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Hollywood double standard


How is this clown still given a pass in Hollywood when Mel Gibson was basically run out of town on a rail?

Not excusing Mel's actions of tirades, but let's face it, he's a republican so he's already given 10 extra hate points...

Bottom line, if your call yourself a liberal in tinsel town, you can contradict yourself at every turn and spew hateful comments, apologize and all is forgiven...

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No kidding. Look at Roman Polanski. He rapes a woman but he still is in demand and Hollywood loves this guy. As long as you are a liberal you can do and say anything and that includes rape and homophobic slurs.

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ha! I was just thinking the same thing. Alec calls himself a democratic and liberal yet makes homophobic slurs. If I said I was conservative people automatically have these preconceived ideas....yet Alec can say he is liberal and that someone how makes him cool and acceptable.

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Roman Polanski did NOT rape a woman. He raped a CHILD.

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You are absolutely right and i should have made that clear in my post. That makes what he did so much worse. Also, i don't care if the victim wants to forget about it and move on, he has to be punished for what he did and also kept away so he won't do it to other children. Thank you for clarifying.

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Yeah, all those poor persecuted conservatives who got run out of town like Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh just because they're bigots who made a career out of facile insults they never even pretend to apologise for, and on an even more consistent basis than the supposedly liberal dickweed Baldwin. Jeez, grow some cojones instead of playing the victim all the time.


"Security - release the badgers."

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Those people you mentioned are NOT actors, they are the media, you're grasping at straws.

Plus, did I say I condoned the actions of hate speech? No..you are giving him another free pass, is that right? Liberal actors have free speech no matter how insulting...God forbid a republican do the same.

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The left wing loonies can only focus on the conservative media people because they know that Hollywood won't let conservatives work unless they hide their beliefs and play the part of being a liberal. It is a little known fact that there are a lot of conservatives in Hollywood but they don't talk about it because they fear backlash. I don't condone what Alec Baldwin said but my point was that if a conservative said it, like Mel Gibson, they would be run out of town. Baldwin is a big bully...there is no other way to describe him. He threatens those that he knows can't or won't fight him.

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if a conservative said it, like Mel Gibson, they would be run out of town

BS.Hollywood is full of conservatives and despite the best efforts of amateur shockjocks like Spike Lee, the likes of Clint Eastwood are still wandering around the city at liberty while Baldwin's just got his show suspended and is currently promoting a movie about how producers don't want to hire him for movies anymore.


"Security - release the badgers."

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