Sarandon, Robbins Get Smackdown from Baseball Hall of Fame
Here’s a wacky story. As pointed out by the fine people at Daily Kos: Robbins-Sarandon anti-war talk leads Hall to cancel celebration. Baseball Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey, a former Reagan administration official, has apparently chosen to cancel a scheduled tribute to the movie Bull Durham, because the tribute would have involved participation by those dangerous peaceniks Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. The story quotes from the letter Petroskey sent to Robbins announcing the cancellation:
“In a free country such as ours, every American has the right to his or her own opinions, and to express them. Public figures, such as you, have platforms much larger than the average American’s, which provides you an extraordinary opportunity to have your views heard — and an equally large obligation to act and speak responsibly,” Petroskey wrote.
“We believe your very public criticism of President Bush at this important — and sensitive — time in our nation’s history helps undermine the U.S. position, which ultimately could put our troops in even more danger. As an institution, we stand behind our President and our troops in this conflict.”
The story quotes Robbins as replying that he didn’t realize baseball was “a Republican sport.” The story goes on to quote the following from Robbins’ letter of reply:
“You invoke patriotism and use words like ‘freedom’ in an attempt to intimidate and bully. In doing so, you dishonor the words ‘patriotism’ and ‘freedom’ and dishonor the men and women who have fought wars to keep this nation a place where one can freely express their opinions without fear of reprisal or punishment.”
Right on.
April 11th, 2003 at 4:39 pm
right on what?
whats with the BS, Sarandon and RObbins if they want to have an anit war rally should use their stage and spout their message at their house, on their time
If people dont want to hear airheads THEY ALSO have the RIGHT NOT to HAVE it shoved down their throats at an occasion that HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WAR, get over it you whining liberals, you arent welcome everywhere, thank god this is a free country and your arses will and shall be kicked out FREELY!
October 9th, 2003 at 1:27 pm
Right on, Robbins is right!
Freedom is freedom – NOT freedom for people who think as we do, or support what we support.
Any country which cannot survive open disagreement with its policies by some of its members should admit it it is a supressive, controlling, NOT free society.