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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 01:49 AM Dec 2014

James Woods, asshole

https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/james-woods-rips-into--pig--al-sharpton-over-nypd-slaying-235212179.html

After Saturday's ambush killing of two New York police officers, James Woods is pointing fingers at two people: the Reverend Al Sharpton and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The 67-year-old actor returned to Twitter this week after a three-month hiatus to express his disgust for the aforementioned men. The blood of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu is on the hands of “race hucksters” Sharpton and de Blasio, Woods tweeted on Sunday. He's been on a blame-spree ever since.

Beneath a photograph of Sharpton, Woods retweeted: "This disgusting pig is DIRECTLY responsible for the murder of two good policemen. No discussion."
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James Woods, asshole (Original Post) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2014 OP
he is a repuke whore Skittles Dec 2014 #1
I didn't know that about Woods. Major Hogwash Dec 2014 #6
I doubt that Woods will hunger for work anytime soon. . . Journeyman Dec 2014 #9
Kelsey had no difficulties. He is one of the most successful TV actors of all time Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #21
Really high intelligence can be a liability. Frank Cannon Dec 2014 #26
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #2
MIRT BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #14
Cleanup on aisle derp. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #22
... Jamaal510 Dec 2014 #37
In the movie "The Specialist" Woods was playing himself N/T DFW Dec 2014 #3
Seth McFarlane had him pegged!!! He's always playing the asshole on FG! nt MADem Dec 2014 #4
Piece of candy! adirondacker Dec 2014 #5
I love Seth! valerief Dec 2014 #11
For some reason, people with cool Hollywood characters tend to be douchebags. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #7
I think Mel Gibson and Clint Eastwood are brilliant directors arely staircase Dec 2014 #13
We still got Alec Baldwin though. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #18
I think Eastwood's more of a "Goldwater Republican". Frank Cannon Dec 2014 #27
yeah I think Eastwood is cool on social issues arely staircase Dec 2014 #36
Jayne was Adam Baldwin, not one of the Baldwin brothers. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #23
Adam's very disappointing as well. DirkGently Dec 2014 #31
Thanks, you're right. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #32
I just wasted two minutes of my life reading his Twitter feed shenmue Dec 2014 #8
Republican. What else do you expect? nt valerief Dec 2014 #10
more weirdness arely staircase Dec 2014 #12
Wow! He really is as delusional as portrayed on Family Guy. adirondacker Dec 2014 #29
He has a hard on for 9iu11ani. Chakab Dec 2014 #15
He's also a miserable slimebucket who sexually harasses every woman he works with BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #16
Actors are not always the best and the brightest. They don't like paying taxes either. YOHABLO Dec 2014 #17
Outside of the Onion Field, I never liked his acting. C Moon Dec 2014 #19
I rather enjoyed him in Salvador. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #24
"race hucksters" Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #20
He's a great actor. maced666 Dec 2014 #25
Wait, is this the James Woods who admittedly did a Discovery Channel show only for a paycheck? kysrsoze Dec 2014 #28
So what about Cliven Bundy? muntrv Dec 2014 #30
He knows the officers weren't white, correct? LordGlenconner Dec 2014 #33
He leads me to believe Spirochete Dec 2014 #34
The "Simpsons" Version Was Saner Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #35
Yes, he is a complete idiot. Rider3 Jan 2016 #38

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
6. I didn't know that about Woods.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 02:10 AM
Dec 2014

It's really pathetic when people like Woods make such outlandish comments like this, thinking that somehow they are helping to solve the problem, rather than just heaping more wood on the fire.
I guess after Woods doesn't snag any more juicy parts to be in any movies in the next 2 years, he'll pull a "Kelsey Grammer", and claim that all of Hollywood is against him now, simply because he came out of the closet and let people know that he is a Republican.

Yet, it is this level of racist horseshit that is the reason why losers like Woods shouldn't even have access to the internet.

Journeyman

(15,036 posts)
9. I doubt that Woods will hunger for work anytime soon. . .
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 02:35 AM
Dec 2014

He's been a rabid conservative his entire life, yet has remained steadily employed since his first film roles in the early '70s. Nominated for dozens of awards, including two Oscars, he's snagged a number of them and on the way created some of the more memorable roles in Hollywood history.

I suspect Kelsey Grammer's difficulties lie more in the weakness of his talent than they do the "strength of his convictions" or his political leanings.

Woods is an incredibly brilliant individual, though you'd never know it from his public utterances. He has an IQ said to be over 180. He scored an 800 on his verbal SATs, and a 779 on the math portion. He attended MIT on a full scholarship. He majored there in political science. He dropped out his senior year, to pursue a career in acting.

So as we can see, intelligence is no barrier to dumb thoughts.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
21. Kelsey had no difficulties. He is one of the most successful TV actors of all time
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 10:11 AM
Dec 2014

14 Emmy nominations covering 4 different shows. He won 5 of them. 3 Golden Globes out of 9 nominations. 11 years of Frazier, 9 years of Cheers. Worth at least 50 million dollars, at least.
One of the most highly paid, most lauded performers of his or any other time. He whined that he did not get a 15th Emmy nomination for his most recent show, but he did in fact win the Golden Globe for that show the following years....

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
26. Really high intelligence can be a liability.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 10:41 AM
Dec 2014

I think it was James Randi who said that really smart people are relatively easy to delude, because they refuse to believe that they can be fooled. ANYONE can be fooled.

As a former member of Mensa, I can attest that I heard some of the wackiest shit that I ever heard in my life coming from those people. And they utterly believed all of it.

Response to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)

True Blue Door

(2,969 posts)
7. For some reason, people with cool Hollywood characters tend to be douchebags.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 02:13 AM
Dec 2014

Eastwood, Madsen, even 50 Cent is a fucking Republican. The guy who played Jayne Cobb in Firefly (Stephen Baldwin) tweets deranged conspiracy theories about the President.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
13. I think Mel Gibson and Clint Eastwood are brilliant directors
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:36 AM
Dec 2014

Possibly two of the best ever, especially Eastwood. Butv their politics is nutters, no doubt. I think Malkovic is winger too.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
27. I think Eastwood's more of a "Goldwater Republican".
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 10:48 AM
Dec 2014

Or he was, anyway. At least, before that bizarre interlude with the chair at the RNC.

At any rate, I don't think he's on board with the crazy anti-science, anti-gay, anti-choice, etc., bullshit that makes up most of the modern Republican party. I think he just wants his taxes lowered.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
23. Jayne was Adam Baldwin, not one of the Baldwin brothers.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 10:16 AM
Dec 2014

Libertarian, sure, but not the born again lunatic that is Stephen Baldwin.

Then again, I'm not on twitter, so if he's been tweeting things like that, I haven't seen it.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
31. Adam's very disappointing as well.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 12:25 PM
Dec 2014

Different flavor of nut from Stephen-of-the-Baldwins-Baldwin, but still a right-winger.

Leftist propagandists are trying to demonize the harmless/lawful use of pepper spray on the lawless, just as they did with water-boarding. Leftists are a lawless mob, so of course their propagandists are deployed to demonize the devices of mob-control.


Hi Obamacare advocates: If the "poor" don't have the money to buy health insurance, then how can/will fining them make them buy it?


http://www.pajiba.com/miscellaneous/comparing-the-wingnuttery-of-the-3-most-politically-vocal-celebrities-on-twitter.php


He also has the dubious distinction of coining the #gamergate hashtag and considers himself a warrior against the Bad Old Liberal Media, blah, blah.

Within social media, the Twitter Gamergate hashtag was first used by actor Adam Baldwin in a tweet with links to two videos critical of Quinn, shortly after he retweeted a statement from a feminist blogger who had readjusted her stance to be critical of Quinn.[25] The tag was then used to discuss the allegations against Quinn and Grayson and other concerns about alleged corruption in gaming journalism,[26] alongside coordinated discussions on forums like 4chan and Reddit.[27][28] Because these discussions often featured verbal attacks, misogynistic harassment of Quinn and others, and doxxing, some websites blocked users and removed posts relating to the controversy, and at least one YouTube commentator had a video critical of Quinn removed following a DMCA request.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/actor-adam-baldwin-gamergate-defeated-the-left-but-there-will-be-no-parade/
@scottekaufman Millions of young people now easily recognize the political jargon/attacks from the authoritarian Left. It's a breakthrough.


He's quite the idiot. He's just an actor, but it's sad seeing a member of the Firefly crew spew insanity.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)
8. I just wasted two minutes of my life reading his Twitter feed
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 02:16 AM
Dec 2014

Truly odious. I never knew he was that much of an idiot.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
16. He's also a miserable slimebucket who sexually harasses every woman he works with
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:38 AM
Dec 2014

He lives in his own kind of hell and I wish it didn't have access to twitter.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
24. I rather enjoyed him in Salvador.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 10:18 AM
Dec 2014

Academy Award nominated for that role, and fully deserving of it.

Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)
20. "race hucksters"
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 09:33 AM
Dec 2014

"race hustlers"
"racial arsonists"
"racial grievance industry"

Racist mother fuckers. These phrases, even when they are couched with shaming the black community are not intended for black people. They are to rile up the last vestige of the republican party - old white men.

kysrsoze

(6,022 posts)
28. Wait, is this the James Woods who admittedly did a Discovery Channel show only for a paycheck?
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 10:57 AM
Dec 2014

Oh... yeah, well that explains it. He's an asshat. Complained about supposedly being blackballed for his views. Whatever.

Spirochete

(5,264 posts)
34. He leads me to believe
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 02:46 PM
Dec 2014

the intellect of mensa members is somewhat overrated.

He's wrong about everything. Well, except the death penalty - i think he opposes it.

Rider3

(919 posts)
38. Yes, he is a complete idiot.
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 03:04 PM
Jan 2016

I just was reading how Woods is saying that although he doesn't want a gun, Obama's latest comments made him feel like he HAS to buy one. WTF? If you are a person who follows the procedure in purchasing a gun, you get a gun. If you are honest and a decent human being, why is this waiting period so difficult for you to understand. As Homer Simpson said, "But I'm mad now!"

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