I respect why you'd say that.
Personally, I don't care what the pizza guy says about George Bush to some reporter doing a 'man on the street' interview. I just want him to deliver my pizza hot, and on time.
I don't pay Johnny Depp for his political opinions. I pay to see his movies, when I like the premise. "Pirates of the Carribean" was a great deal of fun, I really liked that movie. This one really looks like it might even be better than the first. So I'm going.
That's Adam Smith's "invisible hand". Capitalism is people with wildly different goals working together, each to further their own ends.
I'm a capitalist and a believer in free speach. I buy things from people I politically disagree with every single day.
And I think they all have they certainly should feel free to tell any reporter their opinions, if asked. And I feel free to disagree with them.
Dear Dominic Harr,
"I respect why you'd say that."
Thanks!
"Personally, I don't care what the pizza guy says about George Bush to some reporter doing a 'man on the street' interview. I just want him to deliver my pizza hot, and on time."
I don't care about what the pizza guy says, because, frankly, no one listens to him, anyway.
However, actors have natural audiences. I don't pay Mr. Depp for his political opinions, either. So, when I have to hear them, and they give evidence of gross stupidity as well as lack of patriotism, I decide that I don't want to pay him at all, anymore, for anything.
But that's me. I'm not going to complain if other folks want to go see his movies.
I buy things from folks with whom I disagree, as well. But most of those folks don't get on a large, public soapbox and shove it down my throat, either.
Conversely, I don't make a practice of shoving my views down the throats of my clients, either. And I'd expect to lose business if I commonly discussed my political views with most of my clients.
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