Sean Penn is one bad MFer.

[JohnnyRingo]

Forget Steven Segall and Chuck Norris, when the bombs start falling and the bullets loading, "Bad Boy" Sean Penn packs his bags and heads straight into the war zone to film a doc on the invasion.

Why doesn't this man run for office?

Sean Penn, on the ground in Ukraine, says Putin has ‘made a most horrible mistake for all of humankind’

Actor and activist Sean Penn, who is on the ground in Ukraine filming a documentary on the invasion, denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin for what the American filmmaker called “a most horrible mistake for all of humankind.”

In a statement to The Washington Post, Penn on Saturday praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while acknowledging the destruction caused by Putin in the days since Russia launched broad attacks throughout Ukraine.

“Already a brutal mistake of lives taken and hearts broken, and if he doesn’t relent, I believe Mr. Putin will have made a most horrible mistake for all of humankind,” Penn said. “President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people have risen as historic symbols of courage and principle.”

He added: “Ukraine is the tip of the spear for the democratic embrace of dreams. If we allow it to fight alone, our soul as America is lost.”

Continued at this link (no paywall):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/26/sean-penn-ukraine-invasion/

[True Dough]

1. Probably doesn't run for office due to too much "baggage"

from his younger years. He left all sorts of quotes that would be trotted out against him from decades ago. Should that matter in the era of Trump, Cruz, Cawthorn, MTG, etc?

It shouldn't. But it always seems to on the left, where we have more scruples (and maybe shoot ourselves in the foot once in a while).

[oregonjen]

6. Yep, here's his latest

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sean-penn-accused-toxic-masculinity-142446060.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKg9oz7edSvANyRlJ6pY819q_X2hxvFLncUR9Ibfk96SZ4ABbHnCvNHsjpMZ4G-zbRzNzkdgk_JOwt7CHEav9TojACaVBJEGdZvzKjeKPqbyog04pojPNy2fB1Vh3W_emHxhm5kbMviZKnCIY_NLjrAPUhJWTMikmEFpQAVlLDsY

[True Dough]

8. Not exactly helping his own cause

is he?

[demmiblue]

7. Sean Penn Very Scientifically Blames 'Cowardly Genes' for Men Embracing Skirts

Sean Penn wants you to know he’s a macho man. The actor recently told iNews that he thinks American men have been “wildly feminized” and doubled down on his comments Thursday, criticizing men who choose to wear skirts.

“There has been an absence of male behavior,” the 61-year-old told the British publication. “I don’t think that being a brute or having insensitivity or disrespect for women is anything to do with masculinity, or ever did. But I don’t think that [in order] to be fair to women, we should become them.”

Notably, in the late Eighties, Madonna — who Penn married in 1984, and divorced in 1989 — accused him of hitting her in the face with a baseball bat while he was in jail for assaulting a film extra. She later filed a police report after he allegedly “smacked and roughed” the singer up while tied to a chair. (At the time, he was charged with felony domestic assault.)

On Thursday, in an interview with The Independent about his film Flag Day, the actor stood by his comments, adding that the “very strong women” in his life “do not take masculinity as a sign of oppression toward them.” He explained: “There are a lot of, I think, cowardly genes that lead to people surrendering their jeans and putting on a skirt.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/sean-penn-criticizes-men-with-skirts-1292188/

[True Dough]

9. See post #8

Sometimes he is his own worst enemy.

[Karadeniz]

2. Why doesn't he run for office? He can probably do more good his way.

[Demsrule86]

11. He is a wife/girlfriend beater. My brother in law who is a cop in New York arrested him for

hitting Madonna...and it has continued with other women. He is a bad guy.

[smirkymonkey]

29. That's all I need to know.

F**k him. I don't care how much "good" he does. Chances are, he does it to puff up his ego and make himself look impressive to his fans. If he beats women, he doesn't give a shit about people. He's such a poser!

[Demsrule86]

32. He was arrested right on the streets of New York City...for this. I believe he is a bad guy.

[obamanut2012]

12. He's a scummy AF wife and girlfriend beater

And, can be pretty sexist. He doesn't deserve our votes.

[ret5hd]

3. Hah! You ain't seen nuthin' till Kid Rock and Ted Nugent gets there!

[Carlitos Brigante]

18. They would do a lot of good if they went down there

with their shitty music and help force a Russian surrender, to make them stop playing.

[List left]

4. Paywall

[Tomconroy]

5. Eager to see the movie.

[Buckeyeblue]

10. Sean Penn is a little nuts

He suffers from extreme short-man syndrome and he's never made that great movie that he's been chasing his whole life.

[Johonny]

16. Are you telling me Fast Times at Ridgemont High is not a great movie?

[Buckeyeblue]

19. Classic comedy for sure

[sheilahi]

25. Or.......

Or, I Am Sam. Not an oscar winner or anything but I LOVED this one.

[ballabosh]

26. At Close Range

Is a great film. Dead Man Walking another.

[hunter]

13. We'll all be sorry when Penn destroys Putin in hand-to-hand combat...

... and declares himself Tsar of the former Soviet Union.

[empedocles]

14. Some can't help their need to attack allies - in a war zone no less

[hunter]

31. I'm fucking awesome in a skirt.

And possibly most dangerous as my wildly feminized "cooks dinner and changes the diapers of babies and elders" self.

I wear the jeans and steel toed boots pretty damned fine as well.

[samplegirl]

15. I like Sean Penn

he’s not just sitting on his ass or entertaining trump like that greasy flag wearing Kid Rock!
You can argue all you want about how much you don’t like him… but he’s also had some very good causes.

He’s my bad boy!

[Demsrule86]

33. I don't approve of men who hit women or vice versa. He is a bad guy indeed.

[BlackSkimmer]

17. He was on the DU naughty list last week.

Along with Richard Engel and some others.

I’m not a fan of his, but I’ll give him kudos for going there to document this horror.

[empedocles]

20. More than kudos. 368,000 internet searches last month.

'Sean Penn
Popularity

Sean Penn is an American actor and filmmaker who won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008), and is known for his political and social activism, most notably his criticism of the Bush administration.'

'He was born on Wednesday August 17th 1960, in Burbank, California, United States.

Last we checked, on February 2022, Sean Penn's name has been searched on the Internet about 368,000 times per month.

The chart below is meant to show the trend of his popularity (searches) within the last 10 years.

The numbers shown are actually percents that reflect the relative position of Sean's popularity on a given day in relation to the highest day ever within this 24-month period.'


https://www.celebrities-galore.com/celebrities/sean-penn/popularity/


[We need allies. We don't need to reflexively trash allies. Penn crosses party boundaries. I'm not a fan.]

[ffr]

21. Meanwhile the firebrand of the QOP, TFG is praising the barbaric invaders

This couldn't get any worse for the optics of history.

[Joinfortmill]

22. Too much baggage to run, but good for him. Takes guts.

[aeromanKC]

23. "I did battle some humungous waves. But like I told the guy on ABC, danger is my business"

[Best_man23]

24. Steven Seagal is a Putler Fanboy

Ukraine barred him from the country, he's done interviews where he's tries to pronounce Putler's name with a fake Russian accent.

[FreeState]

27. He reminds me of Dennis Rodman

Ot really my cup of tea.

[Skittles]

28. YES HE IS

THANK YOU MR. PENN!!!

[Coventina]

30. Sean Penn is a misogynist, homophobic drunk.

No thank you!!!!