Free Republic in the News: DC Chapter Freeps Tim Robbins

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[FreeTheHostages]

'Human Shields' Protect Reporters from Pacifist Actor
By Jeff Johnson
CNSNews.com Congressional Bureau Chief
April 16, 2003

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - "We're here to protect you," members of the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Free Republic told reporters gathered to cover an anti-war speech by self-proclaimed pacifist and actor Tim Robbins.

"We're here to demonstrate against Tim Robbins and act as human shields for reporters in case they ask a question that Tim Robbins doesn't like and he threatens to harm them like he did Lloyd Grove of the Washington Post ," said Kristinn Taylor, co-leader of the group.

Grove wrote about Robbins' "life-partner," Susan Sarandon or, more accurately, about the fact that Sarandon's 79-year-old mother, Lenora Tomalin, is a die-hard conservative Republican who supports the war in Iraq and President Bush. During the interview, Tomalin volunteered that she believed Sarandon and Robbins had "politically brainwashed" their son, Jack Henry.

That did not sit well with Robbins.

"My 13-year-old boy, who has done nothing to anybody, has been embarrassed and humiliated by a sadistic creep who writes, or rather, scratches, his column with his fingers in the dirt," Robbins said Tuesday.

Grove reported on March 25 that he had a post-Tomalin encounter with Robbins, at a party following the Academy Awards.

"As for Robbins, we said hello to him in a crush of partygoers that included his life partner, Susan Sarandon," wrote Grove, who refers to himself in the plural in his column.

After a brief but apparently pleasant conversation, Robbins apparently recognized Grove as the author of the Tomalin report.

"You wanted to be divisive and you caused trouble in my family," Grove quoted Robbins as saying. "If you ever write about my family again, I will [expletive deleted] find you and [expletive deleted] hurt you."

Robbins did not deny the threat when asked about it Tuesday at the National Press Club.

"I'd rather not talk about the specifics of it," he said. "When someone introduces something nasty you try to just not talk about it anymore."

The actor-activist attempted to portray Grove's quoting of Sarandon's mother as an attack on his son.

"I personally think that we should lay off the children," he said. "It's not their choice that their parents are saying what they are saying. They shouldn't be vilified in the press. It's just nasty, it's not nice."

D.C. Free Republic's Taylor noted that the comment involved Sarandon's mother giving a negative assessment of the couple's parenting, not Grove "vilifying" Robbins' son.

Taylor told CNSNews.com that his group hoped their services as human shields for reporters would not be seriously needed. But they wanted to point out, "the hypocrisy of the Hollywood elite who are on the one hand demonstrating for peace yet they have a lot of violence in their hearts, as evidenced by Tim Robbins."

Robbins' complaints about an alleged backlash against those who opposed the war also seemed hypocritical to Taylor.

"People like Susan Sarandon were supporters of and participants in the 'Stop Dr. Laura' campaign to get Dr. Laura's [Schlessinger] TV show taken off the air when Paramount was syndicating it," Taylor said. "Fair play for all?"

Given the opportunity to deliver a message to Robbins, Taylor joked that he would say simply, "Please don't hit me."

Several questions were submitted by reporters to the host of the event, who read heavily edited versions of the questions to Robbins. The actor responded to each of the edited questions verbally, without any actual or threatened physical violence.

[Doctor Raoul]

Is that Grove in the photo with Kristinn?

[FreeTheHostages]

Most definitely.

And, for the peanut gallery, here's about the MSNBC coverage of this yesterday:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/894010/posts

[Tribune7]

ping

[Exit148]

"The head of the DC Freepers was on Scarborough Country (MSNBC) yesterday."

Kristinn is the 'Warlord' (head) of our DC Chapter. There is also the 'Ringleader', (head) who is none other than the amazing Angelwood.

Quite a team!!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Today CBS Network Radio News on the Hour reported that...


.."TIM ROBBINS and his live-in girl friend of many years SUSAN SARANDON were very upset over what the tabloids are going to be saying about them"..!

Somebody has really pulled their Chain, BIG TIME.

[cinFLA]

Kristinn is the 'Warlord' (head) of our DC Chapter. There is also the 'Ringleader', (head) who is none other than the amazing Angelwood.

Thanks. I kept trying to see the banner with his name. I posted it yesterday as Chritian(?) with a question mark.

[cinFLA]

Quite a team!!

BTW, Joe Scarborough was my congressman till he "retired". He was also one of the most outspoken Bush supporters Nov. 02.

[Illbay]

Reminds me of the Clintons. Any mention of Chelsea by non-vetted press, and ol' Bill would make some statement "shaming" the heartless press for "attacks" upon his family.

That his family was never "attacked" so much as they were by Clinton's own philandering actions apparently never occurred to his press flacks.

[lilylangtree]

Salute to the DC FReepers!

[Spunky]

Has Tim Robbins had a lobotomy?

Caption This

[Greybird]

Robbins supports Democratic wars and opposes Republican ones. Almost everyone on Free Republic supports Republican wars and opposes Democratic ones.

Such devotion to principle. Not.

I was raging long ago against both, along with any military effort that doesn't defend Americans and their property in the United States. Others unabashedly support all such wars, assuming that the U.S. government has done and can do no wrong.

You who picketed him, though, as well as Robbins, are worthless hypocrites.

[Marianne]

Kristinn does have a "way with words."
Thanks DC Freepers.

[sauropod]

"You who picketed him, though, as well as Robbins, are worthless hypocrites."

Care to explain that statement?

[sarasmom]

Did this Robbins guy graduate Yale or Harvard?
Did he graduate any DOD basic training?
Did he graduate High School?

I dont remember his name on any official elected ballot.Who did elect him to be self pronounced public jerk # 27?

Enquiring minds want to know how a fixture of "The Enqiurer" is catapulted to wall to wall network news coverage notice?

If I spit on him, will his manager tell him not to appear in his "stupid celebrity" uniform in public, so as not to inflame volotile public passions?
All questions above are of course rhetorical,since those of his ilk are too far above my mental capability to question.After all, he has made a comfortable living by pretending to be an actual person on camera.
Real people, who do not have a coterie of "reporters" following our every move, rarely get this kind of exposure.
Possibly, because real people are not as incredibly stupid, and hense, less noteworthy to the media.
Since we all understand the press, what are the chances of a cage match of Jerk #27 vs Ann Coulter or George Will?

[2rightsleftcoast]

Got an invitation in mail today from UCLA.
Alumnus of the year dinner.
The award goes to, TIM ROBBINS
I am not joking,dinner to be held May 17.
My husband is a graduate. He said he will
never send them another dime.

[Doctor Raoul]

Tim says that while he's know an actor, what he has always wanted to do is DIRECT dictate.

[Doctor Raoul]

Tim says that while he's KNOWN an actor, what he has always wanted to do is DIRECT dictate.

[ErnBatavia]

[eddie willers]

Care to explain that statement?

He's someone who doesn't realize that Sept. 11 came between Kosovo and Iraq.

[Eala]

the host of the event, who read heavily edited versions of the questions to Robbins

All sorts of potential for mischief there...