Okay, so what I’ve go so far is that Penn visited Iraq before we invaded, then penned (pun intended) an open letter to Bush in the Washington Post asking that the US not invade Iraq. Can’t say that makes him an “America hater”.
He directed a 10-minutes film about 9/11; and while I haven’t seen it I’m going to assume it did not show Bush in a flattering light. Still no evidence of being as described.
And he then visited with Hugo Chavez for 2 hours in 2007 – hardly “bosom buddy” time.
Overall I see somebody who, like others before him (Jane Fonda most notably), took an interest in politics and did something about it. This does not make him a friend of dictators, a hater of America or worse than excrement. It makes him very American since he used his own money to voice his opinion on what his country was doing at the time. I only wish I had those resources.
So, if there is truly proof that Sean Penn hates America I would like to be pointed to the sources. They just don’t seem to pop up in the first two pages of my Google search. (slow day, I had time for a Google search)
Oh, I forgot, there was a visit to Iran in there as well as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle. I read the article yet, but I’m sure it was gushing with adoration for the Iranian leadership and how he wishes they would take over America so he could kiss the ground they walk on without flying for 20 hours. (sarcasm intended).
I’d have to agree, I don’t and all of us do not see Sean Penn as an America hater. I actually think he loves his country, if not the politicians, and he has the platform that most of us do not. As Americans, we enjoy the freedom to disagree. This country is built on dissent but sometimes some of us forget that when others express a different opinion, that it is decidedly American to protect they’re right to do so. There’s a wonderful quote in the movie “American President” (actually, there are several): “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.”
Dave, you’re too funny. He did take care of her though when he beat her up.
Actually, he has a pinko lineage.
Hollywood History Repeats Itself
by Joseph Farah
Posted: 04/04/2007
Imagine, for a moment, it’s 1939.
A prominent Jewish actor makes the following statement: “Let me tell you something about Germany, because I’ve been there and you haven’t.
Germany is a great country. A /great/ country. Does it have its haters?
You bet. Just like the United States has its haters. Does it have a corrupt regime? You bet. Just like the United States has a corrupt regime.”
What would you think of such a person? How would history judge him?
I don’t know that anyone made exactly that statement in 1939. But I do know that Sean Penn made a very similar statement a few days ago. The only difference was the name of the country. Instead of Germany, substitute Iran.
Is there really any moral difference between the statements?
Iran is led today by a president who has repeatedly threatened to eradicate the state of Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is building weapons that can get the job done quicker and more efficiently than Adolph Hitler with his formidable war machine. He is every bit the Jew hater that Hitler was. And he hates America even more.
In 1939, Hitler had made clear his intentions for the Jews. He had made clear his intentions for all of Europe. He had made clear his intentions for Nazi Germany to dominate the world.
Nevertheless, there were some people in Hollywood who were making statements like that. There were people in Hollywood who were marching against war with Germany. There were people in Hollywood who, like Penn, wanted to appease this evil on the horizon.
No, there was no active Nazi Party in the United States or Hollywood.
But there was a party under the active control of a foreign totalitarian dictator. It was the Communist Party USA and the foreign tyrant was Josef Stalin.
Why were communists in Hollywood — even Jews — saying nice things about Hitler in 1939 — and even as late as 1941? They were doing so because of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the Hitler-Stalin Pact.
It was signed in 1939 and broken June 22, 1941, when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union.
From 1939 right up until June 22, 1941, the communists in Hollywood had nothing but praise for Hitler. They held rallies against aiding Britain in its life-and-death struggle with Nazism. They gave speeches saying Hitler was no threat. They wrote anti-war scripts.
All that changed June 22, 1941. One day the Hollywood communists were pro-Hitler. The next day they wanted to go to war. Why? Because they took their orders directly from masters in the Soviet Union.
Would it surprise you to learn that one of those prominent Hollywood communist Jews who sided with Germany until the breaking of that Hitler-Stalin Pact was none other than Leo Penn, the late father of Sean Penn?
Amazing? Yes, but true.
You don’t believe history repeats itself?
Now it’s Penn’s turn to relive and recommit the sins of his father, who never repented his Communist Party activities — activities that included support for and appeasement of Hitler’s Germany at the very time the concentration camps were incinerating his Jewish brothers and sisters in Europe.
When Penn spoke recently at a town hall meeting in Oakland, Calif., what he said about his country was shameful. What he said about our country’s enemies — and the enemies of freedom throughout the entire world — was even more despicable.
What can you say about a man who embraces and defends Iran, the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world today? What can one say about a man who embraces dictators around the world while openly loathing the elected leaders of his own nation? What can one say about such a prominent self-hating Jew?
What have I missed here? One person expressed an opinion and another told them that they weren’t entitled to express that opinion. It happens to be my opinion that Sean Penn is not a good person overall. Is he a good actor, probably, but his politics and general hostile behavior turn me off so much it’s hard to get past them. That’s the risk ENTERTAINERS take when they decide to become political. Just my opinion.
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Actually, it is a fact. Do you need me to point you to the sources?
Okay, so what I’ve go so far is that Penn visited Iraq before we invaded, then penned (pun intended) an open letter to Bush in the Washington Post asking that the US not invade Iraq. Can’t say that makes him an “America hater”.
He directed a 10-minutes film about 9/11; and while I haven’t seen it I’m going to assume it did not show Bush in a flattering light. Still no evidence of being as described.
And he then visited with Hugo Chavez for 2 hours in 2007 – hardly “bosom buddy” time.
Overall I see somebody who, like others before him (Jane Fonda most notably), took an interest in politics and did something about it. This does not make him a friend of dictators, a hater of America or worse than excrement. It makes him very American since he used his own money to voice his opinion on what his country was doing at the time. I only wish I had those resources.
So, if there is truly proof that Sean Penn hates America I would like to be pointed to the sources. They just don’t seem to pop up in the first two pages of my Google search. (slow day, I had time for a Google search)
Oh, I forgot, there was a visit to Iran in there as well as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle. I read the article yet, but I’m sure it was gushing with adoration for the Iranian leadership and how he wishes they would take over America so he could kiss the ground they walk on without flying for 20 hours. (sarcasm intended).
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08032007/gossip/pagesix/penn_meets_parrot_hugo_pagesix_.htm
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/lynn-davidson/2007/11/16/sean-penn-hugo-chavez-much-more-positive-venezuela-negative
Need more? Info’s widely available.
note to self: rent when available. Enjoy the scenery and forget the politics.
I’d have to agree, I don’t and all of us do not see Sean Penn as an America hater. I actually think he loves his country, if not the politicians, and he has the platform that most of us do not. As Americans, we enjoy the freedom to disagree. This country is built on dissent but sometimes some of us forget that when others express a different opinion, that it is decidedly American to protect they’re right to do so. There’s a wonderful quote in the movie “American President” (actually, there are several): “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.”
can’t blame the guy for being so messed up in the mind…being married to Madonna could do that to anyone
Dave, you’re too funny. He did take care of her though when he beat her up.
Actually, he has a pinko lineage.
Hollywood History Repeats Itself
by Joseph Farah
Posted: 04/04/2007
Imagine, for a moment, it’s 1939.
A prominent Jewish actor makes the following statement: “Let me tell you something about Germany, because I’ve been there and you haven’t.
Germany is a great country. A /great/ country. Does it have its haters?
You bet. Just like the United States has its haters. Does it have a corrupt regime? You bet. Just like the United States has a corrupt regime.”
What would you think of such a person? How would history judge him?
I don’t know that anyone made exactly that statement in 1939. But I do know that Sean Penn made a very similar statement a few days ago. The only difference was the name of the country. Instead of Germany, substitute Iran.
Is there really any moral difference between the statements?
Iran is led today by a president who has repeatedly threatened to eradicate the state of Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is building weapons that can get the job done quicker and more efficiently than Adolph Hitler with his formidable war machine. He is every bit the Jew hater that Hitler was. And he hates America even more.
In 1939, Hitler had made clear his intentions for the Jews. He had made clear his intentions for all of Europe. He had made clear his intentions for Nazi Germany to dominate the world.
Nevertheless, there were some people in Hollywood who were making statements like that. There were people in Hollywood who were marching against war with Germany. There were people in Hollywood who, like Penn, wanted to appease this evil on the horizon.
No, there was no active Nazi Party in the United States or Hollywood.
But there was a party under the active control of a foreign totalitarian dictator. It was the Communist Party USA and the foreign tyrant was Josef Stalin.
Why were communists in Hollywood — even Jews — saying nice things about Hitler in 1939 — and even as late as 1941? They were doing so because of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the Hitler-Stalin Pact.
It was signed in 1939 and broken June 22, 1941, when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union.
From 1939 right up until June 22, 1941, the communists in Hollywood had nothing but praise for Hitler. They held rallies against aiding Britain in its life-and-death struggle with Nazism. They gave speeches saying Hitler was no threat. They wrote anti-war scripts.
All that changed June 22, 1941. One day the Hollywood communists were pro-Hitler. The next day they wanted to go to war. Why? Because they took their orders directly from masters in the Soviet Union.
Would it surprise you to learn that one of those prominent Hollywood communist Jews who sided with Germany until the breaking of that Hitler-Stalin Pact was none other than Leo Penn, the late father of Sean Penn?
Amazing? Yes, but true.
You don’t believe history repeats itself?
Now it’s Penn’s turn to relive and recommit the sins of his father, who never repented his Communist Party activities — activities that included support for and appeasement of Hitler’s Germany at the very time the concentration camps were incinerating his Jewish brothers and sisters in Europe.
When Penn spoke recently at a town hall meeting in Oakland, Calif., what he said about his country was shameful. What he said about our country’s enemies — and the enemies of freedom throughout the entire world — was even more despicable.
What can you say about a man who embraces and defends Iran, the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world today? What can one say about a man who embraces dictators around the world while openly loathing the elected leaders of his own nation? What can one say about such a prominent self-hating Jew?
I think I’ve said enough.
It’s just history repeating itself.
Shouldn’t you geeks be selling insurance or increasing reserves?
What have I missed here? One person expressed an opinion and another told them that they weren’t entitled to express that opinion. It happens to be my opinion that Sean Penn is not a good person overall. Is he a good actor, probably, but his politics and general hostile behavior turn me off so much it’s hard to get past them. That’s the risk ENTERTAINERS take when they decide to become political. Just my opinion.