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Jeffrey Katzenberg Pens Open Letter to Hollywood After Trump Victory
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 11/16/16 | Jeffrey Katzenberg

Posted on 11/16/2016 7:37:01 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

As for many of you, last Tuesday was a very bad day for me....

Is our next president a demagogue or democrat?

...I have been involved in politics for more than 50 years, and this is certainly not the first time I've been on the losing end. It always hurts. And this one maybe hurts more than the rest — partly because we didn't really lose. Our side got more popular votes, while Trump received fewer votes than Mitt Romney or John McCain.

...The Founding Fathers provided tools to combat the demagogues they knew might come along. We merely need to steadfastly take advantage of these tools, by making our 61 million-plus voices forcefully heard in the Congress, in the Senate, in the courts and peacefully on the streets.

And no one should be more motivated to utilize these tools than we who work in the creative industries that stretch from Hollywood to Silicon Valley and beyond. Ours is a community that prizes openness, respect and tolerance. The basis of our industries is freedom of expression. We must make clear to President-elect Trump that it is vitally important he support these values.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: crybaby; film; hollyweird; hollywood; katzenberg; leftist; openletters; trump2016; trumptransition
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To: SoFloFreeper

AIDS doesn’t work fast enough.


21 posted on 11/16/2016 8:22:31 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: All
A moment to savor.

.....the Center for Responsive Politics reports Clinton pocketed $22 million in contributions from the wealthy/liberal Hollyweird entertainment industry, compared to a mere $290,000 for Trump...

Take a look at the map of what Clinton won....the top 10 populations centers where most of the wealth, commerce and power is located.....and a couple of SW states that have a huge influx of Mexican immigrants.

Hillary lost the bulk of America.

Just goes to prove....the liberal rich talk only amongst themselves and their hired Mexican help.

22 posted on 11/16/2016 8:24:13 AM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: All

SANCTUARY CITIES

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23 posted on 11/16/2016 8:26:50 AM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Liz

Old sanctuary city map. Salt Lake City is also one.


26 posted on 11/16/2016 8:28:52 AM PST by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: Liz

What do the different colors mean re sanctuary cities?


27 posted on 11/16/2016 8:30:50 AM PST by apocalypto
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To: apocalypto

28 posted on 11/16/2016 8:36:35 AM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Plus, I don’t care about the popular vote.

Although I do care about the voter fraud in Democrat controlled cities.

5.56mm


29 posted on 11/16/2016 8:38:14 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: cloudmountain
First, Hollywood sucks. Second, Jeffrey Katzenberg sucks.

Hollywood has brought us sexually degrading violent films with winks and nods pedophilia that stomp on our values and beliefs. Hollywood backs open borders so they can have cheap gardeners and maids... never caring how cheap labor affects the American people.

Jeffrey Katzenberg's big concern is can the lowlifes running Hollywood still have access to abortions for their bimbos AND can they keep putting out sh*tty violent films for our children... My guess is 'yes' to both...

Even if abortion was tossed by the Supreme Court it would just go back to the States... So California with all it's liberals, STD, and cheap women COULD STILL KILL BABIES.

As far as being able to produce violent movies for 16 year old boys... yes, we have a First Amendment. So rest easy Jeffrey Katzenberg what REALLY matters to you and your Hollywood types is safe: you can kill babies and push violence porn...

30 posted on 11/16/2016 8:43:18 AM PST by GOPJ (Trump took 40% of the Hispanics vote in FL and more than 30% of Hispanics nationally-LS)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Our side got more popular votes

Subtract the 3 million illegals who voted and that argument goes down the drain.

31 posted on 11/16/2016 8:46:26 AM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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To: SoFloFreeper

Also, it has just been proven that Hillary had over 3 million illegal alien non-citizen voters cast votes...illegally. That tally drives her “popular vote” well below what they think they received.
Another point is, Hillary NEVER received the popular vote of all of America since she never broke 50%...even with the illegal votes.
These people are liars and idiots...


32 posted on 11/16/2016 8:53:42 AM PST by cartho (NJ gun control exceeds Constitutional rights)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Katzenberg: "And here's why this is so important: Over time, this never-ending game results in real and demonstrable progress."

Der ewige Jude

33 posted on 11/16/2016 8:55:46 AM PST by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Our side got more popular votes

You know we're going to be hearing that every day for his entire term, regardless of even context. "And tonight will be the first State of the Union Address for President Trump, who in fact got fewer votes than Hillary Clinton in the General Election..."

34 posted on 11/16/2016 8:56:23 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: GOPJ
Maybe Katzenberg could lead the crowds of left-leaners fleeing to Canada?

Lefties are paranoid...they fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution.

It's gotten so bad, lefties may even have to drink (horrors) domestic beer, and munch heavily salted Lay's potato chips deep-fried in reused "cottonseed oil"....plagued by visions of slave plantations haunting their leftist heads.

(SOB) I just hope to God they wont have to watch Canadian reruns of (gasp) "Father Knows Best."

35 posted on 11/16/2016 9:05:09 AM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: SoFloFreeper

” making our 61 million-plus voices forcefully heard in the Congress, in the Senate,”

They’re a minority there as well as the states.


36 posted on 11/16/2016 9:40:58 AM PST by aquila48
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To: SoFloFreeper

Good article and he has the right attitude.

Compared to everyone else I know in Hollywood, he correctly describes this as one inning in a game that never ends.

Wish my friends had this attitude.

take your wins and losses with grace and some introspect.

If Trump had lost I would have shrugged my shoulders, shook my head and moved on, knowing that there would be another battle in two years to fight and gird myself accordingly.

As it is, there is another fight in two years. The Democrats are openly saying they need to focus on that next battle and we should definitely retrain our focus on that same time line.

We stand a better chance they of increasing our census in the Senate and Congress and may even pick up 2 more governors.

There will always be friction on the right and left but, these events happen only every 2-4 years.

The rest of the time we are responsible for our daily lives because “The Givernment isn’t Here to Help Us”.


37 posted on 11/16/2016 9:42:17 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
And no one should be more motivated to utilize these tools than we who work in the creative industries that stretch from Hollywood to Silicon Valley and beyond.

Creative being the operative word here.

38 posted on 11/16/2016 9:43:51 AM PST by Shethink13
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To: cloudmountain

“It warms, ah say, warms the cockles of mah heart. [Foghorn Leghorn]”

Ah say, Ah say, these democrats are sharp as a bowlin’ ball!!!


39 posted on 11/16/2016 9:47:14 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: Liz
Maybe Katzenberg could lead the crowds of left-leaners fleeing to Canada?

Why should the Hollywood crowd go to Canada? Canada's 'white world'. Hollywood's sore losers should go to Mexico - or South America or Africa... some 'third world multicultural' society. Are they xenophobes? Afraid to be with people who aren't 'white'? WHOA - - maybe Hollywood types are racists!!!

Choosing white Canada is a racists statement...

40 posted on 11/16/2016 9:55:16 AM PST by GOPJ (Trump took 40% of the Hispanics vote in FL and more than 30% of Hispanics nationally-LS)
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