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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo James Woods lied about his house burning down
Why am I not surprised ?
Actor James Woods says his house in Pacific Palisades has survived the Los Angeles wildfires that had devastated much of his neighborhood.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/miracle-james-woods-posts-house-survived-los-angeles-117578052
Think. Again.
(19,699 posts)SheltieLover
(60,703 posts)SheilaAnn
(10,250 posts)FarPoint
(13,727 posts)He will be lucky to get a job in a McDonald's in the future....he has risen to black list status I believe...
SheilaAnn
(10,250 posts)go. Such a waste of talent.
Wiz Imp
(2,619 posts)It's been a long time.
speak easy
(10,845 posts)bdamomma
(66,843 posts)like the felon. The felon is not going to anything to help. He feeds off tragedy and destruction. And he'll place blame on somebody else that's his MO. Covid blamed China, the 2020. election blamed the election results. He's a POS.
underpants
(187,686 posts)BoRaGard
(3,422 posts)He is such a whiney republicon. So tragic.
Dave Bowman
(4,003 posts)hlthe2b
(107,141 posts)While I didn't really read any of that with focus, I thought he'd also made some anti-climate change political (nasty) comments about Biden too.
Again, I tend to ignore him, but that had caught my eye.
Silent Type
(7,558 posts)Response to kimbutgar (Original post)
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kimbutgar
(23,777 posts)W_HAMILTON
(8,592 posts)Response to W_HAMILTON (Reply #13)
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Kingofalldems
(39,327 posts)I don't get it.
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Kingofalldems
(39,327 posts)Maybe you can post it again.
Kingofalldems
(39,327 posts)Tarzanrock
(551 posts)... oh, wait, that has already happened.
liberalhistorian
(20,857 posts)he portrayed the assassin of Medgar Evers in an Evers biopic. That was the perfect part for him, because I don't think he was really acting!
lame54
(37,255 posts)And made him like the slimeball he is...
Today he would make him the hero
Mike 03
(17,619 posts)When I saw that I looked up his net worth, because IMO he's basically a character actor and I can't name a single film he's been in since Casino in 1995. He's never been a box office draw. Nobody ever went to see a movie because James Woods was in it.
kimbutgar
(23,777 posts)Ilsa
(62,331 posts)His part was earlier in the film, I believe, because Lehman Brothers failed early and he was playing the CEO. Easy part for him as the character was bitter and angry about the company falling spart and his "white horse" deal getting snaked.
Contact? He played an asshole in that film.
Oh, wait.
lame54
(37,255 posts)I was a big fan
He was in many great ones
LearnedHand
(4,249 posts)Definitely a box office film.
Wiz Imp
(2,619 posts)LearnedHand
(4,249 posts)I liked him in some earlier roles, including Contact. He was the lead character in the Cronenberg film "Videodrone," which I also liked. I hate that he's a flaming asshole.
Johonny
(22,406 posts)lostnfound
(16,760 posts)It is human nature for some people to assume the worst.
intheflow
(29,111 posts)But he specifically said he lost it, stated as a fact and not an assumption. Then he used that assumption to trash firefighters, Newsom, and DEI. Theres no need to defend him.
Wiz Imp
(2,619 posts)James Woods Slams Politicians In California For Depriving Firefighters Of 'The Means To Do Their Job'
He Blasted Individuals Bringing Up 'Climate Change' Amid The Wildfires
The Actor Said The Views Of His Home Were 'Paradise'
It tests your soul, losing everything at once, I must say.
James Woods Broke Down In Tears As He Revealed He Was Unable To Save His Belongings
In the conversation, Woods also revealed that due to the quick spread of the wildfires, he and his wife could only evacuate with "the clothes on our backs."
He also revealed that "there was so much chaos" in that moment and that the fires burnt, "like an inferno."
soldierant
(8,069 posts)The latest word on that is that his home is still standing. He never said it wasn't - During the period he didn't know whether it was standing or not, what he sais was that he didn't know one way or the other.
xocetaceans
(4,006 posts)...that really doesn't equate to lying regardless of what else he may have been saying. So, in reality, the OP seems closer to actually lying, but upthread it seems to have been stated that the OP's ends justify means.
So much for any sense of standards, I suppose.
oldtime dfl_er
(7,032 posts)He LIED.
Self Esteem
(1,819 posts)My grandma's brother owned a house in the Oakland hills and was forced to evacuate. It was a mess and so scary since it wasn't clear what had burned and what hadn't. Eventually, he was informed by the fire department that every house on his street had burned to the ground. I still remember hearing him sobbing into the phone telling my grandma the house was gone and that they lost everything. She then got off the phone and told us what we already knew: his house burned down.
How horrible. No hope. No maybe. It was gone.
A day or two later, they were permitted to return back to their neighborhood and like a miracle, their house was not burned down. The whole street was not a loss like originally told to them. Their house and a couple others actually survived with only smoke and heat damage.
He called my grandma back sobbing again that the info was not correct. Most the street had burned sadly but not all of it.
I don't think he lied. He was told one thing that turned out to not be true.
oldtime dfl_er
(7,032 posts)and sobbed about it without verifying its accuracy. He lied.
Self Esteem
(1,819 posts)Got it.
xocetaceans
(4,006 posts)...the facts, but that does not a lie make. It just means that the person had a false belief. That seems an exceptionally plain standard of interpretation. Aside from that, there is the principle of charity in communication: one should presume good will when interpreting communications. I can see where that attitude may have been completely lost in dealing with MAGA et al and the other aspects of Woods' communications etc., but that still does not make a false belief a lie instead of merely an inaccuracy. The article was really clear on his knowledge of the situation in his neighborhood.
It might be a better practice for one not to lie to oneself as a means of harboring, stoking, or ameliorating personal political anger, so one can stay clear on reality.
spooky3
(36,554 posts)Intention is important in defining whether one is lying. Some say the speaker must intend to deceive in order for the speech to constitute a lie. Others disagree.
xocetaceans
(4,006 posts)...additionally, it is amusing to see the words "philosophers" and "consensus" in the same sentence.
One might almost say that philosophers have no consensuses and leave it there. It might even be almost true.
spooky3
(36,554 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(3,114 posts)of what he was told or what he believed? Because if you don't you're making excuses for someone who has a history of lying to push right wing bs.
xocetaceans
(4,006 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(3,114 posts)and youre making excuses for a rich white male celebrity with a history of lying. We should let republicans do that.
JI7
(91,014 posts)on a plane during 9-11 .
FullySupportDems
(217 posts)That's what I thought happened. He might have thought it was going to burn down. The facts got in the way of his tirade. But it won't slow him down with his stupid lies blaming people.
KS Toronado
(19,906 posts)he's still a worthless right winger with absolutely no brains.
Self Esteem
(1,819 posts)That happened to my great uncle once. He was told his street was a total loss and a devastated but when he returned a few days later, to his surprise, his house was actually still standing. Only a few homes survived despite most the street being a total loss.
He didn't just assume it was burned down. He was told it was burned down but it was not correct information.
SocialDemocrat61
(3,114 posts)If not, then the only available evidence shows he made an untrue statement, i.e. lied.
COORACPRO
(14 posts)I am appalled at how low the fascist republican party has gone with the dishonesty and nonstop flow of lies.
I am not at all surprised by that loser Woods telling lies to the media to help the felon and support the hate for california from the fascist party.
oldtime dfl_er
(7,032 posts)I kinda wish he wasn't lying...you know...that his house really did burn down...
kimbutgar
(23,777 posts)Solomon
(12,496 posts)Rebl2
(15,103 posts)Repugs do-lie.
B.See
(4,003 posts)the only roles I can recall him playing were characters TOO close to the real deal, apparently.
dlk
(12,502 posts)Entitled bloviator. They all seem to be cast from the same sorry mold.
Wiz Imp
(2,619 posts)He really is a scumbag.
https://www.vulture.com/2017/09/amber-tamblyn-james-woods-open-letter.html
Amber Tamblyn Calls James Woods Part of the Problem in New Open Letter About Misogyny
Earlier this week, actor and conservative white-noise machine James Woods took to Twitter to cast aspersions on the new movie Call Me by Your Name. He had a particular bone to pick with the movies central romance being between a 24-year-old and a 17-year-old, an age difference that is technically illegal. As they quietly chip away the last barriers of decency. #NAMBLA , Woods wrote in a retweet of criticism of the gay relationship. To which the movies star, Armie Hammer, responded, Didnt you date a 19 year old when you were 60
.? With Woodss sketchy dating history entering the exchange, actress Amber Tamblyn entered the thread with an anecdote of her own, tweeting, James Woods tried to pick me and my friend up at a restaurant once. He wanted to take us to Vegas. Im 16 I said. Even better he said. Woods of course called Tamblyn a liar, and at first she defended herself with a receipt from the friend who was with her at the time, and now shes gone all the way to Teen Vogue with an open letter asking the actor to do some soul-searching.
Wiz Imp
(2,619 posts)James Woods sexually harassed my 17 year old daughter on the set of the film Straw Dogs. Woods was playing her father.
Tweeted by Willa Hollands mother. Backed up by extra Jill Benson.
GreenWave
(9,604 posts)no_hypocrisy
(49,437 posts)calling him a "blithering idiot".
Go ahead. It's simple. "You were right and I was wrong."
Klarkashton
(2,392 posts)Walking.
Wiz Imp
(2,619 posts)In 2022, analysis conducted by researchers with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public and the Krebs Stamos Group found Woods was the top purveyor of election misinformation on Twitter during the late months of 2020.
riversedge
(73,680 posts)🚨 #BREAKINGNEWS James Wood went on CNN about losing his house to wildfires in California crying. James Wood insulted Governor Gavin Newsom and California Fire department. The truth is James Woods house is still standing because the Fire department saved his house. Woods went on national TV and lied. 🚨
Link to tweet
LetMyPeopleVote
(156,178 posts)Link to tweet
What a jackass you are
@RealJamesWoods
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One would think you would humble your ass, because ACTUAL people lost everything.
Save your fake bullshit tears for your next roll!