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Abraham Washington's avatar

Not at all, Frank. Like you I dislike celebrity endorsements of all kinds and ideologies; but I'm defending their right to express political opinions - it's called the 1st Amendment. No one has to quit their job to express an opinion or endorse a candidate.

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Frank Lee's avatar

They have a right and I have a right to call them a threat to democracy for doing it.

I am not suggesting we silence them, just shame them.

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Nina Burleigh's avatar

But why? Why arenтАЩt famous entertainers as valid in their opinions as magas like mtg and boebert and gaetz?

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Frank Lee's avatar

They are politicians. Entertainers are artists... and in my experience artists tend to be the least qualified to influence anyone else about how to vote. Yet, in our social-media powered pop culture they have outsized power to influence elections.

My guess is that if the average artist celebrity tended to lean right politically, you would be on the other side of this. My perspective is that they should never be silenced, because I am a 1A absolutist, but shaming them is not only another 1A right, but good for democracy.

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