“We don't go after people because we don't like who they voted for,” says a fired up Goldberg (via toofab)
Over the holiday weekend, Messing retweeted The Hollywood Reporter's post about the event, asking the publication to "Please print a list of all attendees please. The public has a right to know." McCormack shared the same post, writing, "Hey, @THR, kindly report on everyone attending this event, so the rest of us can be clear about who we don't wanna work with. Thx."
For Goldberg, the suggestion seemed eerily reminiscent of the Hollywood blacklist from the 1940s and 50s, which named alleged communists or sympathizers during the Cold War. "Last time people did this, people started killing themselves. This is not a good idea," said Whoopi. "Your idea of who you don't want to work with, is your personal business. Do not encourage people to print out lists, the next list that comes out, your name will be on and people will be coming after you."
"We had something called the blacklist and a lot of really good people were accused of stuff," she continued. "Nobody cared whether it was true or not. They were accused and they lost their right to work. You don't have the right, in this country, people can vote for who they want to, that is one of the great rights of this country. You don't have to like it, but we don't go after people because we don't like who they voted for. We don't go after them that way.
"We can talk about issues and stuff, but we don't print out lists. I'm sure you guys misspoke when you said that because it sounded like a good idea," she concluded. "Think about it, read about it, remember what the blacklist actually meant to people and don't encourage anyone,
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