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riverine

(516 posts)
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 07:36 PM Jun 2019

Why are Lib celebrities like Tom Hanks, Clooney so nice and Cons like Jon Voight/James Woods such

bitter assholes?

I could name 50 more that fit the same pattern.

They're all rich with royalties rolling in for life so it is not money.

I just don't get it. I refuse to put money into the center of the divide.

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Why are Lib celebrities like Tom Hanks, Clooney so nice and Cons like Jon Voight/James Woods such (Original Post) riverine Jun 2019 OP
You want a prime example of Hollywood nasty look at Nick Searcy. AJT Jun 2019 #1
What an asshole... Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #10
Yes, he's horrific. AJT Jun 2019 #12
I think we liberals are just happier people in general. Aristus Jun 2019 #2
I knew conservative radio talkshow host Jerry Doyle. no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #3
some of the liberals can be not so nice also like Alec Baldwin JI7 Jun 2019 #4
You gotta be an ugly person to foster white wing beliefs, and back the likes of trump. Hoyt Jun 2019 #5
I think it boils down to rejection. Initech Jun 2019 #6
because fear, ignorance, hatred, racism, misogyny, homophobia make you UGLY AND BITTER Skittles Jun 2019 #7
K&R UTUSN Jun 2019 #8
This is a rhetorical question, right? Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #9
Why so nice people not want to take away food and healthcare from the poor? Flaleftist Jun 2019 #11
L.O.V.E. lostnfound Jun 2019 #13
Actually, Dirty Socialist Jun 2019 #14

Aristus

(66,316 posts)
2. I think we liberals are just happier people in general.
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 07:46 PM
Jun 2019

To be a conservative today means living in fear, and basing your every decision on hatred. One is not likely to remain a pleasant person for long under those emotional conditions.

no_hypocrisy

(46,080 posts)
3. I knew conservative radio talkshow host Jerry Doyle.
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 07:47 PM
Jun 2019

He was a dick when he was in his twenties, before "fame."

JI7

(89,247 posts)
4. some of the liberals can be not so nice also like Alec Baldwin
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 07:48 PM
Jun 2019

but the reason for the conservatives being assholes is the same as for most of them..

bitterness and resentment .

Initech

(100,063 posts)
6. I think it boils down to rejection.
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 07:54 PM
Jun 2019

Liberals - we're used to being rejected and as such we've developed a sense of humor about it. Conservatives on the other hand, think that the world owes them everything on a silver platter, and if they don't get their way, they take it out on everybody else. Hitler is a perfect example of this - he's a rejected artist who went apeshit after nobody was buying his art. Then there's Andrew Breitbart (rejected screenwriter), then there's the Joker (rejected stand up comedian), then Dana Loesch (rejected actress), James Woods (rejected actor), I could go on and on.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
11. Why so nice people not want to take away food and healthcare from the poor?
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 08:05 PM
Jun 2019

Why do nice people not oppose LGBTQ rights?

Why do nice people not hate immigrants fleeing violence and extreme poverty?

I can go on and on, but I think I made my point.

Dirty Socialist

(3,252 posts)
14. Actually,
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 08:52 PM
Jun 2019

I hear that Madonna is a real pain to work with. Otherwise, the liberal celebrities seem to be nicer

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