Nicholson on political restraint and persuasion

"I think Sean Penn is the greatest living American in a certain way, because he's a man of action. I feel by being a neutralist in this area, in my actual field of endeavor I can be more effective. You do not become militant if you wish to be a successful propagandist. Because all you will do is preach to the choir and further entrench your opposition." -- Jack Nicholson speaking to AP's profiler Ryan Pearson.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 21, 2007 at 6:25 AM

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abuseintake Author Profile Page says ...

As a left-leaning centrist I watch Mr. Penn�s overly earnest and somewhat misguided proclamations and wince. He is certainly an accomplished individual and a great actor, but when he wades into the deep-end of matters regarding foreign policy he comes off like a belligerent drunk that no one can reason with.

Posted by abuseintake Author Profile Page at December 21, 2007 7:54 AM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

Somewhere in the world, Sean Penn is holding this with the biggest boner ever. Speaking of which, did anyone thing Eddie Vedder was doing a Sean Penn impersonation in WALK HARD?

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at December 21, 2007 8:37 AM

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Gaydos Author Profile Page says ...

In case SP drops by here:

Sean, LOVED "Into the Wild," but we're still waiting for you to support the students and others fighting for freedom and against the increasingly dictatorial moves of your pal, Hugo. Yep, the anti-dictator voters won this election, but he ain't done, pal. You're on the wrong side here, in a BIG way.

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Posted by Gaydos Author Profile Page at December 21, 2007 9:38 AM

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Feathers McGraw Author Profile Page says ...

According to a lot of the people who have worked with him, Sean Penn is kind of a dick. However, I get the sense that the reason he's such a popular hate-object has nothing to do with this and everything to do with the fact that he's earnest and passionate and politically engaged in an era when ironic distance and fashionable disdain for actually giving a shit about anything besides getting rich are the dominant values. It's the same reason why Trey Parker and Matt Stone are such disgusting, hypocritical turds.

Oh, and Gaydos, I'm not much of a Chavez fan, but for a dictator he sure does seem to call a lot of elections and abide by the results of the ones he doesn't win. I don't remember reading that in the evil dictator manual.

Posted by Feathers McGraw Author Profile Page at December 21, 2007 12:28 PM

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Gaydos Author Profile Page says ...

Feathers: So Hugo gets a pass on the beatings and gassings of dissidents and the closing of opposition news outlets and the one party rule he's imposing as he systematically rolls back the safeguards and freedoms of a healthy democracy?

Did I mention throwing his arms around the guy who continually calls for the wiping out of the Jews/Israel?

If Bush gets chastised (properly) for his anti-democratic tendencies and actions, why not the OTHER petro-tyrant, Hugo?

Posted by Gaydos Author Profile Page at December 21, 2007 1:19 PM

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