2006-04-19, 01:57 | Link #1 |
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Celebrities and Political Issues
Why do celebrities consistantly have to be involved in Politics? Exactly how much do these people know? In terms of expertise, they're as credible as you and I. Yet, there are boneheads out there that take the words of celebrities and base their positions on the decisions that someone on TV tells them. I don't understand it.
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2006-04-19, 02:40 | Link #2 |
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I have no problem with celeberties being involved in politics. After all, it's their right to express their opinions on all issues. One could argue that as celeberties they have a duty to use their fame to support various causes.
However, I completely agree with you about the people that base their opinion on what celeberties say. Unless the celeberty is an expert in the field, which does happen on rare occasions, it's just the opinion of someone who happens to be famous. Fame doesn't mean they know what they're talking about. People generally don't accept the ideas of some random nut on a street corner, but have that nut star in a few movies, or give him his own tv show, and all of a sudden those same ideas have merit.
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2006-04-20, 07:57 | Link #4 | |
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It's their status quo. Just because they're wealthier than us, doesn't mean that intelligence wise. It seems that exorbiantly popular celebraties shows their primal dumbness. I watch VH1 everyonce in a while, since my sisters seems to enjoy laughing their @%$ off watching them ridicule celebraties like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. A good example is also Donald Trump. He has his large chains of Hotels, but knowledge wise, i'm clueless about him.
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2006-05-12, 14:09 | Link #7 | |
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I don't like the Dixie's chicks music but i am going to buy one of thier cds in support of the fact that they took a stand on issue important to them and put thier entire career on line by doing so. As for Arnold, at least he put his money where his mouth which is more then a lot of other celebraties are doing.
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2006-05-13, 00:28 | Link #8 |
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Like Kamui4356 said, by the simple act of voicing an opinion it may get regular citizens to think and realize that there is an issue going on.
It's most noticeable when celebrities campaign on behalf of cancer foundations or charities or enviornmental stuff, but it can also work for abortion or the Patriot Act or whatnot. The sad truth is that most people (Americans, at least) are woefully underinformed about what's going on around them. A local baseball player coming out in favor of Proposition B will likely lead at least some people to look into what Prop B is. |
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