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Originally posted by Phaenx
Card is a celebrity? Dunno about that, but I'll say being a brilliant writer gives you more sway then being a retarded actor. Compare both statements "America is a puppy that can bite you." vs. this. Card seems to know something about the situation =).
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Sounds like someone is rationalizing...
He's a celebrity- don't discount scifi geeks. If he hadn't written what is arguably one of the greatest works of scifi we wouldn't be discussing him as we are right now. He certainly has no more right than depp to make political statements.
You could say he is a brilliant writer- or you could say he WAS a brilliant writer(what has he written of note lately-besides op-eds). Keep in mind he writes scifi- he is an expert at making the fanciful and impossible sound believable.
None of which makes him any more of an expert in politics than depp. In fact, they have a lot in common since both earn their paycheck by decieving people.
I'm not saying that he doesn't have anything good to say, just that you can't play this"actors are dumb, but washed up scifi writers are keenly insightful" game because it lacks integrity.