Robert De Niro

[_Some Schmo]

Robert De Niro said "“F” Trump" at the Tony awards.

I always thought he was a great actor, but now he's a hero. He said loudly and proudly what I'd love to say in front of an audience that size.

Drumpf thinks he's above the law (and so far, he has been). He's is diminishing our reputation in the world and giving up any moral authority we had. He's clearly in the tank for the Russians; he's practically Putin's lapdog. And let's face it - he's a damned moron, a liar and an asshole, and that's a wicked combination for a president. When your only talent is getting other thugs and morons to like you, you shouldn't be a world leader.

I, like De Niro, would love to punch him squarely in his ugly, motherfucking face. “F” that idiot, indeed.

[_ajax18]

He has started construction of the wall in San Diego as well. Better get your chain migration finished while you still can.

[_Hawkeye]

Chain migration doesn't exist dumb ass.

[_ajax18]

Chain migration doesn't exist dumb ass.

Yeah, just like when Obama said, "The southern border is secure."

[_Brackite]

He has started construction of the wall in San Diego as well.

Not really.

https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/video ... ion-begun/

[_Themis]

He has started construction of the wall in San Diego as well. Better get your chain migration finished while you still can.

Some walls have been built where they can be effective. Most of the border walls will not be effective and will do little to stop illegal immigration. This is why even most republican law makers are not interested in wasting a lot of money where walls do not need to be built. Stopping illegal immigration is done by other means that are more effective. The other problem can be not having enough workers to take jobs other citizens are not interested in taking.

[_ajax18]

The other problem can be not having enough workers to take jobs other citizens are not interested in taking.

And who do we have to thank for that other than the Democrats and their social welfare state that allows people to give up looking for work? The problem is not with the people but with our elected public officials who use welfare and illegal immigration to get cheap votes. Paul Ryan is in the back pocket of the chamber of commerce big business lobby. That's why he's not interested in building the wall or enforcing the border.

The fact that Schmo hates Trump so much makes me love him that much more.

[_subgenius]

The other problem can be not having enough workers to take jobs other citizens are not interested in taking.

Do you imagine this probably-imaginary problem to be an immovable object or can circumstances bring about a transformation of "not interested" into "interested"?

[_Brackite]

The problem is not with the people but with our elected public officials who use welfare and illegal immigration to get cheap votes.

What are "cheap votes"??

[_Xenophon]

I think Sophie Gilbert over at The Atlantic captured my general feelings on these kinds of showings pretty succinctly:

This is the problem that’s afflicted artists over the last 18 months as they grapple with the shadow of politics darkening a realm that’s constructed to entertain. Last week, the comedian Samantha Bee was obliged to apologize on-air after her description of Ivanka Trump as a “feckless cunt” drew fury from the right-wing media and tutting from the left. What Bee ultimately recognized in her apology is that her statement wasn’t just offensive to many; it was counterproductive. When Bee first uttered the words on her TBS show, Full Frontal, she was critiquing the First Daughter’s seemingly tone-deaf Instagram picture of herself with her son, during a week when news reports about immigrant children being forcibly removed from their parents were inescapable. But the story, instead, became all about Bee, as the comedian herself noted.

...[snip]...

In other words, it’s easy to be angry. It’s easy to take a platform that offers easy (if bleeped-out) access to millions of people and use profanity to capture a mood, to express an emotion. But the outrage that will doubtless ensue is a distraction from what really matters, and what’s much harder to realize: the work of trying to change a situation, not just rage against it. Before De Niro strolled onto the stage at the Tony Awards, the night’s most powerful and resonant moment had been a performance by high schoolers whose protest since their classmates were gunned down in front of them has been pointed, deliberate, disciplined. De Niro might have stolen the show, but it’s easy to guess whose actions will have the more enduring impact.

Emphasis mine.

Great that he felt like it had to be said, I just don't see how it makes a difference.