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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 1647 Views
Oh I hear ya! ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:35:38 PM 866 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 910 Views
Which is just as silly, yes. *NM* ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:48:55 PM 408 Views
Who hates Top Gun? That movie R0X0RS! *NM* Tom - 07/01/2010 06:19:48 AM 431 Views
You know, I never understood that LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:28:36 AM 807 Views
What?? Min Rep is fantastic! *NM* ironclad - 07/01/2010 08:19:30 AM 408 Views
*Stands on counter* I am the last Poet Bartender AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 02:08:56 PM 828 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 806 Views
LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~ damookster - 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM 1022 Views
Just judging him based on what he writes... Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM 841 Views
the point is... damookster - 06/01/2010 11:25:46 PM 813 Views
talk about needing a clue imlad - 09/01/2010 06:01:14 PM 767 Views
Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM 771 Views
Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM 799 Views
trespasses against persons is subjective. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM 865 Views
Actually, it isn't. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM 771 Views
ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM 833 Views
Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be? Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM 797 Views
what about those not capable of walking away? LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM 735 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 987 Views
You are not wrong LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:43:55 PM 808 Views
Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM 811 Views
but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM 928 Views
Civics & economics 101 Cannoli - 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM 919 Views
okay, I can agree on your points LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:14:32 PM 741 Views
That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism. Ghavrel - 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM 766 Views
Duh. Cannoli - 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM 761 Views
The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Ghavrel - 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM 755 Views
Re: The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Cannoli - 18/01/2010 11:57:33 AM 1073 Views
Apaprently I misread your earlier post. Very good points. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/01/2010 01:17:01 AM 389 Views
I'll agree to the trespass against persons imlad - 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM 830 Views
What bullshit you write. Tom - 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM 736 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 404 Views
uhm...nothing in nature shares with all. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:28:04 AM 792 Views
So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ? AgentOrange - 06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM 821 Views
That's just the point. Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM 917 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2010 04:45:58 PM 421 Views
indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM 809 Views
that's a weasel script AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM 777 Views
well, it seems like it was less "lazy script writing" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:38:35 PM 784 Views
huh. Well, my hunch would be AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 10:34:35 PM 895 Views
what makes them "look like military"?? imlad - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM 855 Views
arguing the natives as terrorists would be a stretch *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 398 Views
guessing you've seen it by now AgentOrange - 10/01/2010 12:48:57 PM 724 Views
AMEN *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:09:27 PM 385 Views
if the foo shits, wear it *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:08:11 PM 434 Views
I completely disagree with you about Avatar. Tom - 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM 877 Views
would you have felt better if they were albino aliens? LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM 797 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 851 Views
Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM 891 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 858 Views
Yeah, I liked The Neverending Story better. Tom - 08/01/2010 01:41:37 PM 794 Views
You know what it is for me... Jeordam - 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM 885 Views
That's understandable LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM 782 Views
That's totally what it is, hah beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM 901 Views
See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM 774 Views
I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM 680 Views
But that's kind of the point... Jeordam - 08/01/2010 06:51:05 PM 792 Views
Uh oh, you used the "c" word... Dannymac - 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM 886 Views
I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM 784 Views
Aw, I liked some of those sentences. Ghavrel - 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM 721 Views
Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM* Legolas - 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM 405 Views
I guess maybe from an epistle? *NM* Ghavrel - 09/01/2010 02:44:36 AM 382 Views
Yup, Romans 8:31 Darth_Katie - 09/01/2010 11:36:46 PM 709 Views
it's not that it was bad LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 01:01:21 AM 842 Views
That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM 872 Views
Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM* Tom - 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM 387 Views
he he *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:20:26 AM 363 Views
Maybe a little. Dannymac - 11/01/2010 06:06:24 AM 887 Views
I like your philosophy. Thanks for sharing! *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 03:08:09 PM 354 Views
Ok, so apart from political subtexts, Mad Cow Bomber - 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM 862 Views
You have to admire the world building though LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM 716 Views
Both of you are more or less right beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:59:34 AM 731 Views
He DID write the original screenplay, I thought? LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:04:07 PM 752 Views
And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!> beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM 993 Views
Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. Gher - 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM 813 Views
You're looking at it from the outsider point of view LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM 777 Views
I don't buy it. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM 809 Views
Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM 672 Views
if there were all these hotshot warriors trying LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM 744 Views
Poor scriptwriting *NM* Gher - 11/01/2010 12:56:24 AM 385 Views
oh come on LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 01:00:40 AM 834 Views
Gher's right. It's Plot convinience, with a capital P *NM* AgentOrange - 13/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 367 Views
Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. ironclad - 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM 961 Views
It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM 960 Views
Re: It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things ironclad - 10/01/2010 08:56:38 PM 733 Views
seriously LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:23:58 AM 688 Views
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