[MoscowMike]

Howdy

I wholeheartedly agree with the screen actors guild, freedom of speech is a cornerstone of our republic.

I hope the SAG endorses my freedom of speech as well. I intend exercise that liberty to NEVER AGAIN, EVER consume any entertainment product which features the likes of martin sheen, george cloony, susan saranwrap, alec baldwin, meathead, brabra streisand, sean penn, mike farrell, the list goes on.

Let them speak their minds.

Not the first farthing will find its way from my earnings into the accounts of anticapitalist, intolerant, obsolete leftist lunatic elitists who despise America, despise We, The People, and the American Way.

It's all about freedom!

Speaking of freedom of speech, please, fellow freepers, if there is a rogues gallery website of hollywood elitists who hate America, give us the URL.

It would be nice to consult such a resource before heading to the cinema.

[boomop1]

Fu** those bunch of fascist.

[RAT Patrol]

I have only one question for them: What is your opinion of Campaign Finance Reform?

If they can't defend my speech, I won't defend theirs.

[OpusatFR]

SAG is just plain silly. No one said you can't speak!

They just don't realize that other people can criticize.

If I don't chose to see something with Sheen or Clooney in it what's the problem. It's a free country. You may consider that blacklisting. I don't. I consider it a choice.

[Laura Earl]

http://www.celiberal.com/

This link was mentioned on an earlier posting today. It has a list of the Righties as well.

[TXBubba]

They have every right to work and I have every right to boycott their work.

[jz638]

Even a hint of the blacklist must never again be tolerated in this nation

Free speech is far too important to allow discussion of such things.

[Drango]

It's funny, I defend their right to free speech! Why don't they defend MY right to criticize their speech?

[Argus]

Mindlessly parroting the propaganda lies of our enemies isn't "dissent" - it's moral idiocy at best, treason at worst.

Besides, the only people being blacklisted in Hollywood today are all conservative Republicans.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

What a complete line of B.S.!!!!
Hypocrites, I say, Hypocrites!
They themselves are guilty of the very "blackballing" they claim they are trying to avoid.
Just ask any "conservative" actor, actress, screenwriter, producer, director, etc. if they have ever been “blackballed” due to their politics. I think you’ll find the answer shocking!

[ChadGore]

Dear axis of ignorance,

You're free to speak your mind, but be ready for the majority of the good people of this great nation to excercise *their* right, their duty and their honor to educate, inspire, and enlighten the misguided people of your movement.

Sinceerly,
Everyman USA

[UncleSamUSA]

Every time someone tells a left-wing, America-hating celebrity to shut up because we're not interested, the SAG does a knee-jerk cry of "Blacklist" and "McCarthyism".

These celebrities seem to think that because they appear in roles in Thelma and Louise or Fast Times at Ridgemont High that they thus have a constitutional right to blitz the airwaves day after day with their political opinions.

We say: we heard it once and that was enough. We don't need to hear it repeatedly. And if we do, we can exercise our constitutional rights in a free market society to refrain from patronizing their work.

The concept of a blacklist of left wing liberal airheads in a Hollywood dominated by left wing liberal airheads is a red herring and ridiculous on its face. What these celebs want is to force us to listen to their political rants when we dont want to, and to force us to watch them act in crummy films when we dont want to.

Stalinist, I'd say. Heh heh.
We say: play your

[Feiny]

When SAG starts caring about outspoken conservatives who are not allowed to work in liberal Hollywood, maybe I will take them seriously.

But how can one take seriously statements such as these:

"What's happened to Blair? I don't understand his reasoning or his logic. I don't understand his evolution. I can see him being seduced by (former US President) Clinton but don't understand what him and Bush speak about."

Susan Sarandon

“We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war --mostly by blocking humanitarian aid. Let's stop now…I am a father, and no amount of propaganda can convince me that half a million dead children is acceptable ‘collateral damage."

“This is a racist and imperialist war. The warmongers who stole the White House (you call them "hawks", but I would never disparage such a fine bird) have hijacked a nation's grief and turned it into a perpetual war on any non-white country they choose to describe as terrorist."

Woody Harrelson

“I think that people like the Howard Sterns, the Bill O'Reillys and to a lesser degree the bin Ladens of the world are making a horrible contribution [to society]. I'd like to trade O'Reilly for bin Laden. [O'Reilly] is a grumpy, self-loathing joke,"

Sean Penn

[wimpycat]

Yep, freedom of speech is indeed a cornerstone of our republic.

And when some of these actors' shows start getting cancelled because said shows suck and not enough people are watching them to satisfy the sponsors, or if sponsors decide to pull their ads from certain shows, or if sponsors decide to change celebrity endorsers, that will also be an exercise in free speech.

[alloysteel]

Free speech is one thing. Denying somebody else the opportunity to express their point of view, while simultaneously asserting your right to speak any way you wish, is something else entirely. So often the Hollywood crowd loses sight of this concept. They have powerful images at their disposal, and it is not unheard of that their messages will be incorporated in the theme of the stories they spin. But there is no balance to the tale they may choose to relate, and what they produce is essentially propaganda. The propaganda has not always reflected the unique values that created the magnificent work in progress that is America.

[RAY]

SAG's elitist stupid attitude is disgusting. Free speech with respect to government prosecution does not guarantee one freedom from the civil and commercial consequences.

[Petronski]

Dear SAGsters:

You are free to say whatever you want. I am free to vote with my dollars.

Freedom of speech is not a guarantee that your opinions will be respected or even accepted.

Signed,
One American

P.S. Have a cookie:

[JoJo Gunn]

What chance would a man like me have in Hollyweird if I wanted to be, say, a sound man, or a prop master, or a lowly grip? Not much.

As the old saying goes, the cries of McCarthyism is the first defense of traitors and collaborators.

[maxwellp]

I'm with you!

[Paleo Conservative]

What about my freedom of my wallet. If Hollywood casts these anti-American leftists in their movies, I'll just spend my money elswhere. I go to about 2 movies a month, so it's not an idle threat.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

"If we were in other countries, we would ... all of us together would go down to Washington, and we would stone Henry Hyde to death! We would stone him to death!... No, shut up! I'm not finished! We would stone (him) to death, and we would go to their homes, and we'd kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families." --

Actor/Thinker/Judge/Hangman/Wife Beater, Alec Balwin 12/98

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk ?"
Harry M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927