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Originally posted by Leland Pate
And finally, what really burns my ass is watching some of these liberal actors talking about wiping the country clean of weapons because the "founding fathers" didn't intend on having people toting semi auto rifles 'round town... they don't care too much about protecting those particular rights... but... when it comes to protecting their right to free press/speech, they get their panties in a wad when people talk about having the gov't put controls on film material... sex, violence, what have you... Because they are "guaranteed" that right.
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The last actor I saw talking about gun rights was Charlton Heston; he held a rifle above his head, and said something about his cold dead hands. The next entertainer I can think of who communicates the message of all things "gun" is Ted Nugent, though I don't think he's making H-ville's A-list these days. Neither is Charlie, for that matter.
I assume you're lumping all of Hollywood in your statement: well Hollywood is not entirely liberal, and certainly not comprised of just actors. A lot of conservatism runs through Hollywood. And a lot of guns. They aren't plastic replicas either; they don't fire blanks.
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Originally posted by Leland Pate
Of course, the best solution to this problem would be to wall off California from the rest of the country and let them have at each other.
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Why is that? Not that I'm some great defender of CA with our drive-by shootings, SLA bombings (the '70s) and those perilous hippie movements in San Francisco, but I'm also not about to lump Idaho as a state of nutcases because of Ruby Ridge. Sure, I'm sometimes at my wit's end with CA, if not L.A., but we're not all tofu-eating Lenin followers. In fact, if your argument comes from one of a state gone haywire with violence because of its main product -- Hollywood -- remember California also exports a huge amount of weaponry just down the freeway from Hollywood -- right near Pelican Parts as a matter of fact. So sure, we're "having at each other," but at the same time, we're also having at everyone else beyond our state borders. Now, if your argument is political, here's another point: aside from L.A. and San Francisco, much of California is really quite conservative.
Lastly, accusing film, TV, and even porn as something which hides behind the 1st Amendment is just too low-hanging a "target." Most already know the drill regarding distasteful aspects of popular culture: don't buy it if you don't want to see it. And if it's on TV, turn the channel.
Problem solved.