NEWS: Of Course Will Smith DoesnÂ’t 'Love' Hitler

CELEB: Of Course Will Smith Doesn’t 'Love' Hitler

Will Smith, America's next top Scientologist, is in the news because of some comments he made to a Scottish reporter about Adolf Hitler. (Why are celebrities discussing Hitler in their press junkets?)

Okay, the "reprogramming" comment sounds a little bit like Scientology. We know that Smith and Tom Cruise are buddies and that in order to be a friend of Cruise you at least have to look down the rabbit hole.

Before I go on with my original point, let me stop here. "Don't know nothing?" "How you gonna not know nothingÂ…?" Will Smith, those questions, posed in the double negative, have plagued many seekers for years. Thanks for bringing them up. I personally donÂ’t know how I'm not gonna know nothing about no Scientology and still attack somebody - it's not not dangerous and ignorant, that's not not for sure.

But bad grammar and friendships founded on brainwash aside, I'm actually here to defend Will Smith a tiny bit.

Many groups are up in arms about Will's comments.

I see their point. Imagine that at your shitty public school, the Holocaust is no longer part of the curriculum. Imagine that you only seem to hear about the Holocaust when celebrities are interviewed for their press junkets. (Again, why?) Imagine that Will Smith talks of a heady concept of getting into the origins of evil in a one-sentence sound bite which almost, humanizes Hitler so much that you never get to fully absorb the atrocity that his regime caused. The concept that all people are basically born good is a little too mature for young minds (and apparently older minds too who are freaking out about his comments.)

Will Smith should avoid pontificating about Hitler's intentions when doing press junkets but what he said isn't completely off-base from a psychological (sorry Scientologists, we know you donÂ’t approve of it) standpoint. Most evil is really the result of fear and ignorance and some diabolical need to control.

Most world religions do tip-toe around the idea that (unfortunately) God loves everybody, from the organic farmer to the dictator. We donÂ’t know if there is Heaven or Hell or God or anything. Evil humans might be "born" evil. Evil humans might pay for their sins in some kind of afterlife scenario. Evil humans may just die with no consequence to their soul. Evil humans might be reincarnated into a tapeworm. We donÂ’t know but it's always interesting to turn over in our minds but let's save that for when we're drunk, high, or writing a college paper, not in the press.


But I think Will was trying to have a semi-philosophical discussion around the fact that the origin of evil or evil-doing might not always be in the front lobe of the evil-doers conscience. I think it is important to think about what might have stopped Hitler - perhaps we can use it to stop the obliteration of democracy in our own countries. I do think it is irresponsible to think of what might have stopped Hitler in terms of his personal daily mental health regime. Of course we can psychoanalyze Hitler to death and popular culture has attempted this many times, but what is more important is to look at what the apathetic people who fell under his spell - allowing him to come to power.

Will did eventually try to explain away his statement:

I think Will Smith's biggest mistakes here are:

1.) Trying to have a philosophical discussion with a reporter about the mind of a man who commits genocide.

2.) Hanging out with Tom Cruise and rehashing that sophomoric argument that 'all religions are basically messed up fairy tales so what's wrong with Scientology?'

I donÂ’t see what good it's going to do to have Barack Obama come to the rescue or for the masses to boycott I Am Legend. It seems like Will Smith is just another victim of Tom Cruise's web of influence. Let's all say a prayer to Xenu that this thetan will come around eventually and be the everyman we once loved.

I'd say this article is pretty on point. Clearly not a deep, philosophically insightful statement by Smith, but if you're going to get offended by it, you may as well be offended by every person, text or study that doesn't fall on your side of the nature/nurture debate.

But this:

jumped out at me. So politicians are now responsible for the content of each and every statement made by one of their supporters?

Wait... people are pissed off because Will Smith said that Hitler did not believe that he (Hitler) was evil? Exactly what about that statement is racist in any way? It's barely even race-related.

Wow, calling on Obama to answer for Will Smith? That right there has to be more offensive than anything Smith actually said.

Now somehow Obama will be called anti-Semitic if he doesn't instantly repudiate Smith's statement.

A statement which, really, didn't say anything wrong to begin with.

I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone sometimes.

"You're black, so you're qualified to speak out against this man's comments."

Will Smith totally wants to have Hitler's babies.

If Hitler's intentions were to do something that he thought was "right" and they ended up being evil, then why are Tom Cruise's and Will Smiths intentions not equally potentially evil?

"Reprogramming"? So, who does the programming? Who is the great, all knowing beingt who will "program" us correctly? Hmmmmm. Nazi propaganda was pretty good at programming an entire nation. Scientology is pretty good a programming celebrities. Fundamentalist anything is on a mission to reprogram people.

Show me an organized religion or political movement that has not tried to brainwash (er, sorry, I mean "reprogram") people for what they thought was "right" "correct" :"benevolent" and has NOT deteriorated into horrible acts of cruelty, evil, and the raping of individual liberties. C'mon. I dare you. Name one who's hands are not dirty on this issue.

Great character quote from a recent movie, "Lord of War".
General Dmitri Orlov says,
"new flag, new boss"
implying same old shitty story, different cover on the book

things i have learned because of will smith:

1) will smith can make a truly insightful philosophical statement
2) the jewish defense league is run by racist retards
3) every single person objecting to will smith's original statement is mentally deficient
4) will smith is a pussy for not using the words "fucking idiots" in direct description of every single person objecting to his comments

A new one [religion]every week, 25K+ so far. The ones ranted by the less than deep thinkers do tend to be the most entertaining tho. Perhaps everyone should have their own, maybe several to suit the situation or mood? You never know when you might theologize yourself into a corner and need a backup. I don't like black jellybeans, I bet there's some sub conscience racism built into that too? I'm doomed to being non-liberal!

two things my momma told me to never talk about was politics and religion. That's mostly 'cause politicians don't never tell the truth and preachers don't never lie.


In such erudite company, you might think it unnecessary to note here that my tongue was planted firmly in-cheek.

+wf+

Apparently the holocaust was perpetrated by cartoonishly evil Snidely Whiplash types who spent their free time tying women to train tracks?

Too funny.

1. JDL: "Hey Barack, you're black, shut your brother up!" lol

2. Barack: " Hey Brother, famous people go to word rehab when they say what they think. Remember Mel, and let us never forget how fast Kramer got himself 'corrected' ."

People are assholes. Deal with it.

Ooooh he said the 'H' word! BURN HIM!!!!

Things Obama should also repudiate:
Lil' Jon and anything associated with him.
Tyler Perry films.
Oprah Winfrey.

I'm sorry. My head exploded over all those double-negative negative-positives and now I don't not not know: 1) What Will thinks; 2) What you think; 3) What I think.

Owch.

Since when did the JDL start taking PR cues from PETA?

seriously.

and i agree with the author on smith's mistakes 1 & 2.

people are so fucking stupid.

I just saw a Christmas Tree in the window of the Scientology Center down the street from my house.

What's your game, Xenu?

Will Smith is an entertainer and as such his opinion matters as much as yours or mine. When he runs for public office we can dig this up and use it against him. (Someone be certain to write this down I am taking notes on the SG members for use when you run.)

Barack Obama needs to distance/renounce/condemn the words of those associated with his campaign. Last I checked Will Smith is not a member of the Barack Obama team.

Besides I thought that "reprogramming" was some sorta cool street talk meaning Hitler's head and a baseball bat.

well, modern secular american christmas and scientology are both founded on unbridled avarice. maybe they aren't such strange bedfellows after all.

Mmmhmmm.

imma join scientology!

No, the reason nobody likes black jellybeans is that they taste like ASS.

to bad the fresh prince wasn't at the SF ZOO tuesday.