Wish Woods could have told him to tone down his violent rhetoric.
I think Reiner was completely consumed with hatred for Trump and all things related to Trump. Frankly, outside of that compulsion, he was probably a pretty nice guy.
We can take a lesson from that: never get so consumed with anger and hate that we forget our humanity.
If the son is,in fact,a schizophrenic (I’ve read that he is) then all bets are off when it comes to predicting the person’s future behavior. I worked in front line medicine for years and had contact with many people with serious psychiatric problems. It’s written that the typical schizophrenic isn’t dangerous (to others at least) but they often have the most extreme fears and incredibly irrational thoughts.
Woods is stronger than I. It is difficult for me to remain friendly with haters.
I saw this last night - very moving...... Never saw anything online or TV about Reiner and TDS. Why is he taking such a beating here about it? People forget everyone is entitled to their own opinion and agenda without taking a beating - even AFTER death?????
James Woods is one great actor. Went to bed last night remembering him in “Once Upon a Time in America”. If I see it a dozen times, I’ll not get it figured out! Think I’ll watch it again.
Reiner’s political views were reprehensible and destructive. And, sadly, there’s prima facie evidence that RR was a failure as a parent. With that said, people are complicated. Even the worst people are capable of kindness and goodness at times. And even the best people can descend into meanness and evil at low points in their lives. If Jimmy Woods saw good things in RR and was the recipient of his kindness and friendship, I admire the loyalty displayed here. In my book, you don’t betray a friend over politics or optics, so good for Jimmy.
It is possible to love someone who disagrees with your politics. TDS is an extreme, irrational condition. It is not founded in fact, but is completely outside of reality. The MSM is largely responsible for it, though people readily take it up and run with it. There would be very little of it, were it not for the MSM. As I said, it’s completely irrational. For the first several years of our marriage, my husband was a democrat. He got his Trump hatred from public radio. Thank God he never went full TDS. God provided a reason for him to stop listening to NPR, and he became a conservative in not too long a time, as he began listening to conservative radio. I thank God for that. It was difficult to not be in communion with each other over politics, but I never stopped loving him.
Rob Reiner tried to put an innocent man named Donald Trump in prison.
He supported the democrats wrecking law and order.