{"id":3496,"date":"2012-04-19T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2012-04-19T00:28:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T06:28:55","slug":"80s-child-stars-launch-unfunny-attack-on-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=3496","title":{"rendered":"’80s Child Stars Launch Unfunny Attack on Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

In what appears to be a desperate bid for another 15 minutes of fame, several child “stars”<\/em> from such notable<\/del>\u00a0forgettable 1980s sitcoms like Mr. Belvedere<\/em> and Charles in Charge<\/em> have made a “Funny or Die”<\/a><\/em>\u00a0video <\/a>(those easily offended should probably not watch it) about fellow ’80s child star Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains. The video, which is supposed to be\u00a0humorous, takes aim at Cameron’s controversial views on homosexuality. Cameron reportedly was not offended by the video, even finding it funny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Did Cameron really find the mock video funny or was\u00a0he exhibiting grace toward those who were intentionally ridiculing him? As a born-again Christian, Cameron may have been applying Biblical principles to the situation:<\/p>\n

“To the contrary, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”<\/span>\u00a0(Romans 12:20-21, ESV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nothing like pouring heaping coals on\u00a0celebrities who\u00a0are trying to be relevant and edgy. While the video\u00a0caused me to smirk a few times — the\u00a0bit about homosexual stylists was slightly\u00a0amusing\u00a0— I found the whole thing rather the opposite of funny. Maybe that’s where the die part comes in. You would think that\u00a0videos on\u00a0a website called “Funny or Die”<\/em>\u00a0would be required to be at least somewhat comical. Instead of poking fun at Cameron\u00a0through smartly written\u00a0and well-acted satire, this video fell flat. It may get a ton of hits from leftist sycophants (not to\u00a0mention\u00a0conservative bloggers like me who had to watch it in order to write a post mocking it), but the video serves to further illustrate the complete disconnect between so many in Hollywood and the rest of America. For every conservative in Hollywood like\u00a0Adam Baldwin<\/a>, there are at least\u00a0twenty liberals or liberal-wannabes. Unfortunately, not only do liberals and leftists outnumber conservatives in\u00a0Tinseltown, but the\u00a0big time lefties spout complete and utter nonsense.<\/p>\n

Enter stage far left, Keith Coogan<\/a>. Best known as the\u00a0grandson of the late Jackie Coogan — Uncle Fester on The Addams Family — and for starring in the 1987 movie, Adventures in Babysitting <\/em>(perhaps Elisabeth Shue can get him a guest spot on C.S.I.),\u00a0Mr. Coogan\u00a0gives us a glimpse of the limits that leftists would place upon the First Amendment and free speech in this country were they to have unfettered power (a truly scary thought). The irony in Coogan’s statement is simply\u00a0breathtaking:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m supportive of Kirk Cameron and his right to say anything he wants to say\u00a0within the limits of our First Amendment, but there\u2019s a line, and I think he\u00a0 came close enough to the line of hate speech.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s some pretty narrow limits there, don’t you think Mr. Coogan? So, let me get this straight (no pun intended). When Kirk Cameron was asked — he did not offer his opinion until pressed by Piers Morgan during one of his\u00a0famous drive-bys<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0about his view of homosexuality, Cameron gave a respectful and truthful answer based upon his sincerely held religious beliefs:<\/p>\n

MORGAN<\/strong>: Would you tell them that gay marriage is a sin?<\/p>\n

CAMERON<\/strong>: I would tell my children, as — I tell them what I believe myself. And dealing with these social issues, whether it’s abortion or gay marriage —<\/p>\n

MORGAN<\/strong>: What do you believe?<\/p>\n

CAMERON<\/strong>: I believe that marriage was defined by God a long time ago. Marriage is almost as old as dirt. And it was defined in the Garden between Adam and Eve, one man, one woman, for life, till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. I don’t think anyone else should either. So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don’t.<\/p>\n

MORGAN<\/strong>: Do you think homosexuality is a sin?<\/p>\n

CAMERON<\/strong>: I think that it’s — it’s unnatural. I think that it’s — it’s detrimental and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is stating your opinion or belief — particularly if it is based upon your religious convictions —\u00a0\u00a0now considered “close enough to the line of hate speech”<\/em>\u00a0that it should be outlawed? Is all speech that Mr. Coogan and the other self-righteous leftist ’80s has-been child actors now deem “hate speech”<\/em> likewise unacceptable in public discourse? Contrary to Josie Davis’ (Charles in Charge<\/em>) assertion that, \u201cIt’s (the video)\u00a0just a good message\u00a0 promoting love and it’s not slamming people for being gay. It\u2019s not\u00a0 anti-Christian,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0how is this not supposed to be seen as a chilling\u00a0attack on the principle of\u00a0the free speech of Christians like Cameron who believe homosexuality is a sin?<\/p>\n

Hollywood, and their leftist counterparts in the media, academia, and government, cannot stand people like Kirk Cameron. For all of their blather about “tolerance,”<\/em>\u00a0leftists are some of the most intolerant people who\u00a0roam the earth. Not only are they themselves intolerant, but they are the epitome of hypocrisy. Hollywood daily spews forth filth that\u00a0they want protected\u00a0by the First Amendment. Even if I strongly disagree with the content of what\u00a0comes out of New York and Los Angeles\u00a0in any given week, I would nevertheless defend\u00a0the right of those who wish to spend their money producing such drivel.<\/p>\n

Why? Because the First Amendment gives them that right. Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean that it’s always right<\/a> or mean that I endorse the “entertainment”<\/em> that Hollywood offers, but people are entitled to\u00a0make music, movies, television shows, web videos, or otherwise\u00a0express\u00a0opinions that I may find personally distasteful. That’s freedom! The men and women of our Armed Forces put their lives on the line every day to protect\u00a0these precious freedoms, both for Kirk Cameron and his fellow\u00a0’80s child stars. That’s not funny, but real people have died so that a bunch of\u00a0former “stars”<\/em> could be free to make an unfunny video that would get them thrown in jail in many countries around the world.\u00a0You gotta love it!<\/p>\n

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