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Simple really... it is someone using their celebrity status as a way to promote a political point of view. The other way around is also true, as in a host or the media using a celebrity's political point of view for potential ratings. You drag in some guy off the street and it is rare that their political stance becomes front page news. You take a celebrity, like Morgan Freeman, and all of a sudden people (right or wrong) listen and then respond. It is no different than politicians wanting celebrity endorsement for their own political objectives during campaigns, or political groups using celebrities to advance their agenda in advertisement. But, I will agree that if you base your opinion off of a celebrity over your own beliefs, there is a problem. You could argue well that is being pretty weak and I would tend to agree, yet we have plenty of examples of celebrities using or being used for their opinion. Little evidence to suggest that will change.
so what? everyone has the right to their opinions, and i wouldn't hide mine if i were in the spotlight. people who base their ideologies on celebrities thoughts are idiots.