Why are actors and celebrities afforded platforms to national audiences for the purpose of shaping opinions on political issues? Why should I care what Sean Penn thinks any more than what my next door neighbor thinks?

Thank you, for what I think everytime I hear these entertainment idiots make their comments? The little guy like us who cannot afford to see their movies have to listen to this diatribe? Didn't Sean Penn go to Iraq?Do the military a favor, please stay home from now on? This Lt. Watada is a yellow belly and knew what he was getting into when he signed up? Give me a break, ask all the families of the dead soldiers about this deserter? I make these comments because my now deceased husband volunteered as an engineer for Vietnam when he had a wife and two children? He went to save lives? D. Hickey, Ga.