[CONTRIBUTE] Building a List of Libertarian Celebrities! Help out...

[Wren]

Matt Stone + Trey Parker

Not confirmed, but they definitely lean toward that direction




^ Libertarian question starts at 6:50



^ continued throughout the vid

edit: nevermind, they're already on the list

 

[Grievance]

Jason Reitman - movie director (Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Up In The Air)

http://www.server.theadvocates.org/celebrities/jason-reitman.html

 

[osan]

Gore Vidal?

Tom Selleck?

 

[osan]

Bill Maher - HBO comedian.

And Jon Stewart, no doubt.

Let's add Chuck Schumer and Ted Kennedy, too.

 

[A Son of Liberty]

Gore Vidal?

Wut?!

 

[enoch150]

I see howard stern on that list, but I've heard him speak some strong statist garbage before.

Anyways, i'm just going by memory here. On what basis is he libertarian? What source confirms this?

Howard Stern ran for Governor of New York on the Libertarian line in 1994.

 

[TCE]

Phil Gordon. Poker player, has written three, soon to be four, books on poker. Was the former host of Celebrity Poker Showdown. Currently sits on the board of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Gordon

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/07/libertarian-national-congressional-committee-announces-addition-of-poker-celebrity-phil-gordon-to-the-board/

EDIT: Add Greg Raymer, winner of the World Series of Poker in 2004, to that list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Raymer

 

[AGRP]

Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, and Mark Levin.

j/k

 

[Dorfsmith]

I've heard it rumored that Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo) is a Libertarian.

 

[AGRP]

Another list: http://ucllibertarians.com/celebrities.html

 

[emazur]

Here's a couple maybes:
Nolan Ryan. Wikipedia says he's a friend of Ron Paul's and was honorary campaign chair and ad spokesman for one of the campaigns
Chuck Norris. Probably more conservative than libertarian, but he wants to abolish the IRS, said "Ron Paul is the only guy I trust" on the Alex Jones show, and even wrote an article saying the Fed should be abolished so that's gotta count for something.

 

[TheBlackPeterSchiff]

Mark Cuban
John Mackey (ceo of Whole Foods)
Patrick M. Byrn (ceo of Overstock.com)

 

[Jake Ralston]

So let me get this straight. We have groups of A-list celebrities forming up and speaking out in volume for Collectivist Gay Rights yet these libertarian celebrities are nearly silent in their support of the wellbeing of our country?

What a load of crap.

This list may look good on paper, but if these celebrities (with so much influence) aren't willing to at least start speaking out individually, it means nothing.

The majority of them must be "closet libertarians".

 

[TCE]

So let me get this straight. We have groups of A-list celebrities forming up and speaking out in volume for Collectivist Gay Rights yet these libertarian celebrities are nearly silent in their support of the wellbeing of our country?

What a load of crap.

This list may look good on paper, but if these celebrities (with so much influence) aren't willing to at least start speaking out individually, it means nothing.

The majority of them must be "closet libertarians".

+Rep. This is a very good point. It's the same argument that the Free State Project uses. They would rather recruit fewer people who will be politically active versus apathetic libertarians. I have heard very few of these people actually verbalize their love of liberty, so who cares if they are truly libertarians? To your point, if everyone can come out and support Obama in 2008, why can't even 5% of the above list support either Dr. Paul or another libertarian candidate? I will give Glenn "Kane" Jacobs a pass since he has the Citizen X blog.

 

[emazur]

Thought of another likely libertarian: Jerry Doyle of Babylon 5 fame (also radio talk show host). I've heard only positive things from him about Ron Paul, and also he has let Wayne Allyn Root guest-host his show.

 

[Sentient Void]

So let me get this straight. We have groups of A-list celebrities forming up and speaking out in volume for Collectivist Gay Rights yet these libertarian celebrities are nearly silent in their support of the wellbeing of our country?

Understand, Hollwood is extraordinarily liberal. The directors, actors/actresses/producers... the whole network is such that if you are an outspoken conservative, libertarian - basically not an outspoken liberal - they will make it as difficult as possible for you to get work. To that, if you're not an activist-type - I can understand why you're quiet on these issues.

What a load of crap.

This list may look good on paper, but if these celebrities (with so much influence) aren't willing to at least start speaking out individually, it means nothing.

The majority of them must be "closet libertarians".

Maybe, but they are libertarians. It would be nice to get them to be more outspoken - but that isn't the point of this list. This list is more for pointing out libertarians in popular culture for the point of bringing more attention to libertarianism for the masses, as per my OP.

Some of them, though - are outspoken. Some, VERY outspoken.

Some examples of such from the list are: Penn Jillette (proclaimed on the Glenn Beck show a few times and on the show BULLSHIT that he's an *anarchocapitalist*), Teller (also was proclaimed by Penn that Teller is an Objectivist), Vince Vaughn (had Ron Paul come to his showing of the movie 'Couples Retreat' and has spoken against the Fed - has also worn libertarian themed shirts in his movies), Drew Carey, Glenn Jacobs is an ardent activist, radio host, and runs his Citizen Kane libertarian ancap blog), Matthew Bellamy (ever listen to some of his music?), Aaron Lewis (*quite* outspoken on these issues when on the radio and politics comes up - I've heard him), Joe Rogan (outspoken Ron Paul supporter, always talks about libertarianism and anti-govt rhetoric on his radio show and in comedy), John Fitch is an outspoken Ron Paul supporter, Kennedy is an outspoken libertarian, Kurt Loder is a writer on reason magazine, Peter Thiel is a major investor in the seasteading institute, John Mackey is a major Ayn Rand fan and has even had liberals around the country boycott Whole Foods (unsuccessfully) due to his outspoken anti-universal healthcare and anti-Obama stance, Patrick Byrne on public television has stated his support for Ron Paul and that he's the only one he knows what's up, Neil Pert and Geddy lee (ever listen to the songs 'Tom Sawyer' and 'The Trees'?), Mobb Deep is pretty outspoken against Obama and supporter of liberty, Wesley Snipes is a tax protestor and *even went to fucking jail* over it...

That's a pretty significant portion of that liust... and I didn't even bother mentioning Ron Paul, Judge Nap, Rand Paul, Ayn Rand, John Stossel, Milton Friedman, et al for obvious reasons...

 

[Sentient Void]

A few people have repeated people already in the list, meaning they didn't even read my OP...

Any others anyone can think of or is this the best we can do?

 

[Teaser Rate]

Alan Greenspan
Ben Bernanke

 

[sirgonzo420]

Angelina Jolie - wasn't she and her hubby a big John Edwards fans in the last election?

Angelina JOLIE is a CFR member....


They don't let non-globalist, non-statists in there.

 

[Sentient Void]

Angelina JOLIE is a CFR member....

Source?