Not takes you agree with- just funny/odd/bizarre takes celebs come out with.
Couple come to mind:
-John Cleese being the average British celeb- a soft economic leftie on most issues except trans and cancel culture where he turns slobbering
-Chris Pratt rising to popularity with gentle dudebro comedy (which i stand by he’s great at) surprise! he’s basically a conservative- semi closeted until combo of Jesus freak and Insta post supporting LA mayor and homeless death camper Rick Caruso
- cardi B being Bernie supporter always makes me laff
-supposed Lefties like Frances Mcdormand, Woody Harrelson being anti-Vaxx. Definitely ‘new age left’ vibe but so bizarre these people who prob don’t have social media still get caught up in covid misinfo.
-Jim Cavesiel (Jesus) being incredibly moronic and impressionable, now Q (great Qanon anonymous ep on it)
-Not confirmed but Twitter mentioned Coen Bros being ‘Cheeto in the White House Libs’ which is so fascinating. Perhaps growing up during 60’s your brain warps around once living through the Dems almost being an unembarrassing party to support
Everyone here probably knows Danny Devito is an old school socialist, but here's a speech he gave at the Teamsters union conference anyway.
this is more of a charming one, but the guitarist for Eve 6 is a communist, Jon Siebels. He's even a full member of PSL. They're the band who did the "heart in a blender" song.
They did a tour with Jake Flores from Pod Damn America, I was really surprised how lefty they were. Also that they were still a band lol, it's been like 24 years since I listened to them.
I've always enjoyed that Wallace Shawn is a socialist. It makes it that much funnier that he plays the Grand Nagus on Deep Space 9.
Brb trying to reach out to him to have him read me theory.
"Toppling the bourgeouise without a vanguard party leading the proletariate? Lenin tells us that this is INCONCIEVABLE!"
speaking of wallace shawn and socialism the movie head office is genuinely great one of the best satires of all time
jeremy irons questioning whether legalizing gay marriage will lead to fathers marrying their sons to avoid inheritance tax was pretty funny, especially because when he said it he seemed to be saying it not in a homophobic way but like he thought it would be a genuinely good scheme to avoid taxes
jeremy irons starred in the D&D movie to pay for his (admittedly well appointed) scottish castle. he would totally marry his son to avoid taxes. and you know what. i'm gay and i can respect that sort of weird-shit.
there's that oldschool gay thing where the older partner adopt the younger partner as a way of getting some familial legal rights when marriage wasn't available, maybe he heard of that and couldn't remember the details
no, he meant biological fathers and sons lol. the interview tells him that would still be illegal as it is incest and he is surprised and says that he didn't think that it counted as incest
I get why some of the older generations of leftists don't trust vaccines, to be honest. You don't get that old without having a few run-ins with the medical establishment, and seeing how poorly mismanaged the whole industry is up close and personal - especially as someone who is already primed to be suspicious of authority - is bound to have an impact. Add in a healthy dose of boomer brain and just enough historical literacy to recognize the way vaccines have been weaponized in the past... Idk, I could see myself turning out that way under those circumstances.
Depends how old. There's less everyday, but if someone is +80 then they probably remember the horror of polio.
But yeah, that's more silent generation. Boomers wouldn't remember.
Yeah my very very old grandma remembers the kids who were crippled by polio. She grew up dirt poor in rural South Dakota in a 1 room house. 9 kids. Alcoholic father. The Silent Generation saw some rough shit.
yeah 100%- similar to that- a take I saw was that black people have more rights than others to be skeptical of gov mandated medical advice than anyone else.
Oh totally, and I'd add that pretty much anyone who has ever been to prison has good reason to be paranoid about that stuff, too. I generally try to consider someone's experiences before writing them off as some conspiracy nut.
The only ones who I don't get are the "vaccines cause autism" guys. Like, I fucking wish. Do you know how much cooler the world would be if all of you were as obsessed with fish as I am?
Dua Lipa being a greater albanian nationalist is pretty funny :albania:
Ah crap you beat me to it lmao. I remember suddenly seeing all my friends who were Dua Lipa fans liking and reposting her posts about bunkers and shit
Dua Lipa Albanian nationalist arc. She started posting on Instagram about the bunkers lmao. Link to screenshot
:hoxha-turt::bunker::albania:
The Beastie Boys being really into “Free” Tibet for some reason
That was like every celeb in the 90's. MCA was a Buddhist so I think that had something to do with it. Still love the Beastie Boys tho.
