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To: doug from upland

Actually, I don't want my entertainment from them either, once I know their venal political views. It is the power and income from entertaining that gives them an outsized voice in America above the "little people". And I refuse to give them any more power or income.

I maintain my own private blacklist, if you will, of entertainers, sports figures and others who will never see another of my hard-earned dollars. The only exception is when there is another entertainer I want to support in the same production. Then I will swallow hard and support it.

Fact is, I never cared to know the personal lives or views of celebrities. I don't read the gossip rags, I don't watch the entertainment talkshows. I really don't care. So I don't know about a lot of celebrities. But when a celebrity chooses to put their views in my face, or get themselves arrested for immoral behavior, then I will make a judgment as to whether that celebrity deserves my support.

I am not so desperate for entertainment that I will overlook evil because he or she is a good singer or batter or actor or director. I don't expect anyone to be a saint but I resent those who force their lifestyles and views on us just to stay in the public eye. The old days when celebrities knew to be discrete about their private lives and views had something to commend itself.


16 posted on 09/22/2005 8:46:11 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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To: caseinpoint

What makes me the most angry is that they have taken a great deal of entertainment away from me. Some of my favorite movies I won't watch anymore. Some of my favorite music I won't listen to anymore. I can't help but picture what these ***holes are doing to our country.


21 posted on 09/22/2005 8:52:34 PM PDT by doug from upland (Doug from Upland - FR troublemaker since 5/97)
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