Madonna just got some very bad news from the secret service

[Sol]

Actors should act and singers should sing. Most of these celebs couldn't care less about politics but show off cause it's good for their image, or so they think.

DeNiro has always been one of my favorite actors but when it comes to politics, he falls off the pedestal at 100 miles an hour.

Captain Kirk had always been a stereotype hero, Shatner being Canadian, one of my favorites. His stupid no common sense remarks on things over the years has left me seeing him as an opportunist.

Most of them are. They should stick to what they do best and avoid taking stances but hey...they're celebs...

Madonna's 'out of context my ass' little wh rant should indeed have consequences.

Imagine - just for a second - if any of us had been on that stand saying those exact words...what would've happened?

Being a celeb should not give you a free pass to promote acts of violence or terrorism.

No matter who you are.

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I agree with you about being a celebrity should not mean you have a free pass to promote acts of terrorism..

But if I'm going to be honest, I mean, I think celebrities have as much right as anyone else and tweet/Facebook or just plain go rogue with their political stances. God knows I do.

The problem here is that their audiences can be anyone of any political stance, and your so high profile that anything you say can make news. Basically, these celebrities have risked alienating large percentages of their audiences, especially considering that the vote was split nearly 50/50..  on poplar vote it was only large California cities who tipped the scales.. 

So the risk is huge when your talking it's a possible half of your paying customers you are risking alienating every time you tell them they are stupid idiots in your opinion and your wanting to kill the president of the United States. (Sorry, this is an abhorrent thing for anyone to say - and especially when you can influence kids..)

Now here is the question, in a boycott ARE the right actually paying customers, or are these celebrities pandering their own customers. I haven't listened to Madonna since high school and I couldn't stand the whore then. I could boycott, but I don't buy her stuff anyway so it makes zero difference. 

When it comes to these movie celebrities there is a difference. I DO watch some of these movies and shows. I wanted so badly to see the new Ghostbusters movie (bad reviews or not I wanted to see it.. I loved Ghostbusters when I was young) Now, I AM boycotting it.. I will never so much as watch it on television. 

That said, it's a rare occasion I watch a movie in the theatre.. I used to go to the theatre once a month with my son, it was our thing to do together, and with my daughter it was to eat lunch out once a month, but now that I'm not in the same town as my son, I don't go to movies anymore. 

I will boycott these actors on television, if a channel shows one of these movies with actors I'm boycotting I'll not watch it even on t.v., but I don't know how much difference it makes. The economy has gotten so bad it's more difficult to do stuff like go to the movies for many Trump supporters, so I don't know how much of an impact boycotting will actually have. 

I do think we should pay attention and make a boycott list, but at the same time, I do wonder if these people getting up and saying this, are simply pandering to their own audiences...

Having a right to do so does not necessarily mean that they should do so.

Most of these celebs are crowd and glory seekers, it's worth more to them to be applauded by many than money in itself.

Also, most of these celebs are people than our young ones look up to, taking them as examples.

No, I'm not talking about that asshole Michael Moore. Madonna went over a thin line that she shouldn't have crossed.

My bet - as she's a billionaire - is that she'll get her hands slapped and be told not to do it anymore.

That is where I have a problem with rights, by the way. Her rights aren't the same as mine because, one, she's rich, two, she's a celeb.

I would be scratching my nuts in jail somewhere if I had said those words instead of her. That is a certainty.

We could have a very long conversation on rights, Grace. Rights take multiple forms, depending on your gender, your affiliations, your status, your wealth, your political views or religious ones.

And don't get me wrong, I'm all for freedom of speech, have always been. But there are limits. Madonna, in her God syndrome way of thinking, crossed one of those and she should be held accountable just like any of us would be if we were the ones that have faulted in such an obvious way.

Meh, she didn't even apologize, for God's sake, she said her words were taken out of context. Superior much?

Hope the alphabet agencies show her how to come down her cloud a notch or two. Is all... : )