OLIVER STONE: 'MEDIA SLANDERS POLITICALLY-MINDED STARS'

OLIVER STONE: 'MEDIA SLANDERS POLITICALLY-MINDED STARS'

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Movie-maker OLIVER STONE has blasted media groups who "slander" celebrities for their political comments - because intelligent stars have every right to question their leaders. The Vietnam veteran, who is a fierce opponent of the US leadership, is appalled every time a celebrity is rudely mocked for making his or her thoughts about PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH and the war in Iraq public, and he urges journalists to be more supportive. The NATURAL BORN KILLERS director says, "We're Hollywood wackos and all that stuff, left-wing... (It's) an easy and facile dismissal. "I'm still a citizen, I've served my country as a veteran, I've had many jobs before the film business. I know something of life, having lived to this age. "We have a right to speak and every time we speak: 'You're an actor, a showbusiness director,' we're making it up! "This is not a way of dealing with people. This is slander."04/04/2006 03:14

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Quote: "We're Hollywood wackos and all that stuff, left-wing...

I fail to see how this is slander. Slander has to be untrue and from the quotes you get out of 'Holly-weird' 99% of what I see are wacko comments. (It's best to know your 'facts' before you begin to speak. Feelings aren't going to get it)

In addition no one disputes the fact that actors are citizens and do have the right to make they're views known. However no citizen can expect that they will not be vilified by those who do not agree with them. You can't equate Bush with Hitler and not expect to take a ration of flak for doing so.

I'm far Right Wing and I've been called a Nazi, a Fascist, and other more earthy things. Does it bother me? Hell, no it doesn't bother me! I figure if I'm being vilified then I'm getting my message across.

Liberal-Left-Wing-Nuts are all the same they like to dish it out, but when they are faced with counterattacks they squeal just like Stone is squealing! I assume that's because actors and so forth feel they are 'special'. Well they are 'special', just not in the way they believe they are.