Better late than never. And yes, brave in the sense he knows he could be blacklisted in Hollywood. Even the biggest stars have a fear of no more future work.

Brave in the sense that he is speaking out and KNOWS the 'powers that be' will notice it. His father has been jailed for his activism. Jail is no fun and usually quite humiliating and disgusting and unsanitary in fact. Many people (I know some of them!) are literally so afraid of the government now that they are literally petrified -- not only not speaking out to the public, but not even telling their own friends what they think, because the Bush Administration's tactics have been SO similar to Hitler's rise in Nazi Germany that they are totally freaking out.

But we should not fear. Fear is what they WANT us to feel. We should NOT fear. But many people seem to need to see someone act unafraid before they can follow suit. They cannot bring themselves to be one of the first.

So, good for Charlie for standing up to be counted. I commend him for that. He knows that his actions could have repercussions and he stood up in spite of it.

He is to be congratulated. Or at the very least, respected. IMHO.