Liberal hypocrisy abounds …

From the Associated Press ... "The Dark Knight Rises" star Christian Bale said Saturday that his heart goes out to the victims of the Colorado shootings, a tragedy that brought Hollywood studios together in a rare show of solidarity as they opted to give the weekend box-office a rest.

Meanwhile, Sony, Fox, Disney, Universal, Fox, Paramount and Lionsgate said Saturday that they are joining "Dark Knight Rises" distributor Warner Bros. in withholding their box-office numbers for the weekend.

Warner Bros. announced Friday that it would forgo the usual revenue reports until Monday out of respect for the victims and their families in the Aurora, Colo., shooting that killed 12 and wounded 58 at the midnight show of "The Dark Knight Rises" earlier in the day.

The other studios said they also would not report numbers until Monday. Box-office tracking service Rentrak, too, said it would not report figures this weekend. <Source>

Can you believe the utter hypocrisy of the Hollywood studios who believe that it is a show of respect for the victims of this terrible tragedy to not report the movie grosses until the following Monday. Full well knowing that the grosses are likely to be depressed and possibly show weakness in the release in other areas? Sparking additional media attention.

For those who were quick to blame the Republicans, the Tea Party and the National Rifle Association, perhaps one could make the case that Hollywood is the proximate cause of violence with their desensitizing movies, videogames and comic books …

Warner Bros. rushed to react to the tragedy, immediately canceling a Friday night premiere in Paris. On Saturday, it also canceled the other remaining red-carpet extravaganzas in Mexico City and Tokyo.

The studio, a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., also moved to pull trailers from its upcoming film "Gangster Squad" from theaters. The trailer of the film, which stars Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling in a ruthless war between Los Angeles police and the mob, includes a scene of mobsters firing into a crowded movie theater from behind the screen. <Source>

Bottom line …

You cannot protect against “crazy” people or insure the safety of those who walk the streets. You cannot assign blame to the NRA or others, just as you can’t assign blame to the Hollywood movie studios. It happened. It’s a tragedy. Legislation can bring these people back or fix the problem in the future. So give it a rest.

I believe, since Hollywood is all about the “money,” they should immediately donate $100,000 to each of the victim’s families – Now that would be a meaningful show of respect. But, not being a liberal who spends other people’s money and tells them how to live their lives, I will sit by and observe what they do, not what they say. And what they did so far is meaningless and not even worthy of media attention.

-- steve