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hummelsander

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I know this has probably been linked to a number of times here, but I thought I would do it again for us greenhorns.

http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=15

I'm just surprised at how many actors are against guns but they have played rolls that demand the use of them either for self-defense, law enforcement, or gangsta handling. The proper use of guns should not be slammed. It is the bad use of them that gets the most attention.
 
Why anyone is suprised that an actor, who by definition is someone who gets paid pertending to be someone else, can be in an action/gun pix and still be actively anti-gun is beyond me.
 
Why anyone is suprised that an actor, who by definition is someone who gets paid pertending to be someone else, can be in an action/gun pix and still be actively anti-gun is beyond me.
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Well, good actors research their roles so as to portray the characters they are representing more acurately...that is why I am surprised. Maybe they feel so guilty playing bad guys that they have to do some sort of penance by being publicly anti-gun...or something like that.
 
The one that really hurts is in the anti-gun corporation section -- Sara Lee makes an excellent dutch apple pie. :(
 
That's why actors live a life in make-believe: They aren't very good at the real world.
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They live a life in make believe? It's their job, they feed and clothe their children with that job. Am I to believe that you refuse to watch any form of theatrical entertainment whatsoever?

Every time one of these threads comes up I have to laugh. Y'all still ignore the fact that much of your money is already going to anti-gun organizations and that even if you knew exactly where it was going many of you wouldn't change a thing.

For example, unless you're running Linux you're reading this post on a computer that was not only primarily built with components from communist nations but it's running software made by an anti-gun company. Don't even get me started on the cars y'all drive, the food y'all eat and the clothes y'all wear. If it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside to say "I won't watch Hollywood movies because they're anti-gun." then more power to ya but I hope you realize it's about as effective as throwing an ice cube at the sun.
 
"Am I to believe that you refuse to watch any form of theatrical entertainment whatsoever?"

Did he say he did? No--that's a logical leap you made yourself; carry on.

I doubt that many Americans can (or even want to) completely avoid patronizing anti-gun businesses, but these lists at least serve the purpose of pointing out who is who. I can say, for my part, that as a direct result of this list, any AARP literature I receive (yes, I'm *that* old) goes directly into the round file. It has for some time, actually, because this is not the first time this subject has come up.

Tim
 
Did he say he did? No--that's a logical leap you made yourself; carry on.
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You're right; it just seemed to me he was being unreasonably derogatory toward people who act as a profession, as if being an actor means one is unable to handle reality.
 
Man Fonzie and Paul Newman were on that list.....I feel betrayed. How could Cool Hand Luke let me down?!! Funny thing is several of the people on that list have been on movie posters and movie covers holding guns. Hypocritical much??
 
Hypocritical much??
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See, that's another thing I don't agree with. Just because someone plays a character in a movie does not mean they have to hold the same views as that character or the director or writers or producer or the studio. Was it hypocritical for Edward Norton to play a neo nazi in American History X? Would it only have been acceptable if he was truly a racist? Was it hypocritial for Jamie Foxx to play a blind man?

Would it be hypocritical for an actor that knows nothing about computers to play the role of the best hacker in the world? Is it hypocritical for a straight actor to play a gay cowboy? Is it hypocritical for an Arab actor to play a terrorist on 24?

Can y'all provide some examples of actors who openly speak out against firearms - and I'm talking actual examples of them doing so, not just belonging to an organization - that play characters with the exact opposite viewpoint?
 
George Klooney.

Infact red, he said Charlton Heston deserved to get alzhimers. ole George K. is a nasty fella.

And yes, most hollywood actors and actresses are hypocrites from the LEFT coast.

Their rich limozine liberals with some nasty habits of preaching at America about how we should live and treat te earth. While they do what ever they want. It's called elitism.
 
Well, good actors research their roles so as to portray the characters they are representing more acurately...that is why I am surprised. Maybe they feel so guilty playing bad guys that they have to do some sort of penance by being publicly anti-gun...or something like that.
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First, I'm NOT picking on you, I agree... a GOOD actor will research the role. This is just a great opening for the following. I think it was Steve McQueen that went to Gun Site Ranch for "training" while researching a role (Bullett ?). I was told by a friend who was a Gun Site Ranch instructor that was there at the time, that McQueen DID go through the training, but refused to FIRE ANY LIVE ROUNDS!!!!! He wanted to look the part, but still didn't like REAL guns. George Takae (Mr. Sulu from Star Trek) HATED the Viet Nam war and protested against it. Yet he did accept the role of ARVN Capt. Nim in the John Wayne movie "Green Beret". Sly Stallon is 4 sqr for gun control, but has HIS armory. As does Steven Spielberg. AND Geoge C. Scott hated Patton, yet got an Academy Award for best actor for the role.
 
George Klooney.

Infact red, he said Charlton Heston deserved to get alzhimers. ole George K. is a nasty fella.

And yes, most hollywood actors and actresses are hypocrites from the LEFT coast.

Their rich limozine liberals with some nasty habits of preaching at America about how we should live and treat te earth. While they do what ever they want. It's called elitism.
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Eh, he's not that good of an actor to begin with. If he actually said that about Heston, it's pretty mean. I don't like Heston either - though his acting is half a step above Clooney's, but that's not saying much - but no one should wish a condition like that on another person.

Are you suggesting that most actors are from the west coast? Or was that a jibe at their politicial leanings? If the former, you're probably wrong since the midwest and the northeast tend to produce the vast majority of theatre majors in the US. California is simply where the majority find work. If the latter was your intention then you do have a point. Many of them are liberal but the majority of them don't seem to lean one way or the other. You, like the rest of the public, simply pay attention to the more vocal and extreme ones on both sides.

Nothing elitist about a limousine.
 
Good discussion so far. One thing is for sure...there is a lot of big money behind the gun control lobby...a lot of Hollywood money not to mention other industries.
 
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