Hypocrisy of the anti-gun Hollywood stars...

[brainstorm]

Hilarious YouTube video reveals the bloody roles filmed by celebrities now calling for gun control.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...n-control.html

Scroll to the bottom for the video.

[orangeblueorangeblue]

I have a hard time calling playing a role hypocritical.

[Dreamliner]

Hypocrite - from the Greek: HYPOKRITE, a term which was used to describe actors.

[orangeblueorangeblue]

Oh ok then.

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by orangeblueorangeblue

Oh ok then.

Well ? Isn't trying to pass yourself off as someone you're not hypocritical ? And of course many Hollywood actors are that on multiple levels.

[brainstorm]

Originally Posted by orangeblueorangeblue

I have a hard time calling playing a role hypocritical.

Do as I say, not as I do?

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by brainstorm

Do as I say, not as I do?

Is taking a film role social advocacy or is it just a job done for a check? I think its the latter for most actors.

[Dreamliner]

Does their participating in a medium they themselves believe serves to shape opinions and behaviors make them hypocrites on this count ?

Hmm ...

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner

Does their participating in a medium they themselves believe serves to shape opinions and behaviors make them hypocrites on this count ?

Hmm ...

Is this a broadly held opinion among actors, or just a straw man?

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

Is this a broadly held opinion among actors, or just a straw man?

Well, why do you think guys like George Clooney and Matt Damon (and on and one) take to producing movies ? or are you just erecting a straw man ?

[brainstorm]

If they believe in the gun control issue then passing on roles that essentially glorify the use of them would be admirable. But, of course, they choose to take these roles and the paycheck. Their choice, of course, but it is hypocritical. It's not like these roles are intended to show the negatives of gun use.

The larger issue is violence in our society and they contribute with their choice of roles.

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner

Well, why do you think guys like George Clooney and Matt Damon (and on and one) take to producing movies ? or are you just erecting a straw man ?

Because they can make money that way? Unless I missed the underlying social commentary to shape public opinion in Leatherheads, Argo and The Men Who Stare at Goats.

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

Because they can make money that way? Unless I missed the underlying social commentary to shape public opinion in Leatherheads, Argo and The Men Who Stare at Goats.

Because they can make a buck participating in media they believe shapes opinion and behavior ?

If you say so.

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by brainstorm

If they believe in the gun control issue then passing on roles that essentially glorify the use of them would be admirable. But, of course, they choose to take these roles and the paycheck. Their choice, of course, but it is hypocritical. It's not like these roles are intended to show the negatives of gun use.

The larger issue is violence in our society and they contribute with their choice of roles.

What if they don't think movies glorify gun use? You're asking them to make career choices based on opinions other people have about what movies may glorify or advocate. Not to say that there might be some cognitive dissonance, but I don't think its quite that simple. I mean, lots of people think corporations are evil, but still work for them and even perhaps think that theirs is exceptional in its benevolance, and unlike other ones.

[Dreamliner]

Well, that's just the thing about Hollywood actors. For them, movies are just make-believe.

Unless they aren't.

[wargunfan]

I can just about guarantee you that all the Hollywood lefties advocating gun control are protected by armed security. Every mansion in Beverly Hills has a sign in the front yard which says: "Trespassers will be met with armed response." They ALL have armed security wherever they go. They are typical of the hypocrite left which wants gun control to apply to everyone but themselves. I don't care what movies they make but I do care when they open their pie holes and spout hypocrisy.

[wgbgator]

Still don't understand why advocating "gun control" is antihetical to legally owning guns or hiring armed security. Unless they say no one should have guns period, its not even close to being hypocritical.

[Dreamliner]

Well, for starters, gun control is basically directed at people who legally own them. You don't think that criminals give a good God da** about gun laws, do you ?

[wgbgator]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner

Well, for starters, gun control is basically directed at people who legally own them. You don't think that criminals give a good God da** about gun laws, do you ?

That makes no sense. That's like saying laws against murder are directed at people who don't intend to murder people. Murderers don't follow murder laws, right?

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

That makes no sense. That's like saying laws against murder are directed at people who don't intend to murder people.

I know, I know, it's the damndest thing. It's like the Emancipation Proclamation. It only freed the blacks that were already free.