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This is just that overblown 'Hollyweird' flag that conservative pundits like to take out and wave around every once in a while to tweak the noses of actors and directors and such who get recognition for their political views. I can only attribute it to the fact that by far, most people in the entertainment industry are (at least) fairly liberal in their views and conservatives are under-represented. Is that someone's fault?
I do find it funny though that conservatives get so upset that actors have opinions (because they are obviously kept in little boxes in a warehouse in Hollywood whenever they are not making movies and cannot possibly have gained enough information to form an opinion and then (gasp!) voice it in public) but have absolutely no qualms about putting their trust in the credentials (?) of such quasi-professionals as Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh.
Personally I feel like actors are entitled to their opinions on political matters just as much as any of us. It's not their fault that people happen to hang on every frigging word they say.
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