ABC's The View Hosts Decry Threats Against Brad Pitt's Conservative Mom
On Tuesday's The View on ABC, the group criticized death threats made against actor Brad Pitt's conservative mother after she wrote a letter to the editor of the Springfield News-Leader in Missouri defending Mitt Romney and asking people not to vote for President Obama, citing her religious objections to abortion and same-sex marriage.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg introduced the topic:
(Video can be found here.)
Brad Pitt's mom, Jane, wrote a letter to the editor claiming Christians shouldn't vote for President Obama because he supports gay marriage and abortion rights. And apparently now she is in fear over the outraged, hate-filled messages and death threats that she's been getting.
She continued:
I mean, when did it shift so much that we can't disagree with somebody without theatening them? I mean, you know, the little kids that made that stupid error of bullying the lady on the bus. They got death threats. I mean, this is now the new thing. Someone displeases you and you threaten them with death within an hour.
Below is a transcript of a portion of the segment from the Tuesday, July 10, The View on ABC:
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Brad Pitt's mom, Jane, wrote a letter to the editor claiming Christians shouldn't vote for President Obama because he supports gay marriage and abortion rights. And apparently now she is in fear over the outraged, hate-filled messages and death threats that she's been getting.
I mean, when did it shift so much that we can't disagree with somebody without theatening them? I mean, you know, the little kids that made that stupid error of bullying the lady on the bus. They got death threats. I mean, this is now the new thing. Someone displeases you and you threaten them with death within an hour.
JOY BEHAR: I think it's a lack of creativity on the part of the person who's upset. They don't know what else to say. That's why they say you're fat, things like that, when they're mad at you.
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: Like you're fat and kill you?
BARBARA WALTERS: This is violence. This is violence.
BEHAR: Yeah, but they're not going to actually do anything. They're just gonna-
GOLDBERG: You don't know that because it's always anonymous.
(...)
HASSELBECK: But what are we teaching the kids, right? Because they have access to all the things that we have access to. So they're seeing the reaction of adults in terms of the death threats, that someone can't express themselves, you know, this is a woman who is expressing her religion, whether you agree with her or not, but I think she's entitled to that, and she's not trying to hurt anybody.
SHERRI SHEPHERD: And, you know, Brad came out - because don't mess with nobody's mama - Brad came out and he was like, "This is my mom, my mother is a great woman," you know-
GOLDBERG: He should not have to come out and have to defend her. She's a grown woman, but I don't understand. This is still America. The America that we grew up in said that we could have disagreements and still be able to hang out. I don't know who y'all are that get crazy and write this stuff. Please stop it.
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Whoopie and Joy
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 11:42am.
When Whoopi and Joy disagree with someone, they just walk off the set like mature adults.
Joy Behound, "..there not
Submitted by ant on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 12:15pm.
Joy Behound, "..there not going to do anything.." Awww, such a good little leftard you are, Joy. Of course, if Mrs. Pitt was a liberal being threatened, it would be time to call in the SWAT team. And, of course, we all know, most of the political violence in these past years has been perpetrated by 'conservative extremists'.........................not.
Civility
Submitted by Jersey Girl on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 2:41pm.
Do any of the vile witches on The View ever look in the mirror?
Now THAT a sight not fitting to behold!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 6:50pm.
Imagine the Man in the Mirror-"Mirror mirror, on the wall, whos the most vilest disgusting lib of them all?"
"Its hard to be true, when most libs are as ugly as you two!"
Why do you think we take violence and threats so seriously?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 12:31pm.
There is little or no way of telling whether or not a patient who is sufficiently mentally ill to make a death threat will act upon it or not, thus regulations exist that require ALL mental and behavioral health practitioners to immediately report any suspicion of violence or potential for self-harm or harm to others to the appropriate authorities. Many times, it sounds like we are out in the wilderness crying "WOLF!!", but we are following the regulatory dictates of our profession and our ethical responsibilities.
The idea that a grown woman known in her community cannot openly air her views without some moron(s) threatening her with physical violence for sharing her beliefs is just absurd. Even more absurd is the wimpy response by Brad and his brother in defending their mother's right to free speech. It is not only troubling that enough left wing nuts out there would threaten this woman for testifying to her beliefs and bearing witness as her Christian faith would have, but the pervasive hypocrisy of the left in saying how they are for civility and freedom of speech yet this kind of borderline manufactured outrage at their own side and the near tacit-approval of the media in reporting this disgusting event.
More power to Mrs. Pitt, and to her sons--grow a damned spine--she's your mother, a lady in the truest sense of the word--man up and do your duty to protect her. I see another symptom of left-wing syndrome is the complete removal of testosterone and its replacement by ambiguity.
Alas, too true, Doc Sam
Submitted by Blonde on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 12:56pm.
Would that those who were treating Jared Loughner had taken him seriously.
I would imagine Brad Pitt has provided his parents with all sorts of security, but he's being a coward about publicly disavowing this sort of behavior because he's a big gay marriage activist, and doesn't want to alienate his "crowd". Sorry little man.
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Methinks
Submitted by rockyracoon on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 1:10pm.
Brad Pitt is trying to maintain his Hollywood employability status. Isn't that's what's most important, here?
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
the 'tolerant and compassionate' Left
Submitted by Slyrr on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 1:30pm.
This is yet another reason why liberals, leftists and their entire Democrat party must be utterly routed in November, and beyond. They claim to be 'tolerant', compassionate, wise, worldly, benevolent, pious and enlightened. They claim to be the good people, full of kindness, acceptance and loving, love, love-love for all humanity. They pretend like they would abolish all weapons, and live in loving-love-love-love, dancing around maypoles and frolicking in meadows.
But they are not. They are the most cruel, spiteful, mean, intolerant, violent, tyrannical, greedy and selfish people on the face of the Earth.
It was not the Right that attacked senior citizens, biting off their fingers during the health care debates. It was not the Right that attacked black protestors, stealing their signs and kicking them while they were down, screaming 'this ain't America no more, OK?' It is not the Right making death threats against an elderly mother of an actor, simply for voicing her opinions. It is not the Right going on hispanic radio and ordering mexicans to 'punish his enemies'. It is not the right commanding their side to 'argue and get in everyone's face'. It is not the Right calling for a phased extermination of humans to 'end global warming'. It is not cities run by the Right that are going broke and collapsing into anarchy. It is not cities run by the Right that are slaughter-houses of murder and mayhem with street punks running amok. It is not the Right that is terrorizing school children by having government thugs ransacking their lunchboxes and stealing their food, forcing them to buy 'government approved' nuggets.
Which side IS doing all that - hmmm? You leftists and liberals - if THIS is your idea of 'tolerance and compassion' - then you can KEEP it.
So much for anti-bullying
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 12:42pm.
"I think it's a lack of creativity on the part of the person who's upset. They don't know what else to say. That's why they say you're fat, things like that, when they're mad at you."
So much for the anti-bulling movements across the nation. When this is done at a school, or a workplace, or a public setting, it's labeled as harmful to everyone and everyone is told to stop . When it's done using the internet, or in a newspaper, especially against one particular political viewpoint, people like Joy simply dismiss it as irrelevant, but there's not difference between the two situations. They're both examples of bullying. So, Joy, tell me, is bullying acceptable or not?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Regarding the death threats
Submitted by ant on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 12:50pm.
Regarding the death threats against someone expressing their opinions, it seems the left have a lot more in common with radical islam than they like to admit.
Ouch
Submitted by Blonde on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 12:57pm.
That one's going to leave a mark, ant.
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Not only that Blonde....
Submitted by dyardley on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 2:08pm.
But Ant pretty much hit the nail on the head in my opinion. :~)
Disgusting. Because you KNOW
Submitted by Slyrr on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 1:20pm.
Disgusting. Because you KNOW these liberal hags, once the cameras are off and they think no one else is watching, are probably WRITING the threats against Mrs. Pitt.
According to Whoopi: "They're
Submitted by P. Aaron on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 4:14pm.
According to Whoopi: "They're not 'threat' threats.
Its not "rape rape"
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 6:54pm.
Nor are threats from libs "Threat threats"- its just their fellow libs playing around, you know!
I don't often get a chance to say this, but...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 8:55pm.
...kudos to the view, and yes, Brad Pitt.
Violence needs to be condemned everywhere, and thank you, View, for standing up and calling it out, even when its your side ideologically that's involved.
If there's one thing we need in these discussions, its the freedom to discuss these issues rationally, and the freedom to disagree without the fear of violent repercussions... or name-calling.
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