Hollywood and Politics
Once again, celebrities are forcing their opinions down the throats of the American people by releasing another anti- Trump ad slamming the real-estate mogul for his racial and divisive rhetoric. In the ad, you can hear leftist celebrities "crying" to the camera claiming that by voting for Trump, you are jeopardizing the freedoms of our citizens. They go on to talk about how everyone should listen to them because they have a lot of "really, really famous people" who agree with what they are saying. Although having a bunch of rich celebrities condoning Trump may seem persuasive, there is one major problem that suspends their argument. They're hypocrites!
Most of the hypocrisy by the leftist celebrities has become visible in regards to political correctness. It seems that the celebrities are in charge of choosing what is politically correct and what isn't. For example, Ben Affleck has a meltdown on Bill Maher's show for associating Muslims with terrorism. This would be somewhat understandable if Ben Affleck were at least consistent in principle.
(see video in Information Center to see Ben Shapiro's take on his comments)
Affleck doesn't seem to hesitate when it comes to associating Trump with racism. Another example of Hollywoods hypocrisy can be seen through Sarah Silverman. On an episode of Conan, Sarah Silverman, a proponent of political correctness, decides it would be appropriate to dress up as Hitler and compare herself to Trump. While insensitivity is a huge component of political correctness, the left seems to dismiss this one because it fits within their own propaganda.
Hollywood even has inconsistencies in its stance on environment change. Most recently, Leo DiCaprio has taken on the role speaking out against global warming. For the past month, DiCaprio has been traveling the world preaching about environmental change. The only problem is that DiCaprio flies around in a gas guzzling private jet to every location he chooses. Chelsea Clinton is another advocate of environmental health who also boasts around in a private jet. Now tell me, if DiCaprio and Clinton truly want to back up the argument they are making, wouldn't they rather carpool on a commercial airline?
The hypocrisy can also be seen on the economic spectrum. It seems that lately celebrities have made it their job to dictate how much money the government should take from the people and give to charity. The fact of the matter is that most celebrities do not give that much to charity. Most celebrities like the idea of setting up their own "foundation" because they assign the work to the event organizers and at the end of the day they have the privilege of slapping their name on the label. Most of the money raised from these foundations isn't even from the pocket of the founder, it comes from other generous donors and participants.
Oprah Winfrey has always been an advocate of taxing the rich their "fair share". In 2015, Oprah made a record donation of 50 million to charity. This would seem rather generous until you realize she made over 250 million that year. So where did the other 200 million go? For the record, Oprah's donation was 5x more then any other celebrity. I'm an advocate of people doing whatever they want with their hard earned money, but if the celebrities feel that the amount of money given to charity isn't enough, no one is stopping them from donating more of their own.
If these celebrities think that these painful videos are going to have any positive effect on the election, they are wrong. Most people understand the celebrities are there to make themselves feel good and cannot even walk the talk. Another important thing to note is that independent voters are tired of the system in place and are looking for change. Celebrities endorsing Hillary demonstrate her ties to the elites and could ultimately give Trump the upper hand among middle-class voters. At the end of the day , the people in Hollywood need to give it a rest and focus on issues within their reach, such as Hollywood's high divorce and drug addiction rates.
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