Alton Brown came out as a conservative, he’s a good southern boy from Georgia, so that’s not surprising.
https://twitter.com/altonbrown/status/1325947007064809476
Despite denouncing Trump, he was attacked.
as a gay fan that found a lot of happiness and comfort in your work, I’m absolutely gutted.
— Jamie K.O. @ Spooky Hours (@MissJamieKaye) November 10, 2020
As someone who used to wake up early Saturday morning to watch good eats, as someone whose life was immeasurably shaped by your show and the way you approached food, as someone who as looked up to you since a child, and as a gay woman, I can’t express how disappointing this is.
— the goose is loose (@thegooseisloos7) November 10, 2020
It is an outstanding privilege to be a Progressives and just assume that every single person you like thinks, feels, and believes exactly the same way that you do, and when you find out they don’t, to have your admiration for that person because of the positives they brought to your life destroyed.
“I loved what you taught me about cooking as long as I thought that you were in political lockstep with me, but know that I found out your not, I can’t enjoy any of the wonderful memories I had of watching your show or trying your recipes.”
I caught a bit of his YouTube show, and wondered why he chanted “hunterbidenhunterbidenhunterbiden” at one point.
Shame he’s apparently a never-Trumper.
Yeah, I was just as confused as you with some of what he was saying during the live stream that I watched.
It’s useless to be a conservative and be on Twitter. Glad my only exposure to that cesspool is when you or other blogs post screen caps. Funny how the party of tolerance has none if you dare have wrongthink. The party against hate will have your very being should you vote the way they don’t like. The party that claims to be anti fascist will make a list and check it twice, in a very fascist manner.
And that right there is why the Left never seems to learn from history.
I can understand their disappointment though.
I can’t watch a single movie any longer with Robert DeNiro in it, and enjoy it. Every time I see his face, all I can see and hear is him ranting and chanting against people who don’t think like him. It takes me out of the experience the movie is trying to create.
Except Alton Brown doesn’t go off on political rants — this and the muttered bit about Hunter Biden are the only political words I’ve ever heard from him.
PLUS, those people are just acting on their own bigotries. They’re assuming Alton hates them, based on his stated politics. DeNiro explicitly said he hates us — that’s a different matter.