[Paul Atreides]

"We disagree with these performers. We're going to say so, and then we're going to take away as much of their livelihood as possible."

Funny, that is what the left say when they organize to intimidate sponsors of Rush, Dr. Laura, and other conservatives in the media. However, they are not taken to task, for their actions, by the mainstream media.

[SAJ]

'Blacklist'?

Nah, more like a 'you're a moron and you prove it by being a pinko and saying utterly stupid stuff' list.

Of course, basic black isn't a bad idea, as long as one grants the premise that the Hollyweird types HAVE any intelligence. No point in reconvening HUAC -- 99.x% of such dingalings couldn't testify without a script in hand anyway.

[Revolting cat!]

With this kind of argumentation that we've been hearing this past week the libs are going to finally rescue the reputation of Joe McCarthy without us lifting a finger. It's desperation time for the Left, maybe they need to call up on their intellectual heavyweights like pofesser Nicholas DeGenova!

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[knuthom]

I do wonder, though, whether these calls for economic retaliation undercut the very freedoms we hold most dear.

Where were these people when gay groups were pushing a boycott of advertisers and trying to force Dr. Laura off the air?

[Stentor]

Do we truly embrace the principles of the founding fathers

Anything in the Constitution saying "the public shall express no disapproval".

[EternalVigilance]

The author:

Hollywood elites = First Amendment = Good

Critics of Hollywood elites = First Amendment = Bad

Obviously logic is not one this person's strong suits.

[moodyskeptic]

A boycott is not a blacklist. This simple truth escapes the spoiled stars and their sycophant fans. Smart movie stars shut their trap.

Consequences.

[Revolting cat!]

Payback is a b!tch you worthless Known-for-being-knowns!

[pacpam]

Why is it that I have to let a person speak without interference, but I am not allowed the same privilege if my views are different? Sorry, I don't buy what is being sold as tolerence.
Once someone has insulted me, I have to hold up myself to self scrutiny before I respond? I don't think the same standard was used by the insulter.
Double standard abounds.

[Lady Eileen]

bump

[Deb]

FREE TRENT LOTT!!!!!

[goodnesswins]

OKAY....here's the list....

4/13/03

Affleck, Ben
Altman, Robert
Anderson, Gillian
Asner, Ed
Auberjonois, Rene
Baldwin, Alex
Bale, David
Bardem, Javier
Basinger, Kim
Begley, Ed, Jr
Behar, Joy
Belafonte, Harry
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Bikel, Theo
Bosson, Barbara
Brenneman, Amy
Brosnan, Pierce
Browne, Jackson
Buck, Peter
Campion, Jane
Carroll, Diahann
Chalfant, Kathleen
Cheadle, Don
Clayburgh, Jill
Clennon, David
Clooney, George…212-759-7500 (Univ Pics)…212-941-3800 (Miramax Films)
Coleman, Jack
Coyote, Peter
Cromwell, James
Cross, David
Crouse, Lindsay
Crow, Sheryl…..212-445-3200….feedback@igamail.com
Cruz, Penelope
Cryer, Suzanne
Curtis, Jamie Lee
Cusack, Joan
Cusack, John
Daly, Tyne
Damon, Matt
Danson, Ted
Dave Matthews (Band)
Davis, Ossie
Dawson, Rosario
Dern, Laura
Diaz, Cameron
Donahue, Phil
D'Onofrio, Vincent
Driver, Minnie
Duchovny, David
Dukakis, Olympia
Dutton, Charles S.
Earle, Steven
Elizondo, Hector
Elwes, Cary
Fabares, Shelley
Farrell, Mike
Farrow, Mia
Fishburne, Laurence
Flanery, Sean Patrick
Fonda, Jane
Franklin, Bonnie
Fugelsang, John
Garafalo, Janeane
Gelbart, Larry
Gilbert, Melissa
Glover, Danny
Gould, Elliot
Graham, Samaria
Greenwald, Robert
Greenwald, Robert
Guillaume, Robert
Haggis, Paul
Hagman, Larry
Hall, Robert David
Harrelson, Woody
Harris, Ed
Havens, Richie
Hawke, Ethan
Hoffman, Dustin
Howard, Ken
Hunt, Helen
Huston, Angelica
Jackson, LaTanya Richardson
Jackson, Samuel
Kaczmarek, Jane
Kanakaredes, Melina
Kasem, Casey
Kennedy, Mimi
Kirkland, Sally
Kristofersen, Kris
Kudrow, Lisa
Lahti, Christine
Lange, Jessica
Lee, Spike
Leoni, Tea
Madonna
Malick, Wendie
Manheim, Camryn
Mason, Marsha
Masur, Richard
Matthews, Dave
McCord, Kent
McKellon, Ian
McNeill, Robert Duncan
Mills, Mike
Moby
Moloney, Janel
Moore, Julianne
Moore, Michael
Morales, Esai
Mortensen, Viggo
Moss, Kate
Norton, Ed
Noth, Chris
O'Neill, Ed
Ono, Yoko
Onorati, Peter
Oprah
Paul, Alexandra
Penn, Sean….818-954-6000 (Warner Bros Movies)
Pepper, Barry
Peterson, Seth
Pounder, C.C.H.
Rabe, David
Rachins, Alan
Raitt, Bonnie
Redford, Robert
Reiner, Carl
Reiner, Rob
REM
Robbins, Tim….818-954-6000 (Warner Bro's Movies)
Roberts, Eric
Roberts, Julia
Rosenquist, James
Ryan, Mitch
Sarandon, Susan….818-560-5000 (Touchstone Pictures)
Sarsgaard, Peter
Schallett, William
Scorsese, Martin
Screen Actors Guild……323-954-1600 - If you're really mad….call this outfit.
Seeger, Pete
Shalhoub, Tony
Sheen, Martin….818-954-6000 x61402 (Warner Bros TV)
Shimerman, Armin
Spacey, Kevin
Steinem, Gloria
Stipe, Michael
Stone, Oliver
Strassman, Marcia
Streisand, Barbra
Sullivan, Susan
Swit, Loretta
Terkel, Studs
Tomei, Marisa
Tomlin, Lily
Turner, Kathleen
Underwood, Blair
Vierra, Meredith
Weaver, Dennis
Whitford, Bradley
Whitmore, James
Whitmore, James, Jr.
Williams, Robin (yeah, yeah he does "troop" shows, but speaks against the President
Wood, Elijah
Woodard, Alfre
Wyle, Noah
Yarrow, Peter (of P, P & Mary)
Zinn, Howard

[Revolting cat!]

Unlike the performers of a century ago (or even less,) these personalities of the screen and arena stage are not used to audience response. They appear before loving TV or movie cameras, or on stage at $50+ a ticket just to see them and no one else. No one ever boos them! Heck, 50 years ago travelling rock'n'roll shows or burlesque performances had numerous performers and some were loved some hated. Now this trashy almighty dollar aristocracy lives in complete isolation from the rest of us, from their loving fans even. What a shock it is to hear boos and talk of boycotts!

[NJJ]

I do wonder, though, whether these calls for economic retaliation undercut the very freedoms we hold most dear.

We are not boycotting, It's really the only method we have of expressing our own free speech.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Do we believe that we're a stronger society if everyone feels free to speak their minds, or is there an impulse to chill the speech of those with differing views?

We are totally free to speak our minds. We are also totally free to criticize, ostracize, or marginalize those whose opinions we disagree with.

True story--a Jewish friend of mine was sitting at a bar in a restaurant (with his Jewish wife) waiting for a table to open up. The owner, a Greek (I know, what are the odds of that?), was exasperated by a table of four Jewish women who were giving him a hard time. On his way back to the kitchen to make a piece of steak less well-done, he made an anti-Semitic remark, loud enough for those at the bar to overhear. My friend and his wife walked out and never went back. When I was told, I boycotted the place, as did many of my friends, Jews and Christians alike. As far as I can see, free speech is still allowed, as are the consequences of such speech.

[mattdono]

The author of the article tangentially and negatively cited McArthy. The one thing that he didn't point out was that there ACTUALLY WERE Communist sympthasizers within the Hollywood elite.

Of course, one could make the same aruement now. I have asserted that myself. However, more and more, I am just thinking that they are just stupid.

That doesn't make them any less dangerous...in fact, maybe it makes them more dangerous? Couple their popularity with their stupidity and that it is a molotov cocktail for inflaming the ignorant masses with asinine punditry.

Again, these people are (mostly) high school drop-outs...what should we really expect?

Now, we look at people like Terry McAuliffe and the Clintons who know what they are saying is not good for the country. They know that what they are espousing goes against the precepts and foundations of this country. But, they do it anyway. And, they are in actual positions where they have the power to affect policy...that is what's scary.

That is why the liberals and the demonRAT party must be stopped DEAD in their tracks. If we don't, they will be the downfall of this country. Think about it, everything that the liberal left has done has been an effort failure and a parasite on the body of our country.

It is truly time for a conservative revolution. And, in the end, the Hollywood actors and actresses will be nothing more than high-school drop-outs with no ratins at the box office.

[martin_fierro]

What is it with these loopy actor activists?

[noutopia]

Long list of stupid dipshits.

[Clinging Bitterly]

>> Charlton Heston has been widely derided for his work with the National Rifle Association.

Did the Democrats hate him more for that, or for his work with Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Dave in Eugene