John Cusack Calls for 'Satanic Death' of Fox News, GOP Leaders

By Jo Piazza

Published August 31, 2010

| FoxNews.com

During the 2008 election, Cusack spoke out against John McCain for MoveOn.org.

Actor John Cusack went on a caustic Twitter rampage Sunday evening, attacking former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Fox News.

“I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES ORDICK ARMEYAND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS,” Cusack tweeted.

Cusack has long been outspoken about politics. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election and has contributed to The Huffington Post, but this is the first known time he has stooped to the level of making threats.

And while the U.S. Constitution protects Cusack's right to speak his mind, some critics say he should be more careful about what he says, since he has more than 200,000 Twitter followers.

“His provocative tweets could easily incite a rabid fan to commit violent acts against Fox News Headquarters and others he names," said Dr. Carole Lieberman, a Beverly Hills-based psychiatrist and author of "Coping With Terrorism: Dreams Interrupted."

"Fans could not only be influenced because of their devotion to Cusack, the man, but also because of their love for one of the characters he plays,” she told Fox411.

Cooper Lawrence, the author of “Cult of Celebrity” told Fox 411: “The fear isn't that a celebrity will influence someone to do something violent or out of character due to the sheer devotion to the celebrity, the fear is that someone who is already vulnerable, mentally disturbed, already considering something dangerous, may be encouraged to do so if it is advocated by their favorite star,”

Lawrence explained that while celebrities don't make healthy people do things they wouldn't normally do, they could impact someone who is on the fence or mentally unstable.

“John Cusack has to know that his words carry weight because he is an actor beloved by many generations of folks who may not get his humor and might think he is calling for something more sinister. The responsibility is on him to not abuse his fame to influence something negative on the off chance that even one person takes his words to heart,” Lawrence said.

Cusack could also be doing his career some damage. Image consultant Michael Sands says that Cusack should be worried that his vituperative words could turn off some of his fans.

“I think his fans will not appreciate his tone. They will be turned off to his rhetoric,” Sands told Fox411. “John Cusack is taking his fame too seriously. He is having delusions and his anger towards Fox News may get him arrested!”

Ironically, Cusack has just been signed to play Edgar Allen Poe in "The Raven", a movie about a serial killer who uses Poe's stories as inspiration for his killing spree.

Cusack’s publicist did not reply to calls and emails for comment.

He may be serious..I didn't know he was a Thumper..I figured as an atheist for sure he'd be kidding but not sure now. At least he's not like POX by calling on people to do these hateful deeds.



Here's some answers from an interview with him:

"Who are your heroes in real life?

Let’s go with Jesus. Not the gay-hating, war-making political tool of the right, but the outcast, subversive, supreme adept who preferred the freaks and lepers and despised and doomed to the rich and powerful. The man Garry Wills describes “with the future in his eyes … paradoxically calming and provoking,” and whom Flannery O’Connor saw as “the ragged figure who moves from tree to tree in the back of [one’s] mind.”


"Which living person do you most despise?"

"Very tough question. They exist in the realm of war profiteers. These men and women are the lowest form of human consciousness, truly and completely spiritually Phucked. Theirs is an amazing satanic dance: create a new market with war, bar competitors from the aftermath, then pay your own companies at a cost-plus basis, which guarantees profits, all at the taxpayers’ expense. They are the biggest welfare freaks on the planet."

http://jesus-h-biscuit.livejournal.com/tag/john%20cusack%20is%20my%20jesus

Lawrence explained that while celebrities don't make healthy people do things they wouldn't normally do, they could impact someone who is on the fence or mentally unstable.<< There are quite a few of those on the Extremist Left.

“John Cusack has to know that his words carry weight because he is an actor beloved by many generations of folks who may not get his humor and might think he is calling for something more sinister. The responsibility is on him to not abuse his fame to influence something negative on the off chance that even one person takes his words to heart,” Lawrence said.

Cusack could also be doing his career some damage. Image consultant Michael Sands says that Cusack should be worried that his vituperative words could turn off some of his fans.

“I think his fans will not appreciate his tone. They will be turned off to his rhetoric,” Sands told Fox411. “John Cusack is taking his fame too seriously. He is having delusions and his anger towards Fox News may get him arrested!” <<Bad press beats no press at all.

You have got to be mentally feeble as an infant to take what some actor has to say seriously. these people live a another world from the one we live in and their views are far from reasonable.

I figure John might if he is lucky get 2% of the vote.Would be fun watching him waste his money trying.

I like John

twitter is a haven for outbursts,, im surprised anyone takes it so seriously,,,

there is no doubt, that in these present days, the sign of any wise insight, will be those that weigh with all measure the possibilites created by the power of their own mouth, for better and for worse.

love john.....awesome dude, excellent actor.

I liked the actor and his movies.

Too bad he ruined it and didn't just stay an actor.

Good for john he's got it right.
Fox news is totally run by flaky fear mongers (republicans) that will run our country into the ground.
They cannot claim that fair and balanced view

Ummmmm, we have a whole nother thread all about this.............

celebrities, politicians, entertainers,, are all still HUMAN and still AMERICANS

they have every right to free speech and personal/political opinions as any of us and we have every right to the speech that allows us to agree or disagree

noone has to JUST be their career,,,

O well we all know the peeps out in La La land worship beezelbub and eat dead babies