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I haven't declared a boycott, but any movie requires the "suspension of disbelief", which means I have to believe the actor's portrayal. With an increasing number of actors, I simply can't do it. As a consequence, I cannot bear to see any movie with the actors listed.

I am beginning to have a similar problem with musicians. A long list of musicians lined up to kiss up to the Clintons, and I could no longer listen to them. An even longer list have gone out of their way to badmouth America since 9/11, and Bush, and to speak up for Saddam, and I simply can't listen to them anymore.

As I say, it isn't a boycott, I simply can't bear to see them or listen to them anymore. My taste in music as always tended toward the out-of-the-mainstream, and as more and more mainstream artists take themselves off my list, my taste more and more tends toward musicians who haven't yet been interviewed by anyone. Among mainstream artists, only country musicians have managed to keep their mouths shut and resist badmouthing the country; I suspect some of them actually like America, and it seems that I am starting to listen to more country music than was previously my habit.

I agree with your sentiments. It's not so much a boycott as you just can't stand to see these people on the screen and know how they really feel and what they say in real life. They should just keep their opinions to themselves. Julia Roberts is the one I really can't stand. I must be the only woman I know who won't see a Julia Roberts film!

I just e-mailed this link to my dad. Now that they are retired, my parents like to see quite a few movies. However, being big-time conservatives, their list of acceptable actors is dwindling. My mom says soon the only movies my dad will allow them to see are Schwarzenegger action films!

...I am starting to listen to more country music than was previously my habit.

Same here.

There are few so-called artists that I began boycotting years ago, e.g., Madonna because she encourages girls to be skeezers.

I would not walk across the streeet to see these lowlifes. I always thought Pierce Brosnan was really hot, now I can't stand to look at him. If they are going to run down my country, I can not have any admiration for them at all.

I tend to agree with you, as well. I'm finding that a lot of the artists whose music I enjoy (mostly alternative country/folk) fall into the "enemy camp" so to speak. I will continue to listen to them and purchase new releases if I feel so inclined.

What I won't do is seek out any products from artists I haven't heard before who are "celiberals." For example, I was once curious to hear what Steve Earle was all about...this was before John Walker Blues. I still have never heard his music, and now I don't plan to ever buy anything from him.