{"id":1700901,"date":"2022-10-18T08:05:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700901"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:18:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:18:46","slug":"dear-george-clooney-hollywood-is-coarsening-our-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dear-george-clooney-hollywood-is-coarsening-our-discourse\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear George Clooney: Hollywood Is Coarsening Our Discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdear-george-clooney-hollywood-is-coarsening-our-discourse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><strong>George Clooney admits he was wrong, adding he might be wrong again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOcean\u2019s 11\u201d star didn\u2019t think America would elect a flawed figure like Donald Trump to the presidency. Now, he\u2019s fearful it could happen a second time.<\/p>\n<p>He shared those views on fading news star Chris Wallace\u2019s HBO Max showcase. \u201cWho\u2019s Talking to Chris Wallace?\u201d let Clooney wax poetic on politics while, in theory, promote his new rom-com, \u201cTicket to Paradise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clooney co-stars with Julia Roberts as an estranged couple hoping to prevent their daughter from getting hitched.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney, one of Hollywood\u2019s most openly political stars, trotted out the standard Democrat talking points during the Wallace chat.<\/p>\n<p>  How dare GOP governors bring illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities unannounced Democracy is in peril if Trump 2.0 happens  <\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned something else, though, an argument that smacks of an extreme lack of awareness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I look at where we are in this sort of coarsening of our discourse, and I find it to be worrying,\u201d Clooney said, referring to conservatives cheering on the illegal immigrant movements meant to showcase liberal hypocrisy and the stress communities faces via open borders.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney didn\u2019t mention those factors, but facts are facts. And a good journalist would name check those arguments, but Wallace is no longer a good journalist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/does-george-clooney-have-diversity-problem\/\"><strong>RELATED: DOES GEORGE CLOONEY HAVE A DIVERSITY PROBLEM?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regardless, Clooney does touch on a worthwhile conversation. Our discourse is getting worse, but he doesn\u2019t admit who\u2019s partly to blame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>To Clooney\u2019s credit, he remains civil when broaching political matters. He\u2019s not ranting or raving, nor does he use harsh language or make histrionic claims. And he often uses his art to explore ideological debates, like his 2011 film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_ides_of_march\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ides of March<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to agree with his political views to admire his restraint. Except many of his peers have no such qualms about \u201ccoarsening the discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They do it all the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHate\u201d night TV is a steady culprit, from Stephen Colbert\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/stephen-colbert-ilhan-omar-interview\/\">vile attempt to connect President Trump with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin<\/a> to now-canceled Samantha Bee using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/samantha-bee-political-views\/\">sexual slur against the First Daughter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Oscar-winner Robert De Niro shouting a profanity during his time at the Tony Awards presentation.<\/p>\n<p>What about a venerable comedy show calling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/snl-gina-carano-nazi-trump\/\">Trump supporters \u201cNazis?\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Or every third celebrity comparing Trump, or his flock, to Hitler?<\/p>\n<p>The list could go on, and on, especially if we highlight the corrosive Tweets regularly shared by today\u2019s stars.<\/p>\n<p>The point is made.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Trump\u2019s brash, often boorish behavior did no favors to the political conversation (Nor has President Joe Biden, clumsily attacking large swathes of Americans as \u201csemi-fascist\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood has led the charge in coarsening the political culture, and it\u2019s been going on for some time. That Clooney, one of the industry\u2019s most vocal stars doesn\u2019t realize it reflects poorly on him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Clooney admits he was wrong, adding he might be wrong again. The \u201cOcean\u2019s 11\u201d star didn\u2019t think America would elect a flawed figure like Donald Trump to the presidency. Now, he\u2019s fearful it could happen a second time. He shared those views on fading news star Chris Wallace\u2019s HBO Max showcase. \u201cWho\u2019s Talking to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1898642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1700901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1700901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1700901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1700901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1700901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}