To be quite frank, whilst I don't agree with that sentiment in the least bit, I can understand why people would think that. It seems like having a right wing opinion is grounds to tar and feather a person whilst left leaning celebs appear to breeze through everything with no issue. Only problem is, there's a good reason and excuse as to why that's the case. The big idea is the fact that the right has delved into a cesspool of monolithic and selfish shitlords who care more about offending and pissing people off than making any societal change. And when the political party that fought against Nazis suddenly decides Nazis are ok because they "trigger the libs" then it's time to vilify that party to the extreme. At worst, the left is annoying. At worst, the right is perilous. I've swung way far left at this point where I don't see myself agreeing with anything a conservative will say. That said, I challenge any conservatives reading this to throw something we can agree on my way ;).
So are celebrities only allowed to be leftists? Well, the answer is no. There are some celebs with right wing beliefs that aren't hated. Need an example? Chuck Norris. Chuck is one of the grossest bootlickers I've ever seen. As a surprise to no one, Chuck is a down home Republican, and lately the one thing he's been doing with his time is being very anti-LGBT+. He's even against a campaign that protects trans students from bullying. Now tell me, when's the last time you heard anyone shit talk Chuck? I got more of these. Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are republicans and last I checked, people still go crazy for the Bad Boys From Boston. Hell, fucking Dave Mustaine from Megadeth is right wing, going as far as to being an Alex Jones fan, supporting Ted Cruz, and claiming the Sandy Hook shooting was a facade. Megadeth isn't blacklisted now is it? As you can see, being publicly right wing isn't a one-way ticket to street justice grabbing ya by the neck.
What also bugs me is that left-wing celebrities don't get off scot free either like conservatives claim. Trevor Noah for example is loathed by conservatives and even people who are "centrists" for his leftist ideals. Same goes for Mark Hamill, one of the biggest movie stars in history. Once he started being critical of Trump and his administration he was immediately branded an "SJW" (fuck that term btw). Obviously being a leftist isn't as easy as conservatives want you to think. These same people want to say that leftism is the only acceptable ideology yet you'd find them on Youtube videos made by small feminist channels with like 50 subscribers blasting the poor girl's video with thousands of dislikes and supplementing them with extremely disgusting rape threats and the like. So yeah, tell me again about free speech going both ways?
Speaking of free speech, did you know that the White House wants to cancel Samantha Bee's show over her insulting Ivanka? Yeah you know what it's called when the government wants to end a public TV show because the host said something they don't like? CENSORSHIP. Ya know, that word that's basically meaningless now? Censorship specifically and only applies to LEGALISM. If your network cancels your show for saying something discriminatory, that is not censorship. If you are sued by the government for writing an article and having your entire social media tracked and being fined each time you publicly post, that is censorship. If the government is attacking and limiting the rights of people who display leftist beliefs, then that's a pretty damning sign that being a leftist isn't all that accepted. What's more is that the government and by extension the President is supposed to hold themselves to a much higher standard than the average citizen, not a lower one. So if Captain Grapefruit wants someone's show to be illegal just because the host said something mean about him, he needs to step the fuck down because he is not fit to do this job. I know he won't, but he needs to.
I can't entirely say I'm surprised this turned into the hell storm it did, but the fact that these instances were at the forefront of news reports instead of the 5K death count of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico or the THOUSANDS of missing immigrant children thanks to the negligence of ICE just infuriated me to levels I did not anticipate. Roseanne Barr is an ignorant trollop, this is not news. She dressed up like Hitler during a bakery photoshoot and now people are somehow shocked that she called a non-white woman apelike. Her getting her show cancelled is HER FAULT. She very much had this coming by shooting her mouth off. Samantha Bee is not comparable because all she did was get furious with Ivanka being all glitters and rainbows whilst her family destroys everything good in the world. It's not nuclear armageddon because a bland sitcom from the late 20th century had its return cut short, and there is no SJW propagandist wrongthink going on. Get the hell over yourselves.
What also bugs me is that left-wing celebrities don't get off scot free either like conservatives claim. Trevor Noah for example is loathed by conservatives and even people who are "centrists" for his leftist ideals. Same goes for Mark Hamill, one of the biggest movie stars in history. Once he started being critical of Trump and his administration he was immediately branded an "SJW" (fuck that term btw). Obviously being a leftist isn't as easy as conservatives want you to think. These same people want to say that leftism is the only acceptable ideology yet you'd find them on Youtube videos made by small feminist channels with like 50 subscribers blasting the poor girl's video with thousands of dislikes and supplementing them with extremely disgusting rape threats and the like. So yeah, tell me again about free speech going both ways?
Speaking of free speech, did you know that the White House wants to cancel Samantha Bee's show over her insulting Ivanka? Yeah you know what it's called when the government wants to end a public TV show because the host said something they don't like? CENSORSHIP. Ya know, that word that's basically meaningless now? Censorship specifically and only applies to LEGALISM. If your network cancels your show for saying something discriminatory, that is not censorship. If you are sued by the government for writing an article and having your entire social media tracked and being fined each time you publicly post, that is censorship. If the government is attacking and limiting the rights of people who display leftist beliefs, then that's a pretty damning sign that being a leftist isn't all that accepted. What's more is that the government and by extension the President is supposed to hold themselves to a much higher standard than the average citizen, not a lower one. So if Captain Grapefruit wants someone's show to be illegal just because the host said something mean about him, he needs to step the fuck down because he is not fit to do this job. I know he won't, but he needs to.
I can't entirely say I'm surprised this turned into the hell storm it did, but the fact that these instances were at the forefront of news reports instead of the 5K death count of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico or the THOUSANDS of missing immigrant children thanks to the negligence of ICE just infuriated me to levels I did not anticipate. Roseanne Barr is an ignorant trollop, this is not news. She dressed up like Hitler during a bakery photoshoot and now people are somehow shocked that she called a non-white woman apelike. Her getting her show cancelled is HER FAULT. She very much had this coming by shooting her mouth off. Samantha Bee is not comparable because all she did was get furious with Ivanka being all glitters and rainbows whilst her family destroys everything good in the world. It's not nuclear armageddon because a bland sitcom from the late 20th century had its return cut short, and there is no SJW propagandist wrongthink going on. Get the hell over yourselves.
