First and foremost, everyone has the same Constitutional rights regardless of celebrity status and to claim that celebs don’t deserve to have the same rights as the rest of us is a slap in the face to those of us who swore oaths, fought, or died to defend the Constitution.
Secondly, it’s hypocritical in many ways.
I’ve seen several claim that the only thing they should speak about is their job…are these people restricted to the same rules? I doubt it since it’s doubtful that they’re being paid to insult celebrities.
If they take issue with celebs making a political statement, do they take the same issue with a celeb having the opposite viewpoint? I doubt it…Alyssa Milano and Don Cheadle are a pair of celebs I follow who get attacked for their views almost non-stop. Alyssa rarely acknowledges the attacks while Don likes to return fire on occasion. I don’t see conservative celebs getting attacked nearly as much, let alone by the same people who attack Milano claiming that celebs shouldn’t share political opinions. You know what that tells me? It’s not that people are upset that celebs share their opinions…it’s that their opinions differ from those of their attackers. That shows weakness of character on the part of the attacker. They’re either too fragile to handle the fact that there are famous people who don’t share their views…or else the celebs speaking up are making the attackers doubt their own views.
The people attacking celebs for expressing political opinions…who did they vote for? The majority seem to have voted for a reality TV star…again…hypocritical and hard to take seriously.
I recall years ago that people were upset that celebs didn’t utilize their fame to make a difference…now they’re trying to and they’re still upset…people just have to complain.
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