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Sex Panther said:

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TCTTS said:

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This is the kind of crap celebs should get sh/t for. I can respect those who walk the walk, but I'm right there with some of you when it comes to those who preach but don't do...

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What a joke... this has to be one of the most eye-rolling, hollow "statements" I've ever seen. I'm so glad she's getting called out for this complete virtue-signaling act.

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I'd like to embroider a map of Hawaii on her tummy.

j/k; I probably wouldn't pull out in time.

tk for tu juan said:

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What if they added a 20 sec rebuttal for an opposing viewpoint after every political statement? Hopefully performed by James Woods

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I say just talk about movie making and crap like that. The Oscars are already way too damn long (at least they have been.. not sure about last few years). Don't waste time up there talking about football, computer science, politics or anything else that they don't have expertise about.

If Meet the Press or the NFL commentators started talking a lot about Hollywood, they would lose viewers too.

aTmAg said:

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tk for tu juan said:

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What if they added a 20 sec rebuttal for an opposing viewpoint after every political statement? Hopefully performed by James Woods

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I say just talk about movie making and crap like that. The Oscars are already way too damn long (at least they have been.. not sure about last few years). Don't waste time up there talking about football, computer science, politics or anything else that they don't have expertise about.

If Meet the Press or the NFL commentators started talking a lot about Hollywood, they would lose viewers too.

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Alright, what if there is a SAP channel that bleeps out all political thoughts during the Oscars?

tk for tu juan said:

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aTmAg said:

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tk for tu juan said:

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What if they added a 20 sec rebuttal for an opposing viewpoint after every political statement? Hopefully performed by James Woods

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I say just talk about movie making and crap like that. The Oscars are already way too damn long (at least they have been.. not sure about last few years). Don't waste time up there talking about football, computer science, politics or anything else that they don't have expertise about.

If Meet the Press or the NFL commentators started talking a lot about Hollywood, they would lose viewers too.

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Alright, what if there is a SAP channel that bleeps out all political thoughts during the Oscars?

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Nope... it's not just "hearing" political thought that is the problem. I hear that all the time without issue.
It's providing ratings boost to jackasses who are fighting to have our rights infringed. It's going to take a while of them shutting up to gain these viewers back.

tk for tu juan said:

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aTmAg said:

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tk for tu juan said:

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What if they added a 20 sec rebuttal for an opposing viewpoint after every political statement? Hopefully performed by James Woods

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I say just talk about movie making and crap like that. The Oscars are already way too damn long (at least they have been.. not sure about last few years). Don't waste time up there talking about football, computer science, politics or anything else that they don't have expertise about.

If Meet the Press or the NFL commentators started talking a lot about Hollywood, they would lose viewers too.

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Alright, what if there is a SAP channel that bleeps out all political thoughts during the Oscars?

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They should just mute the sound and put this up on screen

aTmAg said:

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tk for tu juan said:

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aTmAg said:

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tk for tu juan said:

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What if they added a 20 sec rebuttal for an opposing viewpoint after every political statement? Hopefully performed by James Woods

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I say just talk about movie making and crap like that. The Oscars are already way too damn long (at least they have been.. not sure about last few years). Don't waste time up there talking about football, computer science, politics or anything else that they don't have expertise about.

If Meet the Press or the NFL commentators started talking a lot about Hollywood, they would lose viewers too.

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Alright, what if there is a SAP channel that bleeps out all political thoughts during the Oscars?

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Nope... it's not just "hearing" political thought that is the problem. I hear that all the time without issue.
It's providing ratings boost to jackasses who are fighting to have our rights infringed. It's going to take a while of them shutting up to gain these viewers back.

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A lot of us feel that way about actual politicians.

Whether you agree with them or not, people who get a platform are going to use it. It's been happening in entertainment and sports for years, it's just more magnified now with our 24/7 news coverage and social media. If someone started spouting how great the current administration was they'd be praised all over forum 16 for being informed and enlightened and using their platform for the "right" things.

You don't like what a few had to say (which, again, was an incredibly minor portion of the evening as several of us have pointed out) and you didn't watch, problem solved. Many people, believe it or not, don't have a issue with what they said and will keep watching.

We'll all vote in November and keep thinking each other are idiots no matter who gets elected, and the world will keep spinning.

fig96 said:

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aTmAg said:

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tk for tu juan said:

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aTmAg said:

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tk for tu juan said:

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What if they added a 20 sec rebuttal for an opposing viewpoint after every political statement? Hopefully performed by James Woods

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I say just talk about movie making and crap like that. The Oscars are already way too damn long (at least they have been.. not sure about last few years). Don't waste time up there talking about football, computer science, politics or anything else that they don't have expertise about.

If Meet the Press or the NFL commentators started talking a lot about Hollywood, they would lose viewers too.

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Alright, what if there is a SAP channel that bleeps out all political thoughts during the Oscars?

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Nope... it's not just "hearing" political thought that is the problem. I hear that all the time without issue.
It's providing ratings boost to jackasses who are fighting to have our rights infringed. It's going to take a while of them shutting up to gain these viewers back.

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A lot of us feel that way about actual politicians.

Whether you agree with them or not, people who get a platform are going to use it. It's been happening in entertainment and sports for years, it's just more magnified now with our 24/7 news coverage and social media. If someone started spouting how great the current administration was they'd be praised all over forum 16 for being informed and enlightened and using their platform for the "right" things.

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I'm not so sure. For example, I sometimes listen to Mark Levin on my drive home. He's a smart guy. But his callers are DUMBASSES. They call in and say nothing more than "you are a great American" and talk about how Trump is saving the world. Those guys don't bring anything to the table IMO. So if it happens to be the top of the hour, then I'll listen, if it's the bottom of the hour and he is taking calls, I turn it off. The same is true with Hollywood. If they got up there and said, "build a wall", then I wouldn't celebrate, I would roll my eyes and think to myself "shut up".

30 seconds is not enough time to say anything profound on either side of a topic, IMO. So at the Oscars, just thank your family, your agent, and move on.

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You don't like what a few had to say (which, again, was an incredibly minor portion of the evening as several of us have pointed out) and you didn't watch, problem solved. Many people, believe it or not, don't have a issue with what they said and will keep watching.

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Understood, but the Oscars are losing viewers over time. I assume that is a concern for them. I'm just expressing my opinion on how they can improve that somewhat.

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We'll all vote in November and keep thinking each other are idiots no matter who gets elected, and the world will keep spinning.

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Until we have an economic collapse (which is coming, BTW). Yeah the world will keep spinning, but there will be a lot of hungry people on it. I would like to spare people of that misery if possible. (but that is a different topic)

Fair response, though even if it wasn't you there would be (and often is) a massive conservative outpouring of support for any celebrity they think is on their "side". Heck, my mom called me and started talking about Kanye

SkiMo said:

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aTm

We all know that if celebrities were spouting conservative bull**** and hailing trump you would be walking around with a little chub and wouldn't be here so stop pretending to be upset and move on. This thread was fun until you showed up.

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I didn't vote for Trump, BTW.

And I'm not upset. I didn't watch it, and I'm explaining a partial reason why to those who were wondering why the ratings were down again.

fig96 said:

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Fair response, though even if it wasn't you there would be (and often is) a massive conservative outpouring of support for any celebrity they think is on their "side". Heck, my mom called me and started talking about Kanye

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So I'm not saying celebrities can't have opinions or shouldn't express them. They have the right just like any of us. Kanye making an album and doing that church stuff on his own dime is no problem with me. Liberals can and do the same thing too. No big deal.

I am suggesting 2 things here:

To the Oscars: Unless you like decreasing ratings, encourage your celebrities to stay our of politics during the ceremony. That hurts, not helps.

To celebrities: just because you are famous doesn't mean you are smart/knowledgeable on politics. People spend their entire professional lives studying that stuff. Pretend politics is marine biology or some other field you aren't an expert on. Would you talk about that on twitter or at the Oscars? No? Then why do so with politics?

Duncan Idaho said:

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Embroider? Sorry to hear about your needle dick

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I know reading isn't your specialty, but "embroidered" is taken from the quoted tweet.

SkiMo said:

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aTmAg said:

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fig96 said:

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Fair response, though even if it wasn't you there would be (and often is) a massive conservative outpouring of support for any celebrity they think is on their "side". Heck, my mom called me and started talking about Kanye

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So I'm not saying celebrities can't have opinions or shouldn't express them. They have the right just like any of us. Kanye making an album and doing that church stuff on his own dime is no problem with me. Liberals can and do the same thing too. No big deal.

I am suggesting 2 things here:

To the Oscars: Unless you like decreasing ratings, encourage your celebrities to stay our of politics during the ceremony. That hurts, not helps.

To celebrities: just because you are famous doesn't mean you are smart/knowledgeable on politics. People spend their entire professional lives studying that stuff. Pretend politics is marine biology or some other field you aren't an expert on. Would you talk about that on twitter or at the Oscars? No? Then why do so with politics?

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They told me they will take your advice under consideration and no need to express further concern.

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They are wrong. Clearly, they need this expressed to them over and over, as they keep spouting their idiocy.

Chase McGuire said:

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Reminds me of someone on the last few pages of this thread.

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Chase McGuire said:

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Reminds me of someone on the last few pages of this thread.

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I express wisdom. That's the difference.

Redstone is pretty funny sometimes, tbh.

I knew someone was going to go there.

I do think Christian aliens have infiltrated the Oscars too. Interjecting their holier than thou intergalactic politics in our faces.

TCTTS said:

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Save for Phoenix's rant, which I admittedly tuned out and don't remember most of, the only other political message I heard all night was Pitt's John Bolton comment, which wasn't that controversial, considering a number of people on both sides of the isle seem agree that it's standard practice to, you know, allow witnesses at a trial. I didn't see that as "sh/tting on red America" at all. I'm with you that celebs can certainly be sanctimonious blow hards, but I honestly felt that the political messaging was incredibly tame last night.

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But most of the people in that room vote the same way, and would have gasped if someone had gotten up and said 'Someone should tell the democrats they need actual evidence next time'. I mean, we saw the reactions to Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes.

But I agree, the political messaging was more tame than other years. Maybe with the impeachment failure most thought it best to just not bring attention to what was a bad week for their side of the aisle.

I think Pitt was playing to the crowd more than trying to be mean-spirited and make some statement.

You obviously didnt see his after show interview

I honestly don't understand why TNNCS is not considered by all posters and lurkers the primary Influencer on this board. He has the track record of posts, predictions, and analysis - in addition to working from inside the industry.

We've had disagreements but who else works and lives as an insider? And really, let's please stop with all the pushback in general. I was forced to decamp for Politics after arriving here from Religion & Philosophy due to all the negativity and posters making things about them.

It's about the work, and we really should at least acknowledge that some know more than others.

Might want to put down a pillow for your knees.