Posted on 01/16/2018 9:44:11 AM PST by Kaslin
The founder of a popular New Jersey comic book convention reportedly banned famed actor Kevin Sorbo because of his friendship with Sean Hannity.
“I turned down Kevin Sorbo for East Coast Comicon,” founder Cliff Galbraith wrote on Facebook. “He’s pals with Sean Hannity. I just can’t do it.”
Sorbo, is a popular figure at comic conventions – known for starring in “Hercules.” He is also a devout Christian. And he also happens to be a friend of Hannity.
Hannity was the executive producer and financed “Let There Be Light,” a hugely successful faith-based film that starred Sorbo.
“I’ve never even heard of the East Coast Comicon,” Sorbo told the Todd Starnes Radio Show. “They don’t have any A-Listers attending. I think they are looking for free publicity.”
I reached out to the East Coast Comicon but they did not respond to my inquiries.
Hannity told the "Todd Starnes Radio Show" that Galbraith is "just mad that comic book movies are just boring formulaic Hollywood drivel that people are tired of."
"And 'Let There Be Light' was a breakout hit without any Hollywood support," Hannity said.
"Let There Be Light was the fourth highest-grossing faith-based film in 2017 and they were second in box office receipts against Thor's opening weekend.
"I’ll pity the poor insecure guy who cannot escape his comic book world, and handle a little real world truth and reality and an opposing viewpoint," Hannity told the Todd Starnes Radio Show. "Take that Batman."
Sorbo said he was not terribly surprised to learn about Galbraith’s snub.
“The Left always screams about tolerance and freedom of speech, but it’s a one-way street for them,” he said. “I don’t get upset with someone having a different point of view.”
A poster for last year’s comic book convention featured the Statue of Liberty cloaked in terms like homophobia, misogyny, racism, xenophobia, voter suppression – well, you get the point.
Galbraith’s Twitter feed is filled with all sorts of anti-Trump rantings – including this one:
“Who was stupid enough to buy a condo from Trump? You supported him years ago by buying a condo from him. His name should be branded on your forehead.”
This guy sounds like a cross between Lex Luthor and the Joker.
“The Left gets so angry and they go crazy,” Sorbo told the Todd Starnes Radio Show. “What are you going to do? It is what they are.”
From a business standpoint, it would make sense for the East Coast Comicon to invite Sorbo. He’s a successful movie actor with a massive fan base.
But if a businessman wants to put politics in front of profits, so be it.
The East Coast Comicon is under no constitutional mandate to invite Kevin Sorbo. Likewise, freedom –loving comic book fans are under no constitutional obligation to attend the East Coast Comicon.
There’s a reason comic book sales are in the dumper...
Some successful people never really have to grow up.
They are insulated by their wealth and apparent influence.
Their lives remain a Storyboard of nihilistic fantasy and petty revenge. Steven King also fits that picture.
kevin, take sean with you and hang out in front of this guy’s booth and draw a crowd talking about how he is against the sharing of free speech.
The Science Fiction/Comics crowd continues to purge doubleplusungoodthink from their ranks, after the Sad Puppies movement exposed their hypocrisy.
Communists can not stand up to opposing views. That is why they have these insane break down rants.
Could this guy block Blacks or Hispanics from participation in the convention?
If not, why can they ban people based on their constitutionally guaranteed right to join political parties and support the ideology they want?
Of course that’s providing the banning target doesn’t advocate violation of the civil rights of others.
Demons are looking out from those eyes.
Yeech! Cracked! Mad!
Marvel and to a lesser extent DC have gone full blown SJW. And their sales are showing it.
So I guess Galbraith is O.K. with the so-called Hollywood 10 blacklist!? Except those guys were advocating for a foreign government who wished to overthrow our government. They didn’t just belong to the “other” party.
You’d think Comicbook Superhero Lovers would not be easily melt-able Snowflakes. I guess we’ve been mistaken:-)
The Big Bang theory gang will be devastated...
But it probably won’t bother the rest of the comic book nerds.
Tolerant liberals on display again.
DUMP this convention!!
sean is now Toxic, He’s like David Duke. To know him is to be branded a terrible person.
The left is SO classey and TOLERANT!! LOL!! They are the RUDEST , MEANEST people on the planet!
sjw?
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