# Matt Damon, STFU! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-stfu/463064 "2008-09-11T04:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-stfu/463064/101 "2008-09-12T20:55:21Z")
I’m not entirely sure what the point of the big list of actors and artists above was, but I’ll just say that of course there are far more liberal actors and artists than there are conservative ones. Being an actor requires mental flexibility, the ability to understand other people’s emotions and their perspectives, an ability to do things differently from the norm… Being an artist requires creativity. When you look at the list of conservative actors, it’s fairly impressive just how few of them are good actors. Reagan, Arnold, Chuck Norris, Tom Selleck, Kirk Cameron - bad actors. … Even John Wayne was quite limited as an actor. It’s just not in their constitutions. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-stfu/463064/102 "2008-09-12T22:14:01Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Reagan, Gopher, Thompson & Schwarzenegger are pretty faces? Well, you got me there. But they are famous, and apparently conservatives are much more easily starstruck and impressed by fame and celebrity than liberals. That’s the only conclusion one can draw from this. Which is why all the Obama = celebrity bullshit from the Republicans was so freakin’ hypocritically hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-stfu/463064.md?page=5)