IMO, people who diss Angelina Jolie

[CrawlingChaos]

60. This is absurd, there are very good reasons not to like her

I make it a point to know who the right-wing celebrities are so I can avoid supporting their work. Angelina Jolie falls into the Randian category.

I first became aware of this when she was trying very hard to get a movie version of Atlas Shrugged made, starring herself and Brad Pitt:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/18/angelina-jolie-calls-atlas-shrugged-once-in-a-lifetime-film/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jan/28/books.film

That is disgusting, and it can't be dismissed lightly. IMO there's no rationale for claiming that someone is both an admirer of Ayn Rand and still a good person. The very essence of Rand's philosophy is fuck the poor, I've got mine.

Furthermore, for all Jolie's alleged concern for the plight of refugees, she always seems to be supporting some military intervention or another. Remember when she wrote (or at least put her name to) this disgusting piece of pro-Iraq-war propaganda?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/27/AR2008022702217_pf.html

Yes our military is such a beacon of humanitarian goodness.

And in another telling moment which I have not forgotten, during the 2008 campaign when everyone was so ecstatic to finally see the last of the BushCo, and so hopeful about Obama -- Jolie gave an interview in which she stated that hadn't yet made up her mind and was considering both Obama and McCain/Palin!! Now really, if you're truly someone who cares about refugees, in a million years are you going to consider for even one nanosecond voting for that most belligerent of warhawks, John Fucking McCain? It just doesn't add up.

My guess is that she's just not that bright and has been unwittingly used by power players who exploit her celebrity and apparent need for constant adoration.