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I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM

And if you drove up to the McDonald's, and the girl started spouting at you about her thoughts on animal rights or Scientology or gay marriage? How would you feel then? That maybe its just not worth the effort to even listen to her rants about whatever...because after all, there are good burgers & fries in other places.


If she shouted her views at me while I ate the burger, then I could see your point. In this increasingly-stretched analogy, that's like listening to a song about abortion/politics/whatever.

My point was that something like Tom Cruise's movies, or Dixie Chicks "Goodbye Earl," don't contain their politics, and thus can be enjoyed on their own.

The only way I'd even know about an actor's politics is if I made a conscious effort to go read about them, and I just don't care enough to bother. Like, Sean Penn is liberal, I hear. I know nothing more specific than that, nor do I care to. Mystic River was great, though...
I amuse myself.
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Suspension of Disbelief with Politics Dannymac - 05/01/2010 06:46:53 PM 1594 Views
Oh I hear ya! ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:35:38 PM 807 Views
I don't completely agree, but this is similar to everyone retroactively hating Tom Cruise's movies. Zalis - 05/01/2010 08:47:19 PM 843 Views
Which is just as silly, yes. *NM* ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:48:55 PM 384 Views
Who hates Top Gun? That movie R0X0RS! *NM* Tom - 07/01/2010 06:19:48 AM 409 Views
You know, I never understood that LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:28:36 AM 746 Views
What?? Min Rep is fantastic! *NM* ironclad - 07/01/2010 08:19:30 AM 388 Views
*Stands on counter* I am the last Poet Bartender AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 02:08:56 PM 766 Views
I always thought that was just stupid of people (and that includes 3/4 of my family) imlad - 09/01/2010 05:27:41 PM 755 Views
LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~ damookster - 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM 957 Views
Just judging him based on what he writes... Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM 793 Views
the point is... damookster - 06/01/2010 11:25:46 PM 758 Views
talk about needing a clue imlad - 09/01/2010 06:01:14 PM 719 Views
Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM 713 Views
Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM 746 Views
trespasses against persons is subjective. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM 812 Views
Actually, it isn't. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM 713 Views
ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM 773 Views
Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be? Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM 741 Views
what about those not capable of walking away? LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM 677 Views
Who has the right to say a parent is abusing the child, and what prevents abuses the other way? Cannoli - 10/01/2010 09:13:45 AM 926 Views
You are not wrong LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:43:55 PM 752 Views
Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM 761 Views
but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM 865 Views
Civics & economics 101 Cannoli - 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM 868 Views
okay, I can agree on your points LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:14:32 PM 679 Views
That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism. Ghavrel - 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM 712 Views
Duh. Cannoli - 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM 709 Views
The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Ghavrel - 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM 698 Views
Re: The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Cannoli - 18/01/2010 11:57:33 AM 1014 Views
Apaprently I misread your earlier post. Very good points. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/01/2010 01:17:01 AM 363 Views
I'll agree to the trespass against persons imlad - 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM 769 Views
What bullshit you write. Tom - 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM 685 Views
He's such a parody of himself, one wonders if he's not a fake identity created by rightists. *NM* LiterateDog - 10/01/2010 05:14:31 AM 378 Views
uhm...nothing in nature shares with all. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:28:04 AM 735 Views
So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ? AgentOrange - 06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM 768 Views
That's just the point. Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM 863 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2010 04:45:58 PM 398 Views
indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM 752 Views
that's a weasel script AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM 727 Views
well, it seems like it was less "lazy script writing" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:38:35 PM 727 Views
huh. Well, my hunch would be AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 10:34:35 PM 834 Views
what makes them "look like military"?? imlad - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM 799 Views
arguing the natives as terrorists would be a stretch *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 380 Views
guessing you've seen it by now AgentOrange - 10/01/2010 12:48:57 PM 673 Views
AMEN *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:09:27 PM 363 Views
if the foo shits, wear it *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:08:11 PM 409 Views
I completely disagree with you about Avatar. Tom - 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM 825 Views
would you have felt better if they were albino aliens? LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM 735 Views
You really have a habit of missing the point of my posts in the name of snide remarks. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:47:36 PM 796 Views
Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM 830 Views
It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM 806 Views
Yeah, I liked The Neverending Story better. Tom - 08/01/2010 01:41:37 PM 739 Views
You know what it is for me... Jeordam - 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM 832 Views
That's understandable LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM 715 Views
That's totally what it is, hah beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM 844 Views
See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM 717 Views
I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM 615 Views
But that's kind of the point... Jeordam - 08/01/2010 06:51:05 PM 742 Views
Uh oh, you used the "c" word... Dannymac - 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM 831 Views
I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM 731 Views
Aw, I liked some of those sentences. Ghavrel - 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM 670 Views
Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM* Legolas - 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM 383 Views
I guess maybe from an epistle? *NM* Ghavrel - 09/01/2010 02:44:36 AM 359 Views
Yup, Romans 8:31 Darth_Katie - 09/01/2010 11:36:46 PM 648 Views
it's not that it was bad LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 01:01:21 AM 793 Views
That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM 814 Views
Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM* Tom - 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM 367 Views
he he *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:20:26 AM 335 Views
Maybe a little. Dannymac - 11/01/2010 06:06:24 AM 831 Views
I like your philosophy. Thanks for sharing! *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 03:08:09 PM 331 Views
Ok, so apart from political subtexts, Mad Cow Bomber - 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM 803 Views
You have to admire the world building though LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM 660 Views
Both of you are more or less right beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:59:34 AM 677 Views
He DID write the original screenplay, I thought? LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:04:07 PM 695 Views
And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!> beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM 942 Views
Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. Gher - 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM 759 Views
You're looking at it from the outsider point of view LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM 719 Views
I don't buy it. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM 747 Views
Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM 611 Views
if there were all these hotshot warriors trying LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM 691 Views
Poor scriptwriting *NM* Gher - 11/01/2010 12:56:24 AM 360 Views
oh come on LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 01:00:40 AM 759 Views
Gher's right. It's Plot convinience, with a capital P *NM* AgentOrange - 13/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 345 Views
Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. ironclad - 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM 909 Views
It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM 909 Views
Re: It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things ironclad - 10/01/2010 08:56:38 PM 668 Views
seriously LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:23:58 AM 640 Views
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