Posted on 10/09/2018 3:09:27 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
"Our civil servants have failed us," he said in a statement.
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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.
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Can’t we all get along? Sounds familiar.
The uncivil behavior is coming from one source—the Left.
Contrast Redford, a liberal who like other liberals, basically never grew up and has gained zero wisdom, with Clint Eastwood, who is the exact opposite.
Redford wallows in misery. Eastwood continues to make excellent movies and seems very content. Can’t wait to see The Mule.
Oh, I would feel out of place for being born anywhere while wishing my mother had access to abortion...
What hokey drama!
‘Let others fight it out to the bitter ends’?
Zero, Maxine and others - including hollyweird and ‘comedians’ - have told the leftists it’s okay to be violent, and all the players in the #resist movement have carried out their orders.
Now that it’s backfiring on them, they’re encouraging ‘civility’ and recycling their ‘hope’ mantra?
Well, good luck with that. ‘Dig deep for hope and civility’ is not what these people want to hear.
Without examples of the problems or solutions, this speech is rambling insanity.
Jeez I’ve felt that way for over 20 years now and I am not even 50. It is only in the last year or so that it seems like we have begun returning to sanity
Canada is right next door, Bob.
No, he means being better than President Trump. All his gripes were thinly veiled criticisms of Trump.
Just another burned out liberal idiot. Our country seems to be full of them
Mr Redford....... It has taken you till now to learn you have always been out of place in America. You lack all the various ethical and moral traits to be an Amercan. You are basically personified sleeze
Then GTFO, Bob. You can afford it. Leave!
Hollywierd is a separate country that loves the Soviet Union.
I guess Bob thinks “into” is not a preposition.
Well, it is.
Delta is ready when Robert Redford is.
Maybe he could move permanently to France?
Nobody’s keeping you here. Get out while you can!!!
I’d suggest Kenya, birthplace of your hero!
I know how you feel, Bob. I felt the same way when Obama got re-elected, but I knew it was only for four more years. Judge Kavanaugh is for the rest of his life so you will only have to endure him for the rest of your life.
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