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Nice. Good on De Niro. More famous people need to be speaking out
Absolutely fucking not. May I remind you that famous people sticking their unqualified noses into politics is where Trump came from?!
Who needs to speaking out are mayors, legislators, judges, heads of big businesses and governmental agencies, heads of unions, etc.
I get it, you see a person on your screen saying something you agree with, and they have a face that you recognize from other times you've seen them on a screen. So you automatically assume they must be worth listening to. They aren't. They are famous for being actors. That's it. They aren't politically savvy, or have some deep insight into the interworkings of our governmental system. Getting political talking points from them is like asking the guy behind the deli counter for medical advice.
More people that have fame or platform should be speaking out to oppose this coup. I stand by my words 100%
Agreed. The only thing that matters about what anyone says, no matter who it is, is whether the statement is true.
If we discourage anyone from sharing the truth at any time, in any place, then we are only hurting our cause.
Plus being famous is like having a megaphone. Rejecting De Niro’s help here is like bringing a strongly-worded letter to a megaphone fight.
Where are all the rich and famous people telling me what to think?
Fuck no. Stop listening to actors. DeNiro loves RFK JR and is a rabid antivaxer. He wants to blame vaccines for autism in his son who he had in his 60s and he's still having kids in his 80s.