Remembering Charlton Heston

[JFellows]

He was a man of strong personal opinion, and also an extraordinary actor and defender of the Second Amendment.

[597]

It was sad to see him go.

[Dickson]

Great actor!!!!

[The Korean]

I haven't seen all of his work by any means, but maybe because of who he was, he had a "presense" about him that was amazing. It was a sad day when they took his gun from his cold dead hands

[Lopaka]

Good Actor. RIP Moses.

[Maduro Man]

"Its Made out of PEOPLE!"

Love that one...

RIP.

[pub spears]

Married 60 years.

[Maduro Man]

He was quite the bigot, but also an extraordinary actor and defender of the Second Amendment.

He was a bigot? I didnt know that. Hey didnt he march with Dr. King in Washinton the day the "I have a dream" Speech was made? I found this photo from that day.

[JFellows]

He was a bigot? I didnt know that. Hey didnt he march with Dr. King in Washinton the day the "I have a dream" Speech was made? I found this photo from that day.

I guess that's probably too strong of a word, but check out his opinions on America's social trends and his "cultural war". Regardless, I still think his positive attributes outweighed his negative ones...it just seems that he got caught up in his own image.

[cigar no baka]

Care to back that one up with facts JFellows? He was a conservative, but I have never heard him called a bigot before.

[pub spears]

I think he also had the first big screen interracial kiss.

[JFellows]

CNB - As I said, that word was definitely a little harsh. I don't have anything handy to reference, but later on in his life he on several occasions made reference to a "cultural war" the US would have to undergo against "liberal" tendencies (gay rights, race issues, etc)...a definite change in outlook/action from his MLK days. He was also extremely outspoken about his religion, to the point that many have labeled him as anti-semetic. I'm not particularly religious myself, so I can't comment on that personally. As I also said, though, in my opinion his positive contributions both in terms of creative performance, and in terms of defending the 2nd amendment (and other aspects of the constitution) outweigh any negative characteristics of the man. I edited my original post to remove the brashness.

[Maduro Man]

CNB - As I said, that word was definitely a little harsh. I don't have anything handy to reference, but later on in his life he on several occasions made reference to a "cultural war" the US would have to undergo against "liberal" tendencies (gay rights, race issues, etc)...a definite change in outlook/action from his MLK days. He was also extremely outspoken about his religion, to the point that many have labeled him as anti-semetic. I'm not particularly religious myself, so I can't comment on that personally. As I also said, though, in my opinion his positive contributions both in terms of creative performance, and in terms of defending the 2nd amendment (and other aspects of the constitution) outweigh any negative characteristics of the man. I edited my original post to remove the brashness.

Well said and well written…Enlightened me to many things I did not know about him before. Thanks for the insight.

[cigar no baka]

CNB - As I said, that word was definitely a little harsh. I don't have anything handy to reference, but later on in his life he on several occasions made reference to a "cultural war" the US would have to undergo against "liberal" tendencies (gay rights, race issues, etc)...a definite change in outlook/action from his MLK days. He was also extremely outspoken about his religion, to the point that many have labeled him as anti-semetic. I'm not particularly religious myself, so I can't comment on that personally. As I also said, though, in my opinion his positive contributions both in terms of creative performance, and in terms of defending the 2nd amendment (and other aspects of the constitution) outweigh any negative characteristics of the man. I edited my original post to remove the brashness.

Well, certainly many disagreed with his opinions, but that;'s their right as well as his right ot have his own opinions. I'm glad to see you removed the label, as the term is vastly overused today by the left.