Noted Manly Men Will Wheaton and George Takei Attack Dwayne Johnson As a "Coward" For Not Endorsing Their Far-Left Imbecilic Identity Politics

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Dwayne Johnson Slammed as a 'Coward' for Staying Quiet on Politics; 'Star Trek' Icon George Takei Fires Back: 'Silence Is Complicity'

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Dwayne Johnson is facing backlash for staying quiet on politics, with "Star Trek" icon George Takei telling him that "silence is complicity" and "Stand By Me" actor Wil Wheaton adding: "So disappointing to find out he is such a coward."

Johnson told Fox News in 2024 that he regretted endorsing Joe Biden for president in 2020 because it caused division amongst his fans, adding at the time: "My goal is to bring this country together. I believe in that. There will be no endorsement. At this level of influence, I will keep my politics to myself. It is between me and the ballot box."

The blockbuster actor expanded on his newfound aversion to political talk by telling Esquire this month: "What I have learned through experience is that I need to keep -- need, not want -- the main thing. And the main thing for me, the thing that in the morning I swing my legs out of bed and I run towards, is creating. It's art. It's storytelling. I've learned I'm going to keep my politics to myself. There are moments when, hey, there's nothing we can't talk about. If I'm wrong, I'll tell you I'm wrong. Or if I feel like I got a leg up and this is the right way to go, I'll share it with you. Politics is omnipresent and it's forever. I don't like it. I hate it at times. I hate the slinging. I hate all the bullshit that comes with it."

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Wil Wheaton has blasted Dwayne Johnson over the actor's decision to stay out of politics.

The "Stand By Me" star and President Trump critic branded Johnson a "coward" after the wrestler-turned-actor said he plans to keep his political views private.

"So disappointing to find out he is such a coward," Wheaton wrote Monday on Threads, in response to a post from George Takei highlighting Johnson's recent comments to Esquire.

Johnson, 53, explained in the interview that he no longer wants to publicly weigh in on politics because he doesn't want it to overshadow his work.

"What I have learned through experience is that I need to keep -- need, not want -- the main thing the main thing," Johnson said.

"The main thing for me, the thing that in the morning I swing my legs out of bed and I run towards, is creating. It's art. It's storytelling."

"I've learned I'm going to keep my politics to myself," he continued. "There are moments when, hey, there's nothing we can't talk about.

"If I'm wrong, I'll tell you I'm wrong. Or if I feel like I got a leg up and this is the right way to go, I'll share it with you."

Johnson, who identifies as an Independent, also said he believes people with opposing political views should talk to one another instead of publicly attacking each other, adding, "I hate the slinging. I hate all the bulls-- that comes with it."

Wheaton has long been outspoken about his political views and campaigned for Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election.

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Johnson condemned the July 2024 assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania, saying political violence has "no room" in America.

"Whether you love Donald, don't love Donald, it doesn't matter. They tried to assassinate him. There's no room for that," Johnson said at The Value Conference in September 2024.

"Despite it being who we were in that moment, I still believe in my core that is not who we are as a country.

"So him standing up at that moment, we wanted to see that."

That's considered an aggressive "right wing political" take by the pro-murder left.

Those two tweets via Christian Toto.

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