re: Pedro Pascal Calls Kyle Rittenhouse a murderer

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You're taking a huge leap to assume that Pascal hates me or you.

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First, you and I don't agree in most cases socially or politically the last time I checked so I doubt he'd feel the same about both of us.

Second, I've read enough from him to understand exactly what he thinks of people who hold the positions I hold.

Between you and I and the internet, I actually miss the days when we had no fricking clue what these people thought about things. I miss when what I "thought" I knew about an actor was what they were able to portray in 7 minutes on the couch on late night, or what was crafted for them by the PR group. Sure, that means that I never really had any idea what they were actually like and that I was unknowingly supporting people that hated me most likely, but at least ignorance was bliss then.

But with social media, and the more troublesome need to have a public opinion about EVERYTHING in REAL TIME, we know EXACTLY what these people think. It's almost never good and rarely makes them look like anything but buffoons.

And with that, sad to say, comes some decisions. If an entertainer has the right to bring socio-political issues to the conversation they want to have with me as a customer of theirs, then why should I have to ignore that and support them even if what they support diametrically opposes my own views? Why am I beholden to ignore these things and continue to pay these people, or else be labeled as some kook who lets HIS politics get in the way, rather than the other way around? I didn't ask these people for their thoughts on things. They tell us all, and then don't want any reaction other than support.

I was fine with the old system. I'm not going to feel bad for acting on the information about themselves these people provide to me.