What Gives People Like This The Right To Lecture Us?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/671008/angelina-jolie-migrant-crisis-bbc-lecture
What makes a low intelligence average actress who would not have seen the light of day if it wasn't for her parents the idea that she has any wisdom to impart to us poor plebs?

[cassa333]

She is rich and famous therefore she can.

I thought everyone knew that??!!

[ToraToraTora]

silly me!

[Prudie]

I asked myself the exact same question. She may be intelligent but it's only her celebrity that has got her to this position. As it happens I can't stand her either.

[Peter Pedant]

sheis allowed her opinion just as you are 3T

[ToraToraTora]

yeah but I'm not standing up giving lectures.

[Zacs-Master]

What position are you in then?

[sp1814]

TTT

She has an opinion.

She only lectures people who click on the links to the stories carried in the papers who report what she has to say.

She's not lecturing me - I'm not bothering to read what she has to say.

[jourdain2]

I listened to this talk and was impressed by what Ms Jolie had to say (I can't stand her by the way, her logic was good). She was very rational in her approach- basic premise was that hysterical reactions should be avoided and she criticised her own county in this. She was also fair in arguing that people with no claim to stay in the West should be repatriated.

Despite all this, she failed to understand the 'full-up' feeling that we and other European countries have. She seems to be an intelligent lady - but living a cloistered life.

[jourdain2]

there should have been a 'but' before 'her logic was good'.

[Ellipsis]

She is the UN refugee agency's special envoy. She is speaking on behalf of the UN, using her celebrity to spread the UN's message to parts others can't reach. She's now reached the dizzy heights of The AnswerBank!

[Prudie]

Not entirely just for clickers, she was featured on the News during R4 Today this morning because that's where I heard about her doing this.
Of course she's allowed an opinion, that's not the point, she's been given the platform to spout her opinion.

[Zacs-Master]

The UN should be aware that bestowing the 'status' of Ambasador upon an entertainer could result in them thinking their political prowess is greater than they imagine.

[clairson59]

The nuts and bolts of Ms Jolie's spiel is that she thinks more advanced nations should take in more refugees than ever. The first thing that came to my mind when the Government announced they would be admitting 1000s of lone child refugees from places like Syria is how long before all their relatives come out of the woodwork demanding to be reunited with their children in the UK? All expecting housing and financial support. Also how much research will be done to ensure they are genuinely unaccompanied children. My experience says that some will lie about there age to gain entry to the UK. I know a man who had attended school in London and then went back to his home country. He tried to regain a visa to return to the UK as a minor but was caught out because he declared on his application that he had attended school in London and finished his formal secondary education 3 years previously, therefore admitting he was an adult. Needless to say he was refused entry. I've know of people applying for asylum as minors and trying to get school places when they have grey hair and beards. I'm all for genuine refugees but many are taking the ***.

[naomi24]

She's not lecturing me. I read what she says or I don't - I agree with what she says or I don't. It's no big deal. I quite like her, but that's incidental.

[Old_Geezer]

Would not all of us not seen the light of day if it weren't for our parents ?

[anneasquith]

Ttt, how do you know what her IQ is ?

[Mamyalynne]

It isn't so much as having a right to speak out - rather when someone reaches UN Ambassador/Special Envoy level one is invited to attend events which offer the chance to speak out, more so than any of us would be.

As Naomi points out and I agree, I have a choice to listen or ignore, absorb or disagree with Angelina's words as I see fit.

[Old_Geezer]

One would need more detail on what she actually said in order to give an opinion on it. The race for the bottom statement aside, which is unclear, comments regarding there being no surprise individuals would desire to be economic migrants where there seems to be a chance, and growing concern about EU coutries being hamstrung in attempts to secure their borders, are simply stating the obvious.

[mikey4444]

TTT....I am with anneasquith here.....how on earth can you possibly tell how intelligent this women is ? Breathtakingly ignorant. Debate with what she is saying, or not, as the case may be.

But why attack the women in such a way ?

[andy-hughes]

Freedom of speech - which carries the implicit reaction - freedom not to listen.