Charlton Heston’s Interesting Stance

I’m sure we all know who Charlton Heston is. If you don’t remember, here is a list of some of his movies:

• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• Touch of Evil
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• El Cid
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• The Greatest Show on Earth
• Secret of the Incas
• The Big Country
• The Greatest Story Ever Told

Here is a full list of his filmography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston_filmography.

I first remember him in The Ten Commandments (1956) and saw him in some others. He was a good actor and he has passed away. I was reading about him before after finding out he once played Long John Silver and was surprised when reading about his political stance on things. He used to be a Democratic and supported gun control. Then around 1972 when Nixon was President, he changed and became a Republican and supporter of the Republicans. It wasn’t until a few years later that he turned against gun control and became a supporter of gun rights.

And, as it turns out, he was against abortion, the attacks on being white, attacked the media sometimes and made an interesting note about political correctness:

“If Americans believed in political correctness, we’d still be King George’s boys – subjects bound to the British crown.”

[Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston#Political_activism]

He also spoke about the culture war.

In a 1997 speech called “Fighting the Culture War in America”, Heston rhetorically deplored a culture war he said was being conducted by a generation of media people, educators, entertainers, and politicians against:

… the God fearing, law-abiding, Caucasian, middle-class Protestant – or even worse, evangelical Christian, Midwestern or Southern – or even worse, rural, apparently straight – or even worse, admitted heterosexuals, gun owning – or even worse, NRA-card-carrying, average working stiff – or even worse, male working stiff – because, not only don’t you count, you are a down-right obstacle to social progress. Your voice deserves a lower decibel level, your opinion is less enlightened, your media access is insignificant; and frankly, mister, you need to wake up, wise up, and learn a little something from your new America; and until you do, would you mind shutting up?

He went on to say:

The Constitution was handed down to guide us by a bunch of wise old dead white guys who invented our country! Now some flinch when I say that. Why! It’s true-they were white guys! So were most of the guys that died in Lincoln’s name opposing slavery in the 1860s. So why should I be ashamed of white guys? Why is “Hispanic Pride” or “Black Pride” a good thing, while “White Pride” conjures shaven heads and white hoods? Why was the Million Man March on Washington celebrated by many as progress, while the Promise Keepers March on Washington was greeted with suspicion and ridicule? I’ll tell you why: Cultural warfare!

[Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston#Political_activism].

He also described political correctness as a “tyranny with manners”. You can read the whole article here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston#Political_activism

I thought it was interesting that an actor talked like this as normally, they are not like that. So, because of that, I thought it was interesting enough to share.