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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You grant him too much. HE doesn’t even know what those words mean or how they influence any reasoned debate. As an actor he is a paid liar and depends upon the idiots who worship the characters he has played to support/listen to him.
Ignore him.
Democracy is Mob rule but then that short man is famous for pretending to be Mobsters.
Brilliant Simpson’s reference!
I wonder if political activists will at some point in time be uninvited to functions where they can speak into a microphone in front of audiences and cameras who are there for a totally different purpose than to hear their depraved ranting...
He needs to be ran over by a truck full of dead skunks. And left in the sun.
He needs to be ran over by a truck full of dead skunks. And left in the sun.
Where’s Arthur Fleck when you need him?
Mao’s Minions
Maybe that’s why he wears onions on his belt.
He’s as ugly as the wart on his right cheek. Won’t watch anything anymore that this 5’4” midget ever made.
Someone explain what leftist actually stand for
It’s easy to define what rightist stand for
We have a list pretty much that defines us
And we tolerate dissent unlike them
(Well maybe not here lol)
You are not doing jack crap little fool except mouthing off.
Art. Your art is a banana duct taped to a wall. Real art painted the dome of the Sistine Chapel.
Just because you mouth words written by smarter people than you as you play-act through life, in no way means that you yourself possess ought bu the most rudimentary intellect.
This from a schmuck who pretends to be other people for a living.
Oh, and whaddaya mean “we,” Goomba?
Is that you Bob, or just some random democRAT?
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