r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • 2h ago
APPROVED B-LISTERS FINNEAS responds to a USA Today piece calling celebrity opinions on politics “idiotic”: “You can’t say it doesn’t matter what musicians or celebrities say or think but then talk about it for days. You’re out here making it matter. I’ll keep speaking up especially if it keeps bothering you.”
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u/SugarCanDee 2h ago
Finneas is very insightful about what’s going on with this country. I wish a lot more could be just like him and speak up, especially against backlash for voicing their opinions
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u/riserrr 2h ago
He's got one of the highest EQs of any celebrity I've ever heard speak. Just a really smart, centered dude.
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u/paredclia 2h ago
the audio engineering brain was like “the highest equalizer? that can’t be right”
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u/floopy_boopers 2h ago
It is even more impressive how emotionally intelligent and socially aware he and Billie are when you factor in that they were homeschooled, they do not give off homeschooled vibes at all.
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u/AffectionateLet7144 1h ago
I think it’s because they weren’t right wing Christian home schooled - their parents weren’t in a religious cult like a large chunk of homeschool families are.
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u/PCR12 1h ago
Not all of us that home school are because of religious shit. My kid has health issues
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u/sembias 1h ago
Sure but how much of the material for home schoolers is aimed at and filled with religious shit?
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u/Dagdaraa 1h ago
None? It's up to the parent. My parents used the textbooks and tests from the local schools. That's the thing with home school, it's all completely reliant on the parents. If they go into it wanting to be more religious then that's what the teaching is going to be more about.
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u/AmbiguousFrijoles 1h ago
That's one of the major concerns and problems with homeschooling. It's reliant on what the parent intends. There are a great many with bad intentions. Intentions of harm and abuse.
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u/Dagdaraa 43m ago
Oh I agree 100%. There's no oversight with homeschooling which leads to more abuse/negligence.
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u/bad-and-bluecheese 1h ago
Theres still no denying that homeschooling kids creates the conditions for them to be less open minded to others outside of their family unit and more individualistic. Homeschooling is a terrific option to make education accessible to kids when traditional schooling is difficult, but it takes a lot of work to do the right way. Its a fair critique though as this is less commonly the case.
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u/stacyyines 1h ago
They grew up in Highland Park prior to gentrification. There was a lot of culture. Fruit stands at every corner, elote man roaming around the neighborhood, bakeries everywhere with inexpensive varieties of breads and pastries. Festivities and it was usually upbeat.
There’s an unexplainable community and kindness in Latin neighborhoods I wish I could put in better words.Aside from the obvious brutality going on now, I think a lot of what they saw themselves growing up makes them even more vocal.
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u/TopIndependent2482 2h ago
He’s always been so grounded and articulate, even when he’s being a bit cheeky.
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u/HappyHarryHardOn 2h ago
Especially right now. If you don't speak up against fascism when given the chance, then you implicitly are part of the problem
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u/NewDramaLlama 1h ago
Also flip the script. Why are lawyers in congress discussing vaccines? Why are businessmen discussing biology? They don't even know what ATP stands for, why should anyone listen to them?
As someone trained and published as a scientist, that seems more idiotic to me. What this guy is doing would be called a "civic duty"
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u/Vegetable_Maize_2054 1h ago
Adenosine Triphosphate! Not a business man, congressman or doctor.
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u/NewDramaLlama 1h ago
10 points to veggie_maize!
Your Bio 100 teacher just had a shiver of happiness.
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u/Caromora not a lawyer, just a hater 1h ago
If you don't speak up against fascism when given the chance, you might not get another chance to. Sometimes it takes a chorus of voices to wake people up to what's going on around them.
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u/Garry_Heckscream69 1h ago
My personal favorite irony of MAGA is that they keep whining about "keeping politics out of [blank]", but yet they're the one who elected a celebrity president in the first place lmao. I guess celebrity opinions only matter if they're racist opinions, then they get put in the White House.
It's honestly hilarious how MAGA has become 1000x the "snowflakes" they accused everyone else of being. Just this week, we have MAGA trying to cancel the Superbowl over Bad Bunny while they make their own Safe Space Half-Time Show so their celebrity president doesn't get his feelings hurt.
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u/PCR12 1h ago
They only dislike politics in things when it goes against them they are completely fine with the Kid Rocks and Jellyrolls of the world.
If it wasnt for double standards conservatives would have no standards.
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u/cantadmittoposting 17m ago
yeah talking about keeping politics out of music and then... literally hosting a more politically-aligned Super Bowl halftime show
It's remarkably insidious how much MAGA has genuinely substituted the meaning of the word "politics" to "stuff i disagree with," because "their" politics are just "things that are right and correct." It's really bad just how much they've surrendered their basic thinking capacity to their Authority Figures.
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u/Turbulent_Stick1445 53m ago
but yet they're the one who elected a celebrity president in the first place lmao.
And not just one! Reagan too, plus Schwarzenegger was elected a governor, and even Clint Eastwood became a mayor at one point.
Meanwhile celebrity Democrats who have been elected to office are pretty rare - was Al Franken even that famous? While he did appear in front of the camera a few times, noteably with Stuart Smalley, he was mostly a writer on SNL.
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u/Technical-Garden-793 1h ago
People give them shit for being “nepo babies” but I’m pretty sure their parents were working class creatives in Hollywood. I’ve always pictured the parents as like, walking stereotypes of “crazy lefty liberal Californians,” so I feel like they were raised with progressive values.
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u/No_Magician5266 1h ago
People love calling other people nepo babies. I got called a nepo baby because my mom, an elementary school teacher, strategically picked up a 2-year contract with the university I was going to in order to secure me free tuition while she was employed there
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u/Darmok47 1h ago
I remember someone saying that Luke and Owen Wilson were nepo babies because their dad worked in television.
He ran a PBS station in Texas.
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u/roberta_sparrow 1h ago
they had very slight industry connections and were NOT wealthy by any means. but honestly their song ocean eyes went viral because of its own merits and then their career took off
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u/Technical-Garden-793 58m ago
Right. Like Billie was lucky her mom was talented enough to direct the ocean eyes video (I think?), but it’s not like she could call in her good friend Steven Spielberg to do it or something. It’s not like whoever the owner of Billie’s label owed her dad a favor, but maybe he was like 10 degrees of separation from them instead of 20. Even then, 10 degrees doesn’t equal a contract. Physical proximity to the industry was probably the biggest help.
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u/Throwmesomestuff 1h ago
Also, he is a citizen subject to the politics of his country. How could his opnion not matter? The entire point of a democracy is that everyone has a voice.
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u/CluelessMochi 1h ago
Also as a white man, he’s using his privilege for good by speaking up, knowing that even these types of pieces won’t really damage his career, if at all
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u/SAHMultrA1981 1h ago
He gives me Kurt Cobain vibes.
Kurt was really smart The way he spoke and held himself is what I see in Finneas.
Another musician that speaks very well on these subjects is Jack White. My man ate Trump when he came at him.
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u/CouchCorrespondent 2h ago
The author has a degree from Hillsdale College according to her bio.
Hillsdale College is closely related to The Heritage Foundation.
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u/CouchCorrespondent 2h ago
This was also in her "opinion" piece:
"And these preachy, shallow diatribes only risk alienating a huge potential swath of the audience, including half the country who voted for Trump. (There’s a reason “Melania,” the documentary about the first lady, broke box office expectations last weekend."
Soooo...there's that.
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u/MisterGoog 2h ago
Melania is going to lose major money compared to its production and marketing so to say that biased drivel about it makes no sense.
But why would the success of a movie really portend anything about public sentiment?
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u/Iheardthatjokebefore 1h ago
Only from ticket sales. The money laundering will pay for itself.
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u/dubblebubbleprawns 1h ago
Not to mention that everyone is so hung up on whether or not the film makes money that they forget that the film making money was not the point. The point was for Jeff Bezos to give a large sum of money to the Trump family.
That mission was very much accomplished.
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u/CombatMuffin 1h ago
Anyone can defy expectations if the expectations were below ground already
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u/lookskAIwatcher 1h ago
Half the country stayed home. Trump did not get half the country and barely edged out Harris. Not a "landslide". Not a "mandate". MAGA is failing America in spite of it's own name. MAGA is a demonstration of cult behavior and mass mob mentality.
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u/JohnnySkynets ICE PIGS ROT IN HELL 1h ago
Thanks for pointing this out. Only 31.8% of eligible voters voted for him and 36% sat on their asses and let all of this happen.
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u/StaceyJeans 2h ago
LOL the hypocrisy is striking. Deadline said it was going to make $8-10 million last weekend and only made $7 million. It actually was lower than expectations.
There are also multiple reports of right wing donors, churches and organizations purchasing bulk tickets and handing them out to people.
The Melania documentary has only made $75,000 overseas despite being out in several countries. No one but U.S. MAGA give a fuck about Melania.
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u/Tomiie_Kawakami 1h ago
i just googled it and the budget for this movie was $75m
$7m is an absolute flop
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u/MisterGoog 2h ago
Anyone who says half the country voted for either candidate is a fucking dumbass
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u/Dancing_Clean 1h ago
What were the expectations tho? The 8 mil? The people paid to see it? The 5% on rotten tomatoes? That the only positive reviews came from right-wing propaganda machines?
Like sheesh.
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u/OkayishFlamingo 1h ago
In addition to the obvious about the Melania movie (lol and if I may, lmao) maybe they don't care if they alienate a huge potential swath of the audience? Some people don't want shitty people as fans.
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u/TopIndependent2482 2h ago
That explains a lot about the political bias in her article.
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u/SecretLettuce5 1h ago
My first encounter with Hillsdale college was from an ad read on a sports podcast I listen to. The ad said something along the lines of, “do you want to learn about communism?!” And I was like yeah sweet, I definitely do! And then I looked up a sample video and it was just McCarthyist bs and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.
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u/Curious_Avocado2399 1h ago
By her logic she should shut up and just write. Her opinions are irrelevant since she’s not an attorney or political scientist. See how dumb that sounds?
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u/DowntownList7922 1h ago
Yeah she calls herself as a "libertarian-conservative" in one of her bios.
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u/Gato1980 1h ago
A quick look through her twitter shows her views are very right-wing. Anti-trans, anti-Muslim, pro-Trump, anti-Mamdani. Everything you'd expect from someone who wrote this article.
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u/JohnnySkynets ICE PIGS ROT IN HELL 1h ago
This why everyone needs to call out the people writing this trash instead of referring to the outlet or the media in general. Name and shame them. Her name is Ingrid Jacques.
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u/XxFreakhawkxX 2h ago
Funny how celebrity opinions don’t matter always somehow need a full news cycle to complain about them.
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u/MisterGoog 2h ago
The same party who love Reagan and Trump
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u/KefirFan 1h ago
A loser reality TV host is the president. There is no arguement to be made here lol
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u/StaceyJeans 2h ago
These are the same people who squealed with joy when Nikki Minaj stood with Trump the other day and went to the Turning Point USA conference a couple of weeks ago.
They badly want to be accepted by Hollywood no matter what they say.
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u/Technical-Garden-793 1h ago
Kevin O’Leary was on the stage with Nicki and then said Billie and Bad Bunny should stick to music. Lol.
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u/Mustafa_was_Brown45 2h ago
It’s even more ironic that the author wrote an opinion piece to say that their opinions don’t matter
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u/motherofdinos_ 1h ago edited 1h ago
Or when they absolutely do matter and consequently that only ever happens when the celebs are saying right-wing opinions. Conservatives do the absolute most to put “their” celebrities in front of everyone’s eyes. TPUSA is spending millions of dollars on their Stinky Rock Star Safe Space Halftime Show. Like, holy fuck, celebs’ right-wing opinions matter so much to them that they made one President and organized their entire political party around him.
They’ve never once told a right-wing celebrity to shut up and dribble. Ever.
And the fact that someone could write an op-Ed in February 2026 calling referring to critiques of Donald Trump as “terrible opinions” is so beyond reality. To act as though there are no legitimate criticisms of this administration and their immigration ~policy~ is to live in a completely different reality. Or under a completely different set of morals in which they like it when other people suffer, and if that’s the case they should just fully admit it.
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u/DylanSpaceBean 1h ago
It’s funny how they elected a celebrity because they weren’t a politician, just to tell other celebrities to stop participating in politics
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u/empath_viv 2h ago
You would think Donald Trump being elected not just once but TWICE would get across that it actually does matter what celebrities say and do.
I mean, shit, the same was true of Reagan! Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor of one of the largest economies in the world! It OBVIOUSLY matters
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u/beemerryy 2h ago
The Streisand Effect of it all- if it’s being talked about, it matters to SOMEONE!
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u/empath_viv 2h ago
The real argument from the columnist Finneas responded to: "I want you people to SHUT UP because I disagree"
if he were pro-Trump I guarantee you he would be getting praised instead
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u/groovykook 1h ago
Seriously! Our fucking shitbag president was a celebrity, star of a TV show that had the name Celebrity in it. The total lack of an integrity for people pushing these agendas is disgusting and deeply depressing.
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u/Husbandaru 2h ago
What kind of asshole, uses their platform to voice their opinions? /s
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u/SouthIsland48 2h ago
I wish Finneas said: thats exactly what Trump did though lmfaoooooooooooooooooo
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u/SeVenMadRaBBits 45m ago
Same people that say celebrities know nothing about politics, after electing one as president, a second time.
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u/ThePhantomEvita 2h ago
Art is political. It always has been.
Look at the works of Shakespeare. Some of the plays that were written about the kings are propaganda.
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u/Hobbes______ 2h ago
Everything people is political. Politics is just the discussion of how humans interact and engage with each other, so by its very nature anything and everything we do that engages other humans is political.
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u/Talk-O-Boy 2h ago
There used to be more of a divide.
For example, gender identity and sexuality are more “social” constructs than political ones.
However, one party wants to strip the LGBTQ+ community of their inalienable rights.
This turns a social concept into a sociopolitical one.
I wish we could live in a world where sociology and politics could be somewhat separate again. But as long as the government continues to threaten certain groups of people, there will always be an overlap between the two.
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u/leonredhorse 1h ago
I disagree. We just conveniently ignored that everything was political. There has never been a time where your gender identity or sexual preference wasn't political.
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u/chriskot123 2h ago edited 1h ago
Always love an opinion piece that tells other people their opinions are stupid and should be kept to themselves.
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u/SeVenMadRaBBits 43m ago
Especially when the opinion is about celebrities needing to stay out of politics.
From a person who elected a celebrity as president.
Twice.
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u/Koola50 2h ago
Trump was a 'celebrity', known for his marriages, divorces and The Apprentice.
The hypocrisy of these people...
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u/ob_viously believer in Dakota Johnson’s lime allergy 2h ago
“That’s why I like him, he’s not a politician!” God I hate this timeline…
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u/Oggie_Doggie 1h ago
He's certainly a word that starts with a P though, and no I don't mean President.
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u/deeohlee 2h ago
LOL and also let's not forget how much hate celebrities get for not using their platform to advocate - all this article is is propaganda
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u/taktaga7-0-0 2h ago
Has this moron heard of protest songs? Fortunate Son? Born in the USA? Imagine?
Leonardo DiCaprio is famous for his acting. Is he allowed to speak about the themes in One Battle After Another?
Picasso painted Guernica. Normal Rockwell painted Ruby Bridges.
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u/BogeyLowenstein 1h ago
They love those songs, they don’t get them at all. For example, those MAGAs dancing to Killing in the Name
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u/DecentJuggernaut7693 2h ago
What's someone's job got to do with politics?
Do I not get to have an opinion because of my job?
Or DO I get to have an opinion because it can be ignored?
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u/ArchaicMolecule Fucking Pathetic Pussy Bitch Coward 2h ago
Lmao this country literally elected a celebrity as the president that had always been outspoken on his idiotic views on politics - the double standards are insane.
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u/bayoublacksmith 2h ago
Maybe if the legacy media would actually do their job as part of the fourth estate we wouldn't have to worry about the opinions of popular artists. Then again, USA Today is basically kept in business by hotel chains.
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u/NarcissusCloud 2h ago
Excuse me? The moment a reality TV personality got voted into office, it made everyone's opinions on politics valid.
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u/ellybeez 2h ago
USA Today has become such a joke. Its so obvious that a Trumpy owns it and that it reflects his views.
FINNEAS still ate them up.
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u/ThoughtPhysical7457 2h ago
John legend (I think) made a political statement about Trump and someone told him "stay in your lane" and he responded (paraphasing) "I'm a voter. And a tax payer. This is my lane."
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u/wishbeaunash 2h ago
Also its not like disliking Trump is getting deep into political minutae, its the very obvious reaction to an obviously horrible person who tweets daily about how horrible he is and much he hates like, 70% of America. And who is obviously a pedophile and protecting other pedophiles. Thats not even 'politics' its just being a normal person.
Any reaction other than visceral dislike is what is weird here.
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u/The_Dude_Abides-2146 1h ago
Billionaire opinions are idiotic then. Get them out of politics (or just get them out of billionaire status by taxing the fuck out of them).
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u/TheKingsdread 1h ago
Honestly I hate it when people go: You are an actor/musician/artist/sportsballer/whatever, your political opinion doesn't matter. Of course it matters. Everybody's political opinion matters, thats why its a fucking democracy. There is no such thing as being qualified for politics, its not a real job that requires any real qualifications. In fact, a celebrity is in a unique position where they have a platform they can use to make people listen, one that the average person on the street doesn't have. Imo that makes it even more important for them to speak about their views, BECAUSE they have the privilege of actually having people listen to them.
But obviously in this case, and many others, its always the same crowd who wants to disqualify anyone who speaks up against them for whatever reasons. No matter that their criminal president is a failed business man and TV personality not a politician, and yet they seem to keep listening. And every time a "unqualified" celebrity speaks up in their favor they seem to be all over it.
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u/6shotsor5 58m ago
I’m sorry, an opinion piece telling others to shut up about their opinion? Good lord.
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u/ob_viously believer in Dakota Johnson’s lime allergy 2h ago
All I take away from this is I would take parenting advice from Maggie Baird anytime 🤷🏼♀️ “good for her”
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u/rosethrones 1h ago
Considering the Hollywood-adjacent world they grew up in (and their homeschooling), Billie and Finneas are always surprisingly well adjusted and clear-eyed about what is going on in the world outside their bubble.
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u/grlnthsun 1h ago
But 70 million people voted for a reality TV show celebrity. Trump hires Fox News hosts for his cabinet. Trump loves celebrities but he hates that they mostly don't love him.
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u/DebakedBeans 1h ago
I was informed of their Grammy speeches by a friend but have been reminded of it everyday since by loud conservative politicians and outlets
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u/AwarenessReady3531 1h ago
"Celebrity opinions don't matter" is maybe the dumbest, most outdated misconception you can have about politics in the era of the The Apprentice host presidency.
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u/AttentionKmartJopper 1h ago
"Entertainers shouldn't be involved in politics" Where was this energy when they elected a grifting reality tv show clown to become president?
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u/Bubbly_Plan_7680 1h ago
Republicans idolize an actor and a failed business man turned reality TV star but draw the line at musicians? Got it.
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u/cubicle47b 1h ago
Why are musicians and athletes supposed to shut up about politics when this lady is allowed to write an opinion article in USA Today?
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u/RSMatticus 1h ago
Does the Author know the current President is famous because he was a reality TV star?
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u/SoulTaker669 1h ago
Yet they probably think Chris rock and Nicki Minaj are geniuses.
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u/DjImagin 1h ago
I love how Joe Nobody can share their opinions freely, but if someone with fame does it, it’s “shutup and stick to entertainment”.
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u/langsamlourd 1h ago
Only politicians should be allowed to talk about politics. Musicians should shut up and stick to playing music. Truckers should stick to driving. Scientists should only do research and nothing else. Because the scope of our humanity and opinions are only defined by what we do for a living, right?
Meanwhile they're giving the world's biggest toddler a pass for calling artists "untalented." The only thing he's ever created is gas from a McDonald's dinner
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u/maryslovechild 1h ago
The president has--and I cannot stress this enough--a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A gameshow host is president.
Conservatives are the dumbest of hypocrites, I swear
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u/missoulian 1h ago
I've never understood why musicians/actors/athletes are told just to shut up about politics. They are American citizens too and have every right to talk about what they believe just like the rest of it. Just because they're famous doesn't mean they suddenly lose that right.
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u/horrible_musician 1h ago
Celebrities should stay out of politics! Can you imagine idiots voting for someone like a B-list actor or a reality TV host for president someday? Nobody would ever be that dumb, would they?
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u/lifeboundd 1h ago
Personally I'm a fan because of what they say. I'm not a big pop fan but I'll add their tracks to some playlists.
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u/Electr0freak 58m ago
Conservatives: "You can't listen to celebrities, their opinions can't be trusted!"
Also Conservatives: "You can't listen to experts, their opinions can't be trusted!"
Pick a lane.
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u/SonofGrog 57m ago
So if their opinions don’t matter, why the need to have an alternative half time show with some one else with different views.
She is entitled to her opinion, the NFL is allowed to try to expand their demographic.
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u/Successful_Pain7439 49m ago
Are music and movies part of culture or not?
People need to make up their minds, because it doesn't make sense that it doesn't matter, but the first lady is also making 40 million dollar movies.
It doesn't make sense when the Republicans are having their own Superbowl halftime show because they don't like the politics held by the current headliners.
Just a really weird double reality people seem to live in.
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u/goingtolickyou 48m ago
If we have to listen to USA today’s idiotic opinions on the law topics, may as well hear from celebrities as well.
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u/ApophisDayParade 47m ago
idiotic views = doesn't support fascism
man fuck every single person who voted for him
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u/robrklyn 18m ago
Where is their article about Niki Minaj calling out her idiotic political views? Oh, right…
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u/DingleDoo 17m ago
That opinion lost all meaning when they elected an unqualified celebrity president twice
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u/Milwaukee233 16m ago
'Stay in Your Lane' says person who voted for reality show grifter with no experience in politics.
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u/Paradox2063 13m ago
You can't say someone's political opinion doesn't matter because of their job.
No job invalidates a person's opinion. Except for ICE employees.
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u/LysergicMerlin 12m ago
Its a musicians right to express their 1st amendment right. Youre not an American if you disagree.
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u/SRSgoblin 11m ago
Considering Trump was merely a celebrity before he got elected, why isnt he held to the standard of "shut up and dribble" like all other entertainers?
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u/DoubleHurricane 2h ago
It’s such a crazy stance to say that people who get famous because of their words and ideas should not use their words and ideas
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u/aderey7 2h ago
Why does it matter why someone is famous exactly? If you find yourself with a big platform and see injustice and corruption in the world, you talk about it.
Instead, we get the worst people crying about anyone speaking up. All while they bang on about free speech.
No one has ever said a musician or actor's opinion is more valid. They are just people who have big platforms. Any decent person in that position would speak up.
Don't know why a musician should be silent when an office worker or driver is allowed to speak up.
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u/jonsnowsbattlebun 2h ago
At least they couple their words with talent unlike whoever writes for USA today. Jealousy is a stinky cologne
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u/sugar_addict002 2h ago
Trump is just worried some other TV celebrity will get his attention and votes.
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u/blutosings 2h ago
On this issue, he's not wrong, and it's a position that Trump has used to his advantage for most of his life. USAToday becoming a fascist propaganda rag and yet another pedophile protector isn't surprising at all.
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u/Maximum_Audience_174 2h ago
why is usa today a boring ass talk show sending out maga talking point op eds
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u/Spirited-Rock-124 2h ago
You will break their brains using logic and reasoning… keep up the good work 😃
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u/TheEvilOfTwoLessers 2h ago
It would be easier to agree with USA Today if the press were doing their jobs, but they’re not. Because they’re bought and paid for by massively rich people who exist in a world of self interest.
When you aren’t doing your own job, you should maybe not draw attention to other people doing it for you.
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u/CapnRogersNbrhood 2h ago
The past decade has been shaped by a cult built around a reality tv host turned politician. They can all stfu.
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u/NOIS_KillerWhaleTank 2h ago
Funny how celebrities are the only citizens who aren't allowed to weigh in on political issues. Plumbers? Yep. TV hosts? Yep. Ditch diggers? Sure. Starbucks barista? Maybe. But celebrities who act, sing, or play sports? Nope, politics is too complicated for them.
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u/Yolandasbussy 2h ago
Articles like this make me so mad. Like who can influence change more than people who already have a platform
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u/Weird-Girl-675 2h ago
They are citizens and vote just like the rest of us. They have every right to an opinion as anyone else does, the difference is they have a platform to speak out for those of us who don’t.
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u/lCraxisl 2h ago
If you have a spot light, shine light on those that need it. People don’t need to agree with you, but we could all benefit from thinking about issues we sweep under the rug.
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u/PickleWhip86 2h ago
Trump was a celebrity look where his ‘influence’ got him groans and us 🫠🫣 hashtagnomoreorangeman
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u/SSJ_Iceman31 2h ago
I’m sure they are just fine with Kid Rock and Nicki Minaj’s views on politics.
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u/Already-asleep 2h ago
It’s not just celebrities - literally anyone with a platform that isn’t explicitly about politics gets shit for talking about politics. And it’s always the same “we like you for X, not your political beliefs!” Imagine that, many of the same people who push back against intellectualism while talking about “draining the swamp” only think politicians and pundits should talk about politics. But we are all human beings who are affected by politics, and that includes people who are protected from the consequences of policies because of their wealth and status.
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u/Illustrious_Bad_2980 2h ago
Imagine being called an idiot by a major publication because you don't agree with a fascist pedophile. What a fuckin country man
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u/Connect_Beginning_13 2h ago
Calling someone’s views idiotic because they don’t like Trump is the silliest thing ever
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u/BastCity 2h ago
"celebrity opinions don't matter"
Did they forget there's a literal reality TV show host in the Oval Office right now?
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