Posted on 05/15/2025 7:25:33 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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“In my country, we are fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted. That affects all of us here because the arts are democratic. Art is inclusive, it brings people together. Art embraces diversity and that’s why art is a threat, that’s why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists,” he said.
“America’s philistine president has had himself appointed head of one of our premier cultural institutions,” he continued. “He has cut funding and support to the arts, humanities and education. And now he has announced a 100% tariff on films produced outside of the U.S. Let that sink in. … You can’t put a price on creativity, but apparently you can put a tariff on it.”
De Niro said Trump’s actions were not a uniquely U.S. issue.
“This is not just an American problem, it’s a global one,” he said. “We can’t all just sit back and watch. We have to act and we have to act now, not with violence but with great passion and determination. It’s time for everyone who cares about liberty to organize, to protest — and when there are elections, of course, to vote. Tonight and for the next 11 days we show our strength and commitment by celebrating art in this glorious festival. Libérté, égalité, fraternité.”
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Whatever respect I once had for Punchy is now dead and buried.
SHUT UP Short Bob!
A real class act; going overseas to rail against your country.
You and your imaginary-voter friends belong to a child-molesting death cult...the Party of Slavery....most Americans DO NOT.
Here’s hoping they detain you for a long time at Customs, or better yet, don’t let you back in at all.
From wiki:
His parents, who had met at the painting classes of Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts, separated when he was two years old after his father announced that he was gay.
Ptown hasn’t changed.
My thoughts exactly.
Yawn, BE really can’t really sing anymore. He’s trying to remain relevant. Which he hasn’t been for quite a while now.
💯.
Interesting to note that Trump just gave a speech for the ages in Saudi Arabia while the corrupt MSM and leftist Intelligencia is still trying to figure out how they missed Biden’s dementia.
I’ve got two words for you. Shut the fuck up!
The media is shocked that people are upset that they LIED and covered up the dementia. The media has ZERO credibility. The words "corrupt media" happens to be 100% accurate.
Ya. That democracy you wanted is a republic. Constitutional
Little girly man.
Spoken like a true Socialist. Bobby De Niro can shut up or pay up. Let him and his Hollywood friends pay for it. No tax write-offs either.
Tom Cruise is smarter than Deniro and keeps his mouth shut
Yep. He’s proved it by acting in all those movies playing the same Mafia character over and over again for free. That’s right, he didn’t get payed anything. You can’t put a price on creativity after all. < / s >
There is a reason the ancient Romans considered ACTORS to be on the same social level as street prostitutes.
Robert Heinlein:
“[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously—after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and sub-literate every time he opens his mouth.”
Woe to him on his death bed when all his money, won't another minute buy. And death comes to take him away to never ending agony and screams.
too bad he doesn't use his influence for the betterment of man.
“The words “corrupt media” happens to be 100% accurate.”
I hate redundancy! ;-)
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