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| Robert Redford: ‘I Feel Out of Place In The Country I Was Born Into' |
| 2018-10-09 |
| There's always Venezuela! [Indie Wire, via Drudge] - Robert Redford may be done acting, but he’s not riding off into the sunset anytime soon. The actor, filmmaker, and Sundance Film Festival founder published "A Brief Statement About Big Things" on the Sundance Institute’s website yesterday, writing that he feels "out of place in the country I was born into" for the first time he can remember and that he has "watched with sadness as our civil servants have failed us." The overtly political speech was published the same day that Brett Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court following a nasty confirmation process that once again emphasized how bitterly divided the country has become. Neither Kavanaugh nor anyone else is mentioned by name, but Redford citing "bigotry, mean-spiritedness, and mockery as the now-normal tools of the trade" suggests his anger probably isn’t directed at Amy Klobuchar. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #11 So.Do.I because of you your ilk. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2018-10-09 17:25 |
| #10 It's Over Sundance Old rich white man whines The wind is changed, I feel it Hey. Who moved my cheese? |
| Posted by: JHH 2018-10-09 17:22 |
| #9 So Robert, where are you considering moving to ? Iraq, Syria ? maybe some other "highly democratic" regime ? I am not sure if I like Brett's ascension myself, assuming he is a serial rapist, but the problem with leftists is that they tend to ignore similar problems with Democratic nominees or politicians. For example the Clinton foundation Saudi Arabian financing sources ( where was R.R. when this was made public ? |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2018-10-09 16:40 |
| #8 Word, Thing |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-10-09 12:56 |
| #7 Thing__ you need to draw a distinction between "worth" millions and "have" millions. |
| Posted by: Elmease McGurque9653 2018-10-09 12:34 |
| #6 You are. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-09 11:44 |
| #5 If you feel bad about this place imagine how those of us who aren't worth millions of dollars feel about the way you fucking assholes have remade it. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-10-09 11:41 |
| #4 Well then the country which made you oh so wealthy and wise has gifted you the ability to choose anywhere in the world to live. I am only curious of the choice. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-10-09 11:19 |
| #3 Your actions and associations with marxists brought this, you dumbass. Go away. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-10-09 11:15 |
| #2 Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2018-10-09 11:07 |
| #1 Only Democrats lying about their true positions and media covering for them and that grift collapsing have made the county seem different. The actual center-right country hasn't changed. Perhaps Mr Redford should move to Venezuela where the state still controls the media and can rebuild the illusions he so desperately craves. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-10-09 11:05 |