What of the likes of Bob Hope, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Glenn Ford, you name them as far as conservative or libertarian actors go. Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Cheryl Ladd, June Allyson. They never became president of the Screen Actors Guild, governor nor president. Yes, Stewart and Ford were members of the military, but their main avocation was acting.
My point stands. Painting someone with a broad brush because of their avocation is not a good idea. It’s not what a person does for a living, it’s what that person believes about himself, his country, and what that person does with those beliefs. Damon is one example. Reagan, or any of the others Ive mentioned above, another. I don’t care for Damon, don’t like his acting, don’t care for his movies. Don’t care for his political views. But that doesn’t mean that anyone, simply because they’re an actor, should be disparaged because of that one talent.
He called out Matt Damon on his “only” talent.
So are you willing to share with us all of Matt Damon’s other talents?
ummmmm, you might want to look up the meaning of the word ‘avocation’ before using it ;)
Let me point out you didn’t compare Damon to Hope/Stewart, et al. You chose to make a one on one comparison to Reagan. In truth, Damon is probably a better actor than Reagan was. He might also one day mature and develop a reasonable, coherent political philosophy as did Reagan (whether one agrees with it or not).
In the meanwhile, I really don’t care to hear what these celebrities have to say. Let them act/sing or otherwise exhibit their creative talents, but let them not preach to me and others about what they think we should do.