Does anyone care what celebrities have to say?

[Dis]

How much influence do celebrities actually have over the general population?

I'm curious. It is a curious phenomenon to have so many celebrities come out for something. You know they didn't do this in the middle ages for fear of being beheaded

You always hear conservatives rant and rave about liberal hollywood.

But is it really that bad? I don't think it is. I think the average american ignores what most celebrities have to say anyways. In the case of females, men only care to see their bodies. No one really cares what comes out of their mouths.

And what are your views about pressure against actors to not express their opinions. Martin Sheen is taking a massive amount of heat. The show is slipping in ratings anyways. And the network doesn't want the ship to sink too fast.

It doesn't seem to hurt their careers. It hasn't yet that I've seen. This is good of course. No one should lose work because of their opinions.

I myself don't really care to hear their political views. They are entertainers. They are paid to entertain. Not bore with stupid political talk. Just because they aren't being paid at the time, doesn't mean they should stop entertaining. Lazy bums.

In any case I think conservatives are making a big deal about nothing.

[TheStinger]

I don't care, although they should be free to say what they want. Its about time though that people said to them what do you know your job is making stuff up.

[Ming]

Does anyone care what celebrities have to say?

NO

[Dis]

Although I did hear one celebrity say because they had so much free time to read and inform themselves they knew more about politics than the average american. He may be right, but that is still a bit egotistical and arrogant.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Ming


NO

Me neither, but I don't care what most politicians have to say either...

[Imran Siddiqui]

You always hear conservatives rant and rave about liberal hollywood.

But is it really that bad? I don't think it is. I think the average american ignores what most celebrities have to say anyways. In the case of females, men only care to see their bodies. No one really cares what comes out of their mouths.

That isn't the claim. The claim about 'liberal Hollywood' is that their message goes into the movies (which is obvious), and that most people treat movies as fact (which is a common complaint).

[KrazyHorse]

Snooze. If conservatives want to make conservative movies then they should go out and do it. They have buckets of money, don't they?

[Gatekeeper]

Not anymore than what I might care my neighbor, Bob, has to say. Are celebrities' voices supposed to carry more weight or something?

Gatekeeper

[Dis]

on a related note why is California so liberal now?

Have things changed that much since Ronald Reagan was governor?

[Imran Siddiqui]

If conservatives want to make conservative movies then they should go out and do it. They have buckets of money, don't they?

The buckets of money are used on things such as taking over the world, not frivolous things such as movies .

[KrazyHorse]

So they should stop complaining if it's so frivolous...

[MRT144]

dissident, its because liberals have been kicked out of the rest of the country

[Imran Siddiqui]

So they should stop complaining if it's so frivolous...

It's part of the plan.

[KrazyHorse]

Hmm. Let's see: Liberal states: Massachusets, California

Conservative states: Oklahoma, Idaho

http://usconservatives.about.com/library/weekly/aastatesrankeda.htm

Now, which group has loads of major universities, and which group is yokel-land?

[MRT144]

frogger, didnt you know that universities other than bob jones university are liberal cess pools of indoctrination!