I thought there was such a thing as a freedom of speech, but no. angry republicans here and there.
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rivarachel-1 — 10 years ago(September 24, 2015 10:23 AM)
Well the thing is, and I think Emily is finding this out, is that when you start to become famous and slowly start to become a house hold name, you are under a magnifying glass.
Emily always has been a jokester and if you saw the interview where she said something at her swearing in ceremony and her Lawyer said, no, no, this is serious, she sort of got an idea of not everything is a joke at this point in her life.
It is well known that Hollywood is a liberal town (how can it nob68t be) but when you are famous, I don't care if she was watching a Republican debate, a Democratic Debate, A Libertarian, Green, or Constitution Debate, you make NO COMMENTS one way or another.
The very fact that Fox News picked up on it and made a big deal of it, just shows that now Emily is on America's Radar.
Emily, think and talk about whatever you want or however you want on any issues but keep it behind closed doors. If you don't, you WILL alienate some group.
Say something about any particular religion or culture and there will be a back lash.
So that's why damage control was out and ready shortly after comments, tweets and others, started coming in.
Hopefully this will blow over (as Americans have short memories) and Emily is too intelligent to make that mistake again.
As a side note, can you imagine if Emily ever went to a top notch school (which obviously to me, she would have her pick of ANY top tier school in the world) how much more she would be able to offer. But that just my opinion. I know she went to a top school in England and she is really an intelligent woman. Unless the schooling in the states stink ha, ha.
Again, there is what ought to be, and there is what there is.
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Attillio — 10 years ago(September 24, 2015 05:20 PM)
Let's see if Ms. Blunt makes an equally flippant remark about becoming an American citizen after witnessing Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, possibly Andrew "Evil Eyes" Cuomo, and Hillary Rodham Clinton (if HRC isn't first indicted or forced to withdraw from the nomination process due to her rumored "ill" health) at the upcoming Democrat Presidential Debate?
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Metatron_Fallen — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 11:16 AM)
I don't even know what comments she made.
But I never realized Clinton was forced to withdraw from the nomination process. Wow, you learn something new everyday.
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Halbermensch999 — 9 years ago(June 26, 2016 10:18 AM)
"It is well known that Hollywood is a liberal town (how can it not be) but when you are famous, I don't care if she was watching a Republican debate, a Democratic Debate, A Libertarian, Green, or Constitution Debate, you make NO COMMENTS one way or another. "
Why not? The left is constantly accused of being PC, and now we have people on the other side of trying to silence her (it happens in many other cases too)? She has every right to speak as much as she wants. -
kenneth_1857 — 10 years ago(November 13, 2015 12:11 PM)
People seem to have forgotten what freedom of speech is..
It is not speaking your mind without consequences. It is being able to speak your mind without legal prosecution.
Do I think people are being ridiculous about this? Absolutely, but that's
my
opinion. People are welcome to have their own.
I do have one other opinion I'd like to share. I think people who judge others entire character based on what they say rather than looking at them as a whole are lesser human beings. I would never be the one to treat them as such, but I don't mind when they are. -
Empyre_of_Dyrt — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 08:48 PM)
Hey look. A non-idiot for a change.
The shear volume of free people who are confused as to the very tenets of free speech is truly disturbing. Freedom of speech is a guarantee against repercussions by the government. It does not guarantee that you can say whatever idiotic thing pops into your head without suffering repercussions from your community.
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kenneth_1857 — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 05:50 PM)
This is the internet, so it's a little different than when youda0're not on the computer, but..
One of the most powerful, and most of the time, cheap tools anywhere.. Is spreading a positive vibe around you. You don't do that with "he said she said" or slander.
It's very base psychology that when you put others down while talking to someone, they might laugh, but it'll also be in the back of their mind that you do that.
This is relevant to the "freedom of speech", which isn't really that, we were talking about before.
In other words, participating in putting someone down because they might've said something off, in this case Emily Blunt.. Only works towards putting yourself down. Your online persona doesn't stay out of your daily life and mannerisms completely. -
urbanspaceman — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 07:22 AM)
Freedom of Speech is an amorphous concept in the USA. For examples:
- Hank Williams Junior comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler falls under the protection of Freedom Of Speech
- The Dixie Chicks slagging on President Bush does not.
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macadoom55 — 9 years ago(July 19, 2016 01:59 AM)
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
So please explain to me what law Congress made that the Dixie Chicks were prosecuted under.
You can't, because no such law exists. The Dixie Chicks just pissed off their own customer base, which was just bad business. If there were laws against being stupid, half of the people who write comments on these boards would be behind bars. -
Bourbon_King — 10 years ago(October 11, 2015 12:07 PM)
The ones that cry and wale about "Political Correctness" are the same ones who hate it when someone else speaks their mind or shares an opinion that conflicts with their world view. They are pretty much in the minority, but due to social media's long reach, small stories get bigger hype than they deserve.
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TheDarkKnightMatter — 10 years ago(October 11, 2015 07:40 PM)
Who are you calling stupid when you can't even write a proper sentence? Another beep Brit who think he's better than everyone else. Why are you on IMDB or even watching movies made here? Stick to your British created websites and your stupid British tough guy so called gangster movies.
Go find another site that wasn't made by an American and use that.
State champ in martial arts, trained with firearms, I eFF'n dare you! -
IlliniGrad — 10 years ago(October 11, 2015 08:09 PM)
Tsk! Tsk! Research and proofreading are your friends.
IMDb was created by a Brit, not an American.
Also, "Another beep Brit who think he's" is not a "proper sentence." It should read Brit who think
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shrugs — 9 years ago(October 07, 2016 08:39 AM)
IMDB was little more than a British blog before it was acquired by an American and turned into what it is today. Similar stories abound.
Little more than a blog? This isn't even remotely true. Use the wayback machine and take a look. So this is a British built site, we're talking about a British actress, and the only thing America did for either is buy and commercialise them. Similar stories abound. -
AverxgeJoe — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 04:53 AM)
What IlliniGrad said.
IMDb was created by a Brit, not an American.
@Kill_da_Rainbow
I'm not british and you just gave an answer to my question. There are many americans that are smart and good people but you just proved you're one of the stupid ones.