Posted on 04/15/2003 3:21:27 PM PDT by lisaann8
04-15-03- I was going to write an Op-ed today to go with our weekly Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame awards.
Then Tim Robbins spoke to the National Press Club today. I've recorded it for your listening disgust. To say it's beyond the pale is an understatement.
He has declared war on the 77% of the people in this country who support our president, this country and our troops.
Here is the audio.
Hollywood-Hero needs to say, one more time for the record, free speech does not mean free of consequences.
Freedom to choose what we watch, rent or buy does not equal a blacklist. It's called capitalism.
Actors are free to speak their mind, oppose the war, malign our president.
We, who disagree with their blanket dismissal of what most of America believes, are free to dissent.
We are free to decide NOT to watch a film, buy a CD, or rent a video.
That's where our power is and that's what they are really afraid of. The buying power of the American public, the ones who allow them the lifestyles they enjoy.
There is no Hollywood Blacklist as they infer by bringing back this new form of McCarthyism in the guise of a Republican Administration.
This isn't even a boycott, it's about our country, our freedom to choose who we give our largess to in the form of our buying choices.
If Hollywood can't take the heat of their own convictions, perhaps they should find another line of work that would better suit them.
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywood-hero.us ...
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I should clarify: in what part of the speech does he do that?
You grasp the beauty of the First Amendment while Robbins miscontrues it.
In America he has the right to make an ass of himself with his carping Commie crap.
And we have the right not to pay to see him on the silver screen;
and to call him out publicly for his smarmy subversion;
and support Dale Petrovsky and the Baseball Hall of Fame in TLBSHOW's link above.
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have used their celebrity to protest against the administration and the war at every opportunity. In doing so, they became, by choice, symbols.
Honoring them is as much a political statement as disinviting them.
Freedom of speech is not consequence-free. It allows people — and organizations — to answer back.
Disgusting it is!
Thanks for the link lisaann8. Robbins sickens me, even more after viewing and listening to this link. I sent a letter of support to the Hall Of Fame over the weekend.
The Black List
Of Anti American Actors
Susan Sarrandon
Sean Penn
Jane Fonda
Genine Gerrafalo
Barbra Streisand
Mike Ferrell
Martin Sheen
James Cromwell
Sheryl Crow
Rob Reiner
Tim Robbins
Barbra Streisand : Completed high school Career: Singing and acting
Cher: Dropped out of school in 9th grade. Career: Singing and acting
Martin Sheen: Flunked exam to enter University of Dayton. Career: Acting
Jessica Lange: Dropped out college mid-freshman year. Career: Acting
Alec Baldwin: Dropped out of George Washington U. after scandal. Career: Acting
Julia Roberts: Completed high school. Career: Acting
Sean Penn: Completed High school. Career: Acting
Susan Sarandon: Degree in Drama from Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. Career: Acting
Ed Asner; Completed High school. Career: Acting
George Clooney: Dropped out of University of Kentucky. Career: Acting
Michael Moore: Dropped out first year University of Michigan. Career: Movie Director
Sarah Jessica Parker: Completed High School. Career: Acting
Jennifer Anniston: Completed High School. Career: Acting
Mike Farrell: Completed High school. Career: Acting
Janeane Garofelo: Dropped out of College. Career: Stand up comedienne
Larry Hagman: Attended Bard College for one year. Career: Acting
HF
Tim Robbins is Jane Fonda II. He cries of the unfair treatment he and anti-war protesters have received. They are peaceful and the rest of us are mean, violent and the true haters. Tell you what Tim, I'd advise you to go counter protest the Peace Rioters in Los Angeles. You'll find out right away who the real haters are.
"The problem with our liberal friends is not that they know so much, but that they know so much that isn't so."
-- Ronald Reagan.
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