If You Don’t Like Celebrities’ Thoughts on Politics, Don’t Vote for Celebrities in Politics

Has there ever been an awards show as political as Sundays’s SAG awards? As the Screen Actors Guild came together to celebrate their own, they were, it seemed, wholly ready to sound off on America’s cheeto stained political quagmire. Stranger Things’s David Harbour delivered an impassioned speech. Julia Louis-Dreyfus spoke about her immigrant father. Mahershala Ali, the star of Moonlight, exclaimed that “I am a Muslim.”

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The awards took place as thousands gathered at airports and courthouses across the U.S. to protest Donald Trump’s immigration ban.

The backlash on social media was swift and, well, just.

These people are absolutely right. Celebrities have no right to talk about politics. They’re entertainers, not lawmakers. How many times before they embarrass themselves in politics before they finally shut up once and for all?

We’ve seen time and again just how ignorant the rich and famous can be.

It’s true, they’re all delusional and narcissistic, power-hungry and starved for attention.

Their power is an illusion, and attention their currency.

Read: Watch Meryl Streep’s Powerful Anti-Trump Speech at the Golden Globes

Here’s a thought, from, of all places, Wesley Snipes: