One of Jeff Goldblum's most famous movie lines is from Jurassic Park, when, as Dr. Ian Malcolm, he admonishes: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." The same can be said about stars when publicly offering their opinions to millions of people: They are so focused on the entitlement to speak, they don't stop to think if they should.
Now Goldblum faces media backlash for saying something that some argue is anti-Islam. He's part of an ongoing media Geiger counter that tests every celebrity utterance to see if it's radioactive.
That's as it should be, because their words can have a healing or harmful effect. And when it's harmful, some choose to apologize, some to double.