Me too.
Posted on 09/16/2009 4:18:37 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Jane Fonda expresses regret over film fest protest
Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press
Jane Fonda is expressing regret over endorsing a protest letter that targets an Israeli film spotlight at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The celebrity activist appears to back away from the controversy in a column posted Monday on the Huffington Post website just as big-name performers including Jerry Seinfeld, Natalie Portman and Sacha Baron Cohen added their names to a growing list of the protest's critics.
"I signed the letter without reading it carefully enough, without asking myself if some of the wording wouldn't exacerbate the situation rather than bring about constructive dialogue," Fonda writes in the article.
"In the hyper-sensitized reality of the region in which any criticism of Israel is swiftly and often unfairly branded as anti-Semitic, it can become counterproductive to inflame rather than explain and this means to hear the narratives of both sides, to articulate the suffering on both sides, not just the Palestinians. By neglecting to do this the letter allowed good people to close their ears and their hearts."
The letter was written by a group of Toronto-based filmmakers angered by the festival's decision to put Tel Aviv at the centre of its inaugural City to City program. The group held a press conference Monday to explain their concerns and to refute claims they advocate a boycott.
(Excerpt) Read more at toronto.ctv.ca ...
When will the bitter end be?
Agreed. She can go to hell, where she belongs
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“I signed the letter without reading it carefully enough, without asking myself if some of the wording wouldn’t exacerbate the situation rather than bring about constructive dialogue,” Fonda writes in the article.”
“...but of course, when i climbed up in that Vietcong Anti-air gun, used to shoot down American pilots, i knew EXACTLY that i would be exacerbating the situation rather than bring about constructive dialogue. I mean...come one,...i have that stupid grin on my face..HeelllOOoooo???” end quote.
A rich lib elite....She needs to be taxed more.
After commiting treason against the U.S. why should be concerned over endorsing an anti-Israel letter?
Yeah, Jane and Van Jones sign things they don’t read.
“I signed the letter without reading it carefully enough...”
Right THERE is a sure sign of an idiot.
Ah, she suffers from Van Jones syndrome. Didn't he recently offer the same lame excuse ?
It is her knee-jerk reaction to always take the side of commies/fascist/socialist/dums
Jane Fonda? I’ve seen her picture at the VFW Post!
Me too.
She thinks 'acting' is keeping her clothes ON... no one ever said she was smart. Hey, Jane..... STFU!!!
That this petition would even ask for Hanoi Janes signature in the first place immediately tells you that their cause is looney.
“wording wouldn’t exacerbate the situation rather than bring about constructive dialogue,” Fonda writes in the article.”
Since when has this slime ball ever cared about constructive dialogue? Oh yes, now I remember, when the Viet vets were calling her out and threatening to ruin her career.
Jane Fonda is a waste of oxygen.
The day she checks out will be a headline day in my life.
The traitor Hanoi Jane needs some of Rev. Jones’s Kool Aid.
Obama should tax heavily on every CO2 molecule she exhales
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