Posted on 02/25/2005 10:15:56 AM PST by FlyLow
An article written by Ruben Navarrette Jr., about Ruben Navarrette Jr..
Good movies are supposed to make us think.
I haven't seen Clint's new film because I
wait for dvd releases. Theaters are dens
of disease...lol.
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Wrong.
That definitely made my day too. As more of a Libertarian than conservative I get unnerved by hearing things I hear on talk radio sometimes. And I've been a listener to talk radio since I was 14 or 15 (now 28). On policies like free markets and market based capitalism I'm to the right of most of our elected Republicans even. But on certain social issues I tend to hold different opinions. I won't go into which one's and why...I guess I could but for the purposes of this post I won't.
My heroes are Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan but when I hear some things that you inevitably hear on talk radio or talk shows, from time to time, I might as well be to the left of FDR, LBJ, Teddy Kennedy, Clinton and most of old Europe combined.
Not everyone who believes differently from me is a moron and an idiot. Some are just ignorant about the facts.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but unfortunately, not everyone think they need to be civil about other's.
What Eastwood finds frustrating is that a movie that isn't really political
It IS all or nothing now, from both sides often. We are all complex and we cannot agree on everything simply because we're registered as a Republian, or any other party. I think we should respect the differences. But it's those "disagreements" that will silence many of us in a forum situation or life itself. Prior to Clinton both parties did seem broader and more open to differences and discussion.
It's not. I've seen the film and it's not a political film.
It's a social issue film. If you personally want to make social issues political than, yes, it's political. But that's your issue, not the film or Eastwood's.
You are SOO right. Prior to 1992 the parties were much more open.
It is easy to understand why.
The present day political process is ultimately about money and power.
Due to the disparagment and dismissal of our Constitution's by politicians, judges, and too many citizens, we are beginning to live in a democracy, authoritarian in it's tyrannical decisions.
Also, these same anti-liberty decisions are followed up with the disbursement of millions of dollars to the group that has the majority votes, whether democrat or republican.
That's a bunch of crap. The vitriol you hear today is nothing compared to what you would have heard back in the 1930's during FDR's time, from both parties. There is nothing new under the sun.
Thats right. then you started to work with people who openly hate Conservative, and no one watched Mystic River because we couldn't separate the actor from the hate. Now Clint is still trying to hide the underlying "Mercy killing" in his movie wondering what the controversy is. Must be senility!
I disagree. It reminds me of the Nazi approach to the handicapped ("useless eaters") and I don't like it. I say it's political and I say the hell with it.
Maybe he should have stuck to spaghetti westerns.
Too bad he doesn't see Hollywad for what it has become and how it has been as responsible as any party or individual for making thinks so heated.
Enjoy the Oscars, Clint,, I won't be tuning in myself. I tuned out Hollyweed and its activist agenda, a long time ago.
"Wrong."
I saw the movie, and I say it was NOT political. I agree with Clint.
Did you see the movie, or are you just parroting back what you hear?
played hard-nosed...
He's spent too much time in the MAKE BELIEVE world so it's no wonder that when he steps in and then brings his dirty shoe into OUR HOUSE he wonders whats all the fuss about.
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