Hollywood values

Garance reframes "Hollywood values". "Hollywood values", as we all know, is a code term for any number of "sinister" things the right wants to see associated with liberals.  Take your pick: Sodomy? Abortion? Adultery? Drug use? Voting for Democrats? All sins that define those of us who embrace "Hollywood values."

This is the same Hollywood, though, that enforces strict cultural penalties against those who evince even brief bursts of bigotry. And that's a "Hollywood value" that's drifted into national politics--to the great consternation af some southern Republicans with...questionable...race records.

But she might want to push the start date to back before last year's Mel Gibson fiasco. Well before that happened, Trent Lott lost his leadership position in the Senate after a Strom Thurmond appreciation/obliquely-pro-segregation speech he gave prompted a public outcry.

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And remember James Watt?

Posted by: oldtimer on May 24, 2007 02:02 AM

"A public controversy erupted after a speech by Watt on Sept. 21, 1983, when he said about his staff: "I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent."[13] Within weeks of making this statement, Watt submitted his resignation letter." - wikipedia

Posted by: pjinportland on May 24, 2007 02:30 AM

Yes we can all read wikipedia, pj. That's what I do at 3:00 in the morning. Anyway,
in it you will learn that he (Watt, not Jesus)was resurrected by grist a few years ago, although I think the actual quote was discredited. The guy was a religious fanatic and, more relevant to Brian's posting, a racist who was forced to resign. I wonder if there are earlier examples?

Here is Grist (not Christ):
You There, God? It's Me, Grist
Posted by Bricolage at 2:24 PM on 27 Oct 2004


The politicians endorsed by far-right fundamentalist Christian groups are remarkably consistent in voting against environmental protections. Why would that be? Perhaps because they believe, as Reagan-era Interior Secretary James Watt once put it, "After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back." In other words, environmental destruction merely serves as a harbinger of the End Times, when righteous Christians will be lifted to heaven. These views are not held just by a few fringe types, but by a large and influential voting bloc that backs more than 40 percent of the members of Congress, including much of its leadership. And that's bad news for the planet, writes Glenn Scherer -- today on the Grist Magazine website.

Posted by: anon on May 24, 2007 03:08 AM

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