Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

[jamespowers]

Thanks for posting that link to the Baldwin article. I read the whole thing, and it's a very sad commentary. I wouldn't wish fame on anyone.

I would wish it on him. His brothers aren’t complete idiots like him---same gene pool too.

 

[jamespowers]

I am going to tell you exactly how I read this article:
1. I am not homophobic.
2. Yes, I use homophobic slurs all the time when I am angry.
3. It's not my fault I use homophobic slurs when I am angry because I don't control what I am saying.
4. Even though I automatically use slurs when I get mad, I am not homophobic.
5. How sad (for me?) that gay people think I'm a homophobe and are uncomfortable around me because of things I say.
6. How can you not believe I'm a homophobe after my cunning wit using derogatory statements like "Gay Department of Justice." And all my very nice digs at all the openly gay media people.
7. It is unfair you fire me because of something I say. Because, you know, these highly disgusting words should have no meaning when I say them.
8. I hate everyone who's been rumored to have taken part in said firing. I will throw them under the bus. Heck, I was told by this one person that the top openly gay person at MSNBC made me get fired.
9. I wanted to have a career in politics. But the media ruined it for me by broadcasting my homophobic slurs. Which weren't slurs. See numbers 1-4. Also kind of 5-8.
10. To ask for privacy I'm going to make a big announcement about it online.
11. Oh, by the way, I'm not homophobic. Because there's not like 10 things right in this column itself that indicate I am, regardless of my previous behavior.

I'm sorry, but did no editor look at this before he published it? It makes him look worse. It's a non-apology that makes him look more homophobic than ever. So, yes, I think he wants to be able to be his little old homophobic self and not have any consequences. There is nothing in this article that makes me feel otherwise. It is not a heartfelt apology... it is an article full of jabs and digs.

:rofl: :clap:

 

[sheeplady]

:rofl: :clap:

I forgot to add the obligatory, "I have gay friends and colleagues." Or as he says, he is "awash" in gay people.

I wonder if he goes home and dumps bleach all over himself.

 

[jamespowers]

I forgot to add the obligatory, "I have gay friends and colleagues." Or as he says, he is "awash" in gay people.

I wonder if he goes home and dumps bleach all over himself.

I wish he would.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I forgot to add the obligatory, "I have gay friends and colleagues." Or as he says, he is "awash" in gay people.

I wonder if he goes home and dumps bleach all over himself.

Or maybe his gay friends are masochists. A sort of symbiotic relationship.

 

[LizzieMaine]

You don't see too many gay people stepping forward to say they have Alec Baldwin friends.

 

[Gregg Axley]

You don't see too many gay people stepping forward to say they have Alec Baldwin friends.

Very good point Lizzie.
Maybe they didn't watch his show, or read his blog, so they don't know.

James, I don't want him to do that.
What if he started a trend of pouring bleach on yourself in Hollywood?
That might lead women there to become bleach blondes.
Or platinum ones. :eeek:

 

[Tomasso]

I have a gay friend who called me (a heterosexual) a "big fag" because I didn't want to take the boat out with storms in the area. I ask the PC police here on the FLounge (you know who you are ) ; have I been slurred by this gay man?

 

[HudsonHawk]

I wish he would.

Because hating homophobes is much different than hating homosexuals?

 

[scrawlysteve]

Because hating homophobes is much different than hating homosexuals?

A good point HH--but I don't think Mr P ("Stinking hippies are only good for cannon fodder." etc etc ) has ever been mistaken for the Dalai Lama.

 

[Son_of_Atropos]

The internet and other information we leave on different devices is not a problem now because no person could read all that information and draw any worthwhile conclusions, there isn't enough time to review everyone's information. However, my concern is when programmers or scientists are able to get true A.I. and then computers can review all of our data instantaneously. In the future, isn't possible the state could view all of our activity and fine us into oblivion? Jaywalk across the street, by the time you get home you have an instant message or text on where you have to pay the fine. Think about it. There may be a time where we long for the good old 2014.

 

[Two Types]

For many years I worked in a press photo agency that operated worldwide. As such, I made a living out of the hounding of celebrities. I saw the increase in the hounding of celebrities by photographers who hung around for many hours just to get photos they thought might sell (yes, it seems there people out there who want to see Nick Nolte in his pyjamas, eating ice cream).
The increasing technology employed in cameras (auto-focus first, then digital) meant anyone could call themselves a 'photographer' regardless of talent. It devalued the whole industry.

The media scrum that developed around actors, pop stars etc, as they went about their normal lives became embarrassing. Holding a camera low whilst a woman gets out of a taxi, in an effort to see if she's wearing underwear, is unfair. I feel genuine sympathy for those who want to go about their lives unmolested by photographers. Sure, Alec Baldwin has his faults - don't we all? We all make mistakes. Why should his mistakes become public property?

I'm glad I got out of that industry.

 

[Smithy]

For many years I worked in a press photo agency that operated worldwide. As such, I made a living out of the hounding of celebrities. I saw the increase in the hounding of celebrities by photographers who hung around for many hours just to get photos they thought might sell (yes, it seems there people out there who want to see Nick Nolte in his pyjamas, eating ice cream).
The increasing technology employed in cameras (auto-focus first, then digital) meant anyone could call themselves a 'photographer' regardless of talent. It devalued the whole industry.

The media scrum that developed around actors, pop stars etc, as they went about their normal lives became embarrassing. Holding a camera low whilst a woman gets out of a taxi, in an effort to see if she's wearing underwear, is unfair. I feel genuine sympathy for those who want to go about their lives unmolested by photographers. Sure, Alec Baldwin has his faults - don't we all? We all make mistakes. Why should his mistakes become public property?

I'm glad I got out of that industry.

Well said TwoTypes.

Actually we've just had a local celebrity here commit suicide because of a long running campaign of some horrifically hateful and ugly stuff said about her via the internet and social media. I think anyone should think twice about posting genuinely derogatory or hateful things about specific people they know or even don't know. Some of these things have more impact than some can realise.

 

[Feraud]

The internet and other information we leave on different devices is not a problem now because no person could read all that information and draw any worthwhile conclusions, there isn't enough time to review everyone's information. However, my concern is when programmers or scientists are able to get true A.I. and then computers can review all of our data instantaneously. In the future, isn't possible the state could view all of our activity and fine us into oblivion? Jaywalk across the street, by the time you get home you have an instant message or text on where you have to pay the fine. Think about it. There may be a time where we long for the good old 2014.

I think when Artificial Intelligence reviews human data the last thing it will do is issue a jaywalking ticket.
The punishment for myriad cruel and inhuman abuses against human, animals, and the environment will be much more severe.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Depending upon who you are and what kind of connections you've got, of course.

I think when Artificial Intelligence reviews human data the last thing it will do is issue a jaywalking ticket.
The punishment for myriad cruel and inhuman abuses against human, animals, and the environment will be much more severe.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

I think when Artificial Intelligence reviews human data the last thing it will do is issue a jaywalking ticket.
The punishment for myriad cruel and inhuman abuses against human, animals, and the environment will be much more severe.

They already do this for driving infractions.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Well said TwoTypes.

Actually we've just had a local celebrity here commit suicide because of a long running campaign of some horrifically hateful and ugly stuff said about her via the internet and social media. I think anyone should think twice about posting genuinely derogatory or hateful things about specific people they know or even don't know. Some of these things have more impact than some can realise.

I agree with you.

It's one thing to hate what someone says, and voice our displeasure/disapproval online. It's quite another to make a sport of virtual group lynchings and wishing death and destruction upon someone. Using bullying to end bullying can't work.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I think when Artificial Intelligence reviews human data the last thing it will do is issue a jaywalking ticket.
The punishment for myriad cruel and inhuman abuses against human, animals, and the environment will be much more severe.

Unfortunately, that'll last only until the robots discover stock options.

 

[jamespowers]

Because hating homophobes is much different than hating homosexuals?

No Alec, it is the same dude. I wish you would get your story straight. lol lol

 

[jamespowers]

They already do this for driving infractions.

Yep, fought one of those out and won though.