Mark Twain said it best "It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt." With celebrities especially, we tend to invest our emotions and side with you when we see you on the big screen, specially when you play a hero and we want to believe that yes, you are just a person, but you embody the qualities of the characters you play. I am sorry, but in this new world we find ourselves in, I can't play ignorant and keep cheering for the men behind the heroes on screen. The latest sci-fi hero turned dud is The Mandalorian, with Pedro Pascal coming out in support against Kyle Rittenhouse. I could forgive him when/if he shot his load prematurely and let his emotions out before knowing the full details of the situation, that is what non-thinking reactionary people do. There is a guy on Youtube, Donut Operator, an ex-officer, he came out initially describing the situation as Kyle belonging to a militia organization as the main stream media wanted to pain him as, but once he viewed the evidence, he changed his opinion and decided that Kyle did indeed acted in self defense. This even happened with very left leaning Young Turks, Anna Kasparian, another Youtube show that does lean to the left, but the cohost did admit to finally seeing the evidence and agreeing with the rational side and saying it was self defense. Pedro, is sticking to his guns, now that the trial is over, he still sends his condolences to the two heroes on the left that were "murdered" by Kyle, apparently as Kyle "hunted them down. (that is what the left seems to believe)."
I felt this same way about Mark Ruffalo who is very left leaning, he plays Bruce Banner, the alter ego to the Hulk, in the Marvel universe and because of his ignorant shit, I can't sit and enjoy those movies, it doesn't help that Ironman was killed in the last one, which was a great point to jump off that sinking ship. I am sorry, but you don't just represent yourself, you also speak for the worlds you help create, unfortunately, you are part of the face of whatever franchise you belong to, you can say what you want, don't be surprised when you lose half your fans in this age where we are being forced to stand on one side or the other of the line drawn in the sand.
It has to be ego that makes these geniuses pipe up because they could just make their millions and not take a side, then we wouldn't have anything to object to. You play make believe for a living, none of us think you are necessarily smart, same with Lebron James who is ultra rich because he can bounce a ball, not because he is a scholar. Stop weighing in on everything, at least wait until the facts are known, y'all are coming across like buffoons.
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