If you’re looking for left-wing celebrity push back remotely close to what transpired over the war in Iraq (i.e., when Barack Obama was not commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces), you might have a long wait:
- Bruce Springsteen on Twitter since Aug. 1 talks about his tour and one free show to end poverty…but nothing about Syria.
- Susan Sarandon on Twitter since Aug. 1 mentions sex slavery, violence against children, the value of pot, why prison for drug offenders is bad. And while she campaigns to help Syrian child refugees, she has nothing to say about Obama’s desire to bomb it.
- George Clooney was recently asked about a possible U.S. intervention in Syria, and the actor replied, “I actually thought you would ask me about Ben Affleck playing Batman. But no, it’s Syria.” Clooney proceeded to deflect the question.
- Sean Penn…zip.
- Janeane Garofalo…nada.
- Tim Robbins…hello?
But one devoutly liberal actor is going off script, you might say, and speaking out…and he has a theory about why fellow thespians and others in the limelight who share his political leanings have been largely mum on Syrian intervention.
“A lot of people don’t want to feel anti-black by being opposed to Obama,” Ed Asner tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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