I feel badly about running circles around you intellectually. Every argument you just advanced is redundant and has already been refuted. One day you'll discover that being patriotic is more than enjoying your rights and entitlements, it's also about duty to country and that entails responsibility and restraint. Once you discover the latter, you'll understand why genuinely patriotic Americans found fault with the timing of the Dixie Chicks statement. If you'd like to have the last word, go ahead. Frankly, as far as intellectual conversations, I'll seek greener pastures.

[Egregious Philbin]

Hilarious! Running in circles isn't such a smart thing to do. I'm trying to move this argument forward. I'll take the last word, unless you'd like to point out to me my redundancy, or where my arguments have been refuted, as I find no evidence. I like a good debate, but you've decided to be insulting instead of interesting or informative, so no big deal.

Not everyone may find Lily Tomlin funny or respects Howard Zinn. You can refute those claims (though Dave Matthews really was the #1 concert draw last year). But where have you explained to me the philosophy behind this concept of yours that patriotism trumps free speech? The First Amendment defines the latter, but where is this law about patriotism I should hope to discover?