Barry Manilow is refusing to go on The View because he says he wont share the stage with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the girl that was once on Survivor and is currently The View’s lone token conservative. Evidently he doesn’t appreciate her conservative views.
Not to say that I do either, but the show is called The View for a reason. She is there to express her viewpoint on things. What Manilow is doing is a form of censorship. If he doesn’t agree with her opinion about the Iraq war or her opinion that life begins at the moment of conception, he should go on the show and confront her about it. Not that I believe either topic would come up on the view during a Barry Manilow segment.
I don’t like Barry Manilow. I never have. I hate to judge a man by his physical appearance, but he looks too much like my middle school vice-principle. I never liked her.
“What Manilow is doing is a form of censorship.”
IT’s funny, because Manilow probably fancies himself an amazingly “tolerant” person, accepting of all sorts of untraditional lifestyles and such.
Well…except when it comes to those dirty conservatives! Then there’s no change for tolerance. What a wuss.
Sigh. I don’t like Hasselbeck either (though I did think she was totally cute for awhile), but I do entirely support her right to hold and express opinions that are different from mine.
It makes me sad and ashamed when self-proclaimed liberals run around trying to muzzle the conservatives. :shaking head: I’m also kind of freaked out that Manilow considers himself a liberal. He’s creepy.
While I find the whole thing a bit silly, isn’t it his right not to appear? And in the long run, isn’t it only himself that he is censoring? And is that necessarily a bad thing? By not appearing on the View he’s only stirred up controversy that will allow the “ladies” of the View to bring the issue up over and over and over again (as they are known to do), so his not being on the show hasn’t really muzzled them in the slightest.
Cayusa, it’s not that he has a right not to appear on The View. It’s that he first agreed to appear and then made a big thing of not appearing and blaming his change of mind on the political leanings of one of the hosts. That’s what I have a hard time with.
I’m with Rachel. I don’t think conservatives should ever be muzzled.
The truth is that this whole thing probably has nothing to do with politics, but with Rosie. My wife explained to me that Rosie O’Donnell and Barry Manilow are dear friends. I looked it up on the Google. Not only are they friends, but Rosie is even appearing on Barry’s new album.
Not only is my lovely wife a world-class speller, but she knows everything about celebrities.
This isn’t even close to being censorship. Even idiots like Barry Manilow have a right to change their minds. Who gives a shit what his reasons were? It’s totally irrelevant.
The real shocking thing here is that any moron in the world would even want to be associated with The View by appearing on it or watching it.
I wish someone would muzzle those cretinous dog-faced whores. If a weapon were created that killed only housewives, The View would be forced off the air immediately.
…and just to stir up the shit pot a little more, I think Barbara Walters could beat Barry Manilow in a steel-cage match.
Discuss.
Yeah, it’s censorship. Anytime you try to control what someone says or take away a person’s ability to speak, it’s censorship. He said that he refuses to be on the same stage as Elisabeth Hasselbeck because of her political views. That’s wrong. The woman is supposed to be able to share her views on the show. It’s kind of the whole point of the show. Hence the name The View.
What if Manilow refused to share the stage with Whoopi Goldberg because she is black? Would that be totally irrelevant too? The reasons for doing something matter.
I think Barbara Walters could also beat Barry Manilow in a steel-cage match. That would be kind of fun to watch.
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