I’m absolutely fed up with how famous people in this country feel the need to open their mouth and show their ignorance. I honestly wish there were laws restriciting anyone from Hollywood from speaking out on current events and political issues. Now I’m not suggesting that starring in a movie forces you to sign away your First Ammendment rights, but just be a little more selective about what you say. Obviously the latest moronic thing is Kanye West and his outlash at Bush and the government response to the Hurricane Katrina crisis. I think it’s quite important to note that NO AMOUNT of money or planning could’ve prevented this sort of disaster and honestly, would not have made the response to it much better either. All the infrastructure that would be used in a response to an event like this has been destroyed along with the rest of the city. But seriously, the actors, actresses, singers, musicians, etc. need to shut up. I’m just sick of hearing their opinions. It’s happened before with lots of celebs saying “Oh if George W. Bush gets elected I’ll leave the country…” or something to that effect. Kanye could help by getting himself down to New Orleans and the surrounding area, or at the very least, in the time it took him to make his outrageous speech, he could’ve opened his checkbook and sent a much bigger donation than I am in a position too. I really think we just need to start deporting these morons to France or some other America hating country. See how they like the government there.
You know Kanye was right to some extent , but how he expressed his opinion was wrong. He was right about how the media called it looting when black fokes were trying to look for food and when a white person did they callled it looking for food. And celebrities are human beings too. They have a right to speak. Why would be sick of celebs. huh? They will speak whats on their mind just like did. Apparently they don’t care what people think about them. The whole country can form an angry mob based on them and they won’t care because they’re simply trying to help the people in New Orleans that are dying. Right now if I was Kanye and I heard all these things people were saying about what i said last night, I would’nt care cause its putting pressure on Bush and thats what Bush needs to do things right. That is what I think.
It’s not about first amendment rights, it’s about abuse of position. No one put celebrities in the position they are in to talk about politics–they dont know better than anyone else, but they have a unique position to tell everyone what they think. That’s wrong. It’s like listening to the State of the Union by President Bush to get the movie reviews for the year.
To “lala”:
Uh, of course they’re human beings too, I don’t think anything I said argued against that fact. Now, I really struggle to see how you can argue that Kanye’s comments are in someway HELPING the people in New Orleans, and I for sure haven’t seen him down there wading in the mess. As far as these things “putting pressure on Bush and thats what Bush needs to do things right” – *sigh* – you liberals just don’t get it. Bush did not cause this nor could he have stopped it. If you have any twisted way in your mind to prove otherwise, I suggest you seek medical attention. No one could’ve prepared for this nor in their right mind estimated the amount of relief response that would be needed since at first it appeared the levees were going to hold and there was NOT going to be massive flooding.
Oh and this is slightly off topic but…as heated as Justin can get about this – I can get equally heated on “celebrity justice”
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