Tom Hanks discusses cancel culture: 'Let me decide what I am offended by'

[schmidlap]

Just in the last few days we have seen Richard Dreyfuss blasting Hollywood's inclusion standards saying, "They make me vomit", Scott Baio has said he is moving away from California due to it's high crime and woke policies, and now we have none other than Tom Hanks himself criticizing the left's cancel culture saying, "Let me choose what I am offended by". Apparently he doesn't want the Borg Collective telling him what he should be offended by and that he wants the power to decide for himself. How long will it be before the Borg Collective casts him out or doubles down on their efforts to assimilate him? Is resistance futile?

Tom Hanks discusses cancel culture: 'Let me decide what I am offended by'

Tom Hanks spoke about cancel culture and censoring books in a new interview. The actor is "against" reading a book that has been changed to fit modern times.

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State censorship of literature and entertainment is noxious. Neither should by imposed by politicians with no qualifications in education, nor those with contempt for the independence of private enterprise.

Authoritarians seizing control of wombs and abrogating personal freedom is especially repugnant to most Americans.

 

[pknopp]

So you would be okay with Hustler being available to 1st graders in the school library?

I have no desire to deal is crazed hyperbole. Thats your venue.

 

[pknopp]

That's not what we're talking about, but you knew that.

Yes, many times it is.

 

[hadit]

Yes, many times it is.

Not in this thread, we're not.

 

[Independent thinker]

State censorship of literature and entertainment is noxious. Neither should by imposed by politicians with no qualifications in education, nor those with contempt for the independence of private enterprise.

Authoritarians seizing control of wombs and abrogating personal freedom is especially repugnant to most Americans.

Translation: You think we should let the woke educators decide what is best for children because children belong to the state anyway.

 

[pknopp]

Not in this thread, we're not.

The thread is either vast generalities or crazed rantings.

 

[hadit]

The thread is either vast generalities or crazed rantings.

About Tom Hanks' opinion on the left-wing cancel culture and how they've gone way too far.

 

[22lcidw]

I'm surprised Mr. Hanks hasn't been canceled already. You would think the libs would have been offended by his portrayal of donkey sex and bestiality in Hanks' magnus opus, "Bachelor Party". Didn't that offend PETA?

And that is the kicker. These people play characters that are not what they promote as private citizens. Collecting wealth from it and then on the political trail or on TV broadcasts awards programming pushing their politics. After the success, the arrogance emerges. However, there are people where it is real.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Generally, it's best to ignore pop culture.

 

[pknopp]

About Tom Hanks' opinion on the left-wing cancel culture and how they've gone way too far.

You'll note the article is about banning books also.

 

[hadit]

And that is the kicker. These people play characters that are not what they promote as private citizens. Collecting wealth from it and then on the political trail or on TV broadcasts awards programming pushing their politics. After the success, the arrogance emerges. However, there are people where it is real.

Some of the biggest anti-gun activists in the world make a lot of money shooting guns in movies. Heck, one of them even accidentally killed someone on set with a gun.

 

[hadit]

You'll note the article is about banning books also.

Which has nothing to do with your statement about education in general.

 

[schmidlap]

Translation: You think we should let the woke educators decide what is best for children.

I respect qualified educators as being superior to authoritarian politicians in designing curricula, just as I recognize medical professionals are superior to authoritarian politicians in personal medical matters.

 

[Mac1958]

Good for him. We need more of this, people saying enough.

Now that both ends of the spectrum are doing it, it's time for it to end.

 

[schmidlap]

Some of the biggest anti-gun activists in the world make a lot of money shooting guns in movies. Heck, one of them even accidentally killed someone on set with a gun.

An actor portraying Hitler does not indicate support for Naziism. It's make-believe.

 

[Independent thinker]

I respect qualified educators as being superior to authoritarian politicians in designing curricula, just as I recognize medical professionals are superior to authoritarian politicians in personal medical matters.

And you don't give a damn about parents. But, at least you admitted that you like having woke educators deciding things for children, even it is exposing them to porn. I like honesty, even if I disagree with you.

 

[hadit]

An actor portraying Hitler does not indicate support for Naziism. It's make-believe.

Would anyone give credit to a pron (or late-night cable) star simultaneously making big bucks from movies AND publicly agitating against promiscuous sexuality? After all, it's make-believe.

 

[Votto]

Just in the last few days we have seen Richard Dreyfuss blasting Hollywood's inclusion standards saying, "They make me vomit", Scott Baio has said he is moving away from California due to it's high crime and woke policies, and now we have none other than Tom Hanks himself criticizing the left's cancel culture saying, "Let me choose what I am offended by". Apparently he doesn't want the Borg Collective telling him what he should be offended by and that he wants the power to decide for himself. How long will it be before the Borg Collective casts him out or doubles down on their efforts to assimilate him? Is resistance futile?

Tom Hanks discusses cancel culture: 'Let me decide what I am offended by'

Tom Hanks spoke about cancel culture and censoring books in a new interview. The actor is "against" reading a book that has been changed to fit modern times.

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Hollywood is waiting for these dino's to die off as they usher in the ultra-fascist woke crowd.

They are from a bygone era when free speech was once valued and defended.

Now those who value free speech are labeled right wing Nazis

 

[Independent thinker]

Hollywood is waiting for these dino's to die off as they usher in the ultra-fascist woke crowd.

Maybe that is what they are trying but both Hanks and Dreyfuss are diehard liberals who refuse to join the woke collective. Maybe that is actually getting more common place, not less.

 

[Votto]

Maybe that is what they are trying but both Hanks and Dreyfuss are diehard liberals who refuse to join the woke collective. Maybe that is actually getting more common place, not less.

They both will still vote democrat

It is a cult after all.

They will forever be in denial regarding how they helped create this monster.