President Trump’s “shithole” comment concerning immigration last week made me recall others who’ve made questionable comments that drew ire from people. Just last week alone, two of the “Hollyweird” elite made statements in interviews and on social media that got them in hot water.
Disney actress Bella Thorne didn’t care to be inconvenienced when she complained on Twitter that the road closures in Santa Barbara, Calif. caused her to miss her boyfriend’s concert performance. Thorne apparently doesn’t pay attention to the local news in her area much less national. If she had, she would have known the reason for the road closures was due to the mudslides, which have so far killed over twenty people.
Actor Rob Lowe put Thorne in her place posting, “This attitude is why people hate celebrities/Hollywood. Bella, I’m sorry you were inconvenienced. We will try to move out our dead quicker.”
Liam Neeson, currently promoting his latest film, "The Commuter" (2018), who called the recent sexual harassment allegations plaguing Hollywood a “witch hunt” and that some of the allegations against actors like Dustin Hoffman “childhood stuff” sparked backlash on social media.
“Dear Liam Neeson, until you’ve been in the position of feeling completely vulnerable over the fear of being groped, shut up. What a disappointment he turned out to be” wrote user Claire Burke on January 12, 2018.
“Disappointed by Liam Neeson’s comments. Reinforcing the idea that inappropriately touching women was the norm and therefore ok. The reference to a ‘witch hunt’ also irked me,” wrote Dr. Michelle McMahon the same night.
Just two weeks ago, Trump taunted North Korean President Kim Jung Un saying he’s got a bigger button and unlike North Korea’s, his works when it comes to the possibility of nuclear war.
Trump’s most recent comment this week about the drive-by media is my favorite in which he tweeted, “The fake news awards will be given to the losers on January 17th.”
As the Bible says, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone” and as of this writing, I see no one coming forward claiming they have NEVER, EVER said something or posted something offensive to anyone that they were sorry they ever said it.
©1/17/18
Disney actress Bella Thorne didn’t care to be inconvenienced when she complained on Twitter that the road closures in Santa Barbara, Calif. caused her to miss her boyfriend’s concert performance. Thorne apparently doesn’t pay attention to the local news in her area much less national. If she had, she would have known the reason for the road closures was due to the mudslides, which have so far killed over twenty people.
Actor Rob Lowe put Thorne in her place posting, “This attitude is why people hate celebrities/Hollywood. Bella, I’m sorry you were inconvenienced. We will try to move out our dead quicker.”
Liam Neeson, currently promoting his latest film, "The Commuter" (2018), who called the recent sexual harassment allegations plaguing Hollywood a “witch hunt” and that some of the allegations against actors like Dustin Hoffman “childhood stuff” sparked backlash on social media.
“Dear Liam Neeson, until you’ve been in the position of feeling completely vulnerable over the fear of being groped, shut up. What a disappointment he turned out to be” wrote user Claire Burke on January 12, 2018.
“Disappointed by Liam Neeson’s comments. Reinforcing the idea that inappropriately touching women was the norm and therefore ok. The reference to a ‘witch hunt’ also irked me,” wrote Dr. Michelle McMahon the same night.
If anyone has bothered to listen to anything President Trump has said since he took office, let alone, what he said while running for president in 2016 then they should know that he is not one who isn’t afraid to speak his mind no matter how offensive or not well thought out his statements are. Voters knew that and still elected him.When President Trump called the mass shooting at a Texas church last November in Sutherland Springs a “mental health problem at the highest level,” that’s what I have been saying for decades since these mass shootings started. How many times to do I have to say, “Guns don’t kill people! People do!” If a madman is intent on killing, they are going to find a way to do it no matter how many gun control laws are on the f-----g books! None of which have ever worked!
Just two weeks ago, Trump taunted North Korean President Kim Jung Un saying he’s got a bigger button and unlike North Korea’s, his works when it comes to the possibility of nuclear war.
Trump’s most recent comment this week about the drive-by media is my favorite in which he tweeted, “The fake news awards will be given to the losers on January 17th.”
I hate political correctness and am tired of walking on eggshells when it comes to speaking my mind for the sole reason, I have to be nice to so-so person because what I say might hurt their feelings or it will cause social media users to either block or unfriend me, like that hasn’t happened already. I don’t subscribe to the unwritten social media rule that says, “He/she who dies with the most friends on Facebook wins.” Chances are the billion plus users' people have on their accounts are not going to be at their funeral.I am 1000 percent plus certain there is not a single person out there, or the two or three people reading this column, if that many, who has not said something inappropriate that has either caused them to lose friends and family on social media as a result.
As the Bible says, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone” and as of this writing, I see no one coming forward claiming they have NEVER, EVER said something or posted something offensive to anyone that they were sorry they ever said it.
©1/17/18
