R.I.P. Charlton Heston

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• If it’s all right for dona to come and make comments about the “liberal thought police”, it should be all right for someone to come and give their honest opinion of a man, even if it is in the shadow of his death. (Though I do think it could and should be done with more taste, as has been pointed out.) Charlton Heston was a good man and even better actor. Moreover, anyone who would walk with both Martin Luther King Jr. and the WGA while also staying married and in love with his wife for so many decades deserves our utmost respect. And he has my respect. But he did not have my love, and his death won’t change that. He stood close to where families and friends were shattered by the loss of innocent students and called efforts to not ban guns, but create laws to prevent future tragedies things that would infringe on gun owners’ rights. Even as school shootings become common in our world, the smallest effort to curb them is shot down by the NRA, and I can’t forget that he was a part of that. It makes me sick, and it won’t stop doing so even with the loss of someone who was, I will admit without an ounce of spite, a great man. Go ahead and dig into me for this. I know it’s too soon, I know this isn’t the place. I will swear on God’s honest truth that I wasn’t going to say anything until I read the comments before me. And I also swear that I won’t say anything else, and if you want to yell at me for this, I really do understand completely. Just know that my words aren’t meant to reflect on any group I’m a part of, just me. I’m not a crazy liberal (at least I don’t mean to be), I’m just a student who has watched other people my age die without reason and wishes something would be done about it. Charlton Heston helped the fact things aren’t happening. I won’t forgive that. I will forgive him. May he rest in peace and thoughts and prayers be with his family and friends.

  Comment by Caitlin — Monday April 7, 2008 @ 2:40pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The world is a sadder place due to the loss of Charlton Heston. He was a breed of Hollywood actors that will never be replaced. As for his views on gun control… Hello that is a constitutional right. Do you people who blame every school shooting, every robbery, and every gun accident on the NRA really believe that outlawing guns is the answer??? Then only OUTLAWS would have them.

  My thoughts and prayers are with Charlton’s wife (of over 60 years), kids and grandkids

  Comment by FAN4LIFE — Monday April 7, 2008 @ 2:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I’m definitely liberal but Charlton Heston has got my total respect, even if I would disagree with him on the guns issue. The guy walked with MLK, as was noted above, and insisted that Orson Welles direct Touch of Evil when O.W.’s directing career was considered DOA in Hollywood. Quite frankly, it’s liberals like the assholes above who make the rest of us look bad and contribute to the “us against them” that has done nothing but polarize the political debate in this country. I don’t know how the hell he was a “traitor”, unless supporting a particular POV that is upheld in the laws of this country makes someone a “traitor”. Empathy is one hell of a character trait, especially when it comes to trying to understand where the “other side” is coming from. Empathy is a trait more people need to acquire in this day and age. But I understand the need to feel the competition and treat politics and society like it’s a Super Bowl, so you know, go team and all that bullshit.

  Comment by Justin — Monday April 7, 2008 @ 3:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• God bless each of you who has left kind words remembering Mr. Heston.

  Comment by Tommy Johnson — Monday April 7, 2008 @ 4:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Thank you to the liberals who posted their condolences and appreciation for Charlton Heston, his craft and his style. Other posts however, have shown the true face of the Loony Blacklist Left. Tolerance? Hah.

  Comment by crewguy — Monday April 7, 2008 @ 7:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I started to say that I can not believe that people will get on a public board and bash someone who died of a terrible disease not only for him but for his family. What utter disrespect. But that is what I have come to expect from liberals. You know it is okay to disagree but to the point of hate and disrepect. ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. Charlton Heston had more class in one finger than those of you who came on here to bash someone who cannot defend himself. But you know what? He didn’t have to defend himself. He was very comfortable with who he was and that is one reason that I respected him so much.

  Comment by TAMMY — Monday April 7, 2008 @ 7:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

• First i would like to say that may God bless the Heston family. For those that are against guns if it were not for our right to bear arms we would not be a free country today that is the reason why Japan stopped short at pearl harbor they would not invade the homeland because most citizens had guns and look throughout history those countries who pass gun control laws shortly after they are invaded by their own country or other country so let that be a lesson Charlton Heston knew that and that is why he will always be remembered as a patriot.

  Comment by Richard — Tuesday April 8, 2008 @ 8:43am PDT  Reply to this post

• I weep.

  Comment by Lazzi Mann — Wednesday April 9, 2008 @ 10:51am PDT  Reply to this post

• Mr. Heston was a man of integrity that you ‘anti’s’ will never understand. I have been around guns all my life. Ironically, I was disabled for life becouse of an accidental shooting. The gun did NOT shoot me! The dumb son of a bitch holding it shot me! If he would of had a knife, he probably would have stumbled and stabbed me with that! And yes, I still shoot guns,BUT, I,m more carefull about who I hunt and shoot with.

  Comment by dave — Monday June 16, 2008 @ 4:56pm PDT  Reply to this post