Anti-Gun Liam Neeson Tries To Defend Hypocrisy Of Starring In Films That Glorify Guns
By Brian Anderson, January 5, 2015.
Liam Neeson has been a Jedi, a Nazi, and Batman’s sensei, but he is best known for his recent Taken series of films, which are an orgy of glorified gun violence. On a personal level, the Irish-born actor is diametrically opposed to the 2nd Amendment and its guarantee of private gun ownership. How does Neeson deal with the hypocrisy of making a living off of saying guns are cool while believing they should all be banned? Well, by being completely full of sh*t, that’s how.
Anti-gun crusader Neeson gave an interview to a New Zealand TV station to promote his newest entry into gun porn: Taken 3:
Actor Liam Neeson admits it’s somewhat contradictory that he’s a vocal critic of the United States’ gun culture but continues playing gun-toting action heroes in Hollywood films.
However the 62-year-old says he’s drawn a line in his head that allows him to star in thrillers like Taken 3, which is released in Australian cinemas on Thursday.
Neeson is philosophical when asked about critics who have suggested such films romanticise gun culture.
“I could agree with that but, in my own head, I’ve drawn a line because I think it’s kind of cartoon violence, these sorts of movies,” said Neeson.
What about cartoon rape or cartoon racism? Would Neeson be okay doing those sorts of roles? What a tool. What he basically just said was that his movie roles go against everything he believes in, but he justifies it in his mind because the checks are just so damn big.
The Irish-born US citizen believes moviegoers can differentiate between reality and what they see on screen.
“I think audiences now are really quite sophisticated,” he said.
So people are sophisticated enough to see his glorification of the gun as make believe, but too stupid and irresponsible to actually own firearms. Spoken like a true anti-gun hypocrite.
So that’s it for Neeson trying to defend his choice of money over principal. It’s hard to respect someone that is against the Constitution and civil rights, but it’s even harder when that person literally stands for nothing.
While Neeson failed in trying to explain his hypocrisy, he wasn’t quite done bad-mouthing our right to keep and bear arms.
“I’m getting so sick of opening the pages of the newspaper now in America and it seems to be every month someone goes crazy in a school or a college and kids are killed,” said Neeson, adding, “It’s like we are almost getting immune to it – they have to change the rules but the gun lobby is so powerful.”
It was kind of subtle, but did you catch Neeson saying we need to abolish the 2nd Amendment? I guess you could take his “change the rules” statement a number of ways, but given that the only way you can keep a person who is otherwise legally entitled to own a gun from “going crazy” is to ban private gun ownership and confiscate the 300 million plus already in private hands.
And then there’s this:
Neeson believes the founding fathers who set out the right to bear arms in the US constitution would turn in their graves if they knew weapons now streamed thousands of bullets per minute.
What semi-automatic firearm available to general public is capable of streaming “thousands of bullets per minute?” Even if such a weapon were available, who could afford to shoot it? Or better yet, who could lift this firearm loaded with thousands of rounds, get it on target, and then hang on for 60 seconds while it belched out an entire Walmart ammo case?
Sure, there’s this:
Designed for use in helicopters and armoured vehicles in the late 1960s, the 7.62 mm (0.3 in) calibre M134 Minigun is based on the multiple-barrelled Gatling design. It has six barrels that are revolved by an electric motor and fed by a 4,000-round link belt. This allows for a firing rate of 6,000 rounds per minute, or 100 per second, about ten times that of an ordinary machine gun.
But miniguns are not generally available to the public and everyone who isn’t Jesse Ventura in Predator would struggle to carry one.
If you support the 2nd Amendment do not go to see Taken 3. Do not spend a dime on anything anti-gun ass-clowns like Liam Neeson and Sylvester Stallone star in. If they want to use their celebrity to promote their political agendas, use your wallet to tell them to f*ck off. Hollywood may be completely lacking in morals, but it understands dollars.
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