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Kidman gets it right on supporting process – and gets condemned

Actress Nicole Kidman has been targeted for criticism because she is daring to buck the tide in Hollywood. She is — gasp! — behaving like a real American.

During a brief interview last week, Kidman was asked about President-elect Donald Trump. Her response was that, “we as a country need to support whoever is president.”

As you may have noticed, that is not the mainstream view among most in the entertainment industry. Kidman was slammed for her comment. Because she holds dual citizenship (she was born in Hawaii and grew up in Australia), she has been condemned on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.

Asked again about her stance a few days later, Kidman noted she may or may not back Trump on specific issues. “I was trying to stress that I believe in democracy and the American Constitution, and it was that simple,” she explained.

Pressed for more, she “threw up her hands and said she was done commenting,” The Associated Press reported. And why not? Kidman’s statements were straightforward and simple.

Many people, especially those in Hollywood, ought to feel embarrassed that a woman with dual citizenship who spent her formative years abroad has to explain to us how to behave as Americans.

And the Hollywood movers and shakers, who brag often that they have a better feel for diversity and tolerance than anyone else, should be embarrassed at the perception their post-election temper tantrum has created. The Hollywood elite has led the disrespect of this country’s election system since Nov. 8 – from politicized award shows to website rants. And it is apparently lost on them that most people are choosing to accept how this democracy works rather than their agenda-driven, illegitimate resistance to it.

Kidman is correct in saying the same thing as many of the same people writing Trump off now were quick to say just eight years ago when another president was preparing to be inaugurated.

On this inauguration day, it’s nice to see true Americanism still is embraced by some in Hollywood. Good for Nicole Kidman and others in Hollywood who have had the courage to speak their convictions recently, sometimes at a career risk.

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