Those Damned Hollywood Types

        You know how sometimes you hear the same really stupid assertion by someone and finally it just grates so badly you have to do or say something? I thought so; me too! Today’s is the all too frequent whining by Trump supporters as their idol says and does even more stupid things just when you thought he’d reached the bottom of his intellectual barrel, and others call him out. It goes along these lines “Them damn Hollywood types. What makes them think they know anything?”

        This is generally accompanied by the allegation that since they’re famous and have media exposure, that somehow, they should "keep shtum" re: politics. Oddly enough this same stricture is never applied to Far-Right media presences or personalities like Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, or the inbred cast of Duck Dynasty. 

        Reflecting on this, I decided to do a bit of research, my friend Google and I,  to see if perhaps one group (Trump supporters) was better educated/more literate or more morally justified in having their positions heard and that those “Hollywood show business types” were simply undereducated dunderheads who just don’t know when to shut up. Oddly enough, there is no shortage of listings of both Trump “bashers” and Trump supporters. I took the names as they came, with a few exceptions at the end of the list which will be the media pundits in both camps. I then simply looked at their backgrounds and levels of education. You might notice a general pattern. Draw your own conclusions about which Hollywood/media  types should probably remain mute.

Trump Critics

Matt Damon – Harvard (Harvard Arts Medalist 2013)

George Clooney – 2 years college, dropped out, economic hardship.

J.K. Rowling – BA (French and Classics) U. of Exeter (also CH, OBE, FRSL, FRCPE, FRSE)

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta – NYU Tisch school of the Arts, dropped out to pursue moderately successful music career.

Peter Weller – MA/PhD (Renaissance Art) UCLA

Arnold Schwarzenegger – BA (International Marketing) U. of Wisconsin

Susan Sarandon – BA (Drama) Catholic University of America

Will Smith - turned down MIT scholarship for acting

John Oliver – BA (English) Christ’s College, Cambridge

Samuel L. Jackson – BA (Drama) Morehouse

Meryl Streep – MFA Yale

Mayim Bialik – PhD (Neuroscience) UCLA

James Franco, MFA Columbia , PhD (English) Yale

Sigourny Weaver – MFA Yale

David Duchovny – MA English Lit

Natalie Portman – BA (Psychology)Harvard 

Conan O’Brien - BA (History/Literature , magna cum laude) Harvard

Lupita Nyong’o – MFA Yale

Ashley Judd – BA (French) U of KY, MA (public admin) Harvard

Jodie Foster – BA (Lit) Yale

Eva Longoria, MS Cal State Northridge

Edward Norton – BA (History) Yale

Lisa Kudrow – BA biology, Vassar, member board of trustees

Mindy Kaling – BA Dartmouth

John Legend – BA (English) Penn

Emma Watson, BA (English Lit) Oxford/Brown

Angela Bassett – BA, MFA Yale

All the above have made public statements specific to actual issues on which they have problems with Trump

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Vocal trump supporters

Ted Nugent – Oakland Community college did not graduate. Draft status 4-F, indicating ineligibility for military service under established physical, mental, or moral standards.

Kid Rock – high school

Roseann Barr – did not graduate high school

Jon Voight – BA (Art) Catholic U of America

Scott Baio – high school.  Accused sex offender

John Ratzenberger – attended Sacred Heart U. no degree

Stacy Dash – high school

Robert Davi – BA (drama), Hofstra

Johnny Damon (baseball player) – high school

Loretta Lynn – 8^th grade

Mike Tyson – 11^th grade dropout

Gary Busey – Oklahoma State, quit, no degree

Dennis Rodman – Southeastern Oklahoma State, dropped out for NBA

Teresa Giudice – dropped out of Berkeley College, convicted 41 counts of mail, bank fraud and tax evasion.

Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) – U of South Florida – dropped out to wrestle

Mike Ditka – I got nuthin here.

Wayne Newton – high school, (Las Vegas institute of desperate cosmetic surgery)

Willie Robertson – BA (business) Northeastern La U.  

Antonio Sabato Jr. – high school

Wide exposure pundits

Critical:

Stephen Colbert – BA (communications) Northwestern

Seth Myers – BFA, Northwestern

Jon Stewart – BA (psych) William and Mary

Jimmy Fallon – BA (computer Science/ Communications) College of St Rose (Albany, NY)

Jimmy Kimmell – UNLV, ASU (Honorary DHL) ASU

David Letterman – BA (communications) Ball State U.

Trump cheerleaders:

Alex Jones – community college drop out

Rush Limbaugh – Left College after 2 semesters and one summer. According to his mother, "he flunked everything," and "he just didn't seem interested in anything except radio."

I have purposely not listed all the broadcast network talking heads, as many are simply reporters (the three major news outlets), Fox News are simply whores, and other cable outlets (CNN, MSNBC) are op/ed based (as is Fox, but they don’t admit it)