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This is a normal post Well that's going to convince those swing voters...
The stupidity of anti-Trump comments never fails to astound. Does he actually think that ranting to an echo chamber is going to make any difference? I guess those middle American undesirables you dislike and who watch your films don't deserve to have votes if they aren't going to use them wisely.

How about finding a Democrat candidate with some ability and credibility who isn't in hock to Wall Street, then perhaps you might get rid of Trump.

By the way Robert, I also remember that anti-vaccination Vaxxed film you and Weinstein worked on and then pulled after scientists had a word. You really do have good judgement don't you?
 (plankton, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 15:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^this, with bells on.
He lives on another planet. All that matters to him here is his potty mouthed virtue signalling gets a standing ovation. Also, the guy has zero range, he's not even a great actor. A good one, sure. I love his little Godfather cameo. I've seen Goodfellas more than a dozen times. Taxi Driver is seminal. The Deerhunter is defining piece of American cinema. Even the Cape Fear remake is underrated. He's terrific in all of them and more. But. He. Has. No. Range. He plays pretty much the same character in all those films, if slightly more unhinged in Taxi Driver. And the shit he just phones in these days is dire. So you know what? Fuck De Niro.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 16:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I grow old ... I grow old ...
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

Shall I back-comb my hair some more? Do I dare to launch a nuke?
I shall tweet and tweet until my rage simply makes me puke.
I have heard the liars lying, each to each.

I do not think the lies will stick to me.

I have seen myself riding glory-ward on the waves
My glorious mane of hair blown back
When the blast zone turns the world ash black.
I have lingered in the chambers of TV
By stormys wreathed with contracts and with lies
Till human voices wake me, human cries
 (I helped save b3ta! vladimir, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 17:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bit pretentious m8

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 17:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post :-)
be honest, you love it
 (I helped save b3ta! vladimir, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 18:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post HSM
Vladimir, out of key with his time,
He strove to regurgitate the dead art
Of /links; to maintain “the sublime”
In the three pubes per bollock sense. Wrong from the start—
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 19:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Rodge did it first
The bravery of being out of range
 (I helped save b3ta! pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 13:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fuck Trump

(I helped save b3ta! buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 16:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post It won't make any difference.
It was quite funny though.
They are closer to Trump with the ambition and greed than most people.
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 11 Jun 2018, 16:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's probably not going to convince anyone, sure
But sticking to the standards of polite discourse is not an option any more, so why not?

Semi-related, this is a good article, I know it's on Vice, but still
www.vice.com/en_us/article/nekqvg/the-conservative-war-on-comedy-is-full-of-shit
 (I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 17:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Another related/ good article
From the Economist if that's more your speed
www.economist.com/open-future/2018/05/17/why-liberals-need-to-be-vulgar
 (Melatonin, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 23:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post I can get behind it
nothing wrong with a little righteous vulgarity.

also, the deplorables aren't from the middle.
 (Melatonin, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 19:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post He's not trying to be clever; he's just issuing his honest opinion on Trump.
Compare that to the dishonesty and stupidity of comments Trump regularly makes, alongside his grandiose statements informing everyone how clever they're supposed to agree he is, and Bobby looks to be a genius by comparison.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 20:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post He's sinking to Trump's level.
It's just so childish and inarticulate. Like Trump. It's also a non sequitur given it's some silly awards ceremony not a town hall debate. He's wrestling with a pig, it's just hard to tell who enjoys it more. Utterly hollow attention seeking achieving nothing.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 22:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Given De Niro's platform and reach, he could make a difference
Instead he does what all fuckwits do when there are opposing views and reinforces entrenched positions.

Trump is a despicable piece of work and De Niro could be promoting an alternative that appeals to the majority. Instead he plays to the partisan crowd that not so long ago was covering up for a major sexual devient.

In any case, why do we think someone who plays make believe for a living and is a friend of a child rapist has great insight into what the world needs right now?
 (plankton, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 22:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't see why
Being an actor makes his opinion on the matter any less valid.
I might as well discount what you're saying because you're a milkman or whatever the fuck it is you do.

If you want to make a platform to campaign against Trump, then that's great.
And if you just want to let the world know that other people are just thinking 'Fuck Trump' then that's also great.

Those 30% of people that are entrenched, fuck them. The best the world can hope for is that they stop voting (frankly any reason is acceptable). They are lost causes. Fuck them, the stupid, authoritarian loving, racist enabling scum.

All the US needs is the middle, and you can reach them just as well with a little vulgarity as you can with a purely rational approach.

Also, you're really keen to dismiss him personally (and the whole industry in fact) after he said what seems pretty fair-- why carry that water for Trump?
 (Melatonin, Mon 11 Jun 2018, 23:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post "The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."
i have seen variants of this quote attributed to many a folk... has anyone got anything from beyond two thousand years or so ago - 'forgive them father for they know not what they do'- or was it - 'you fucking idiots' perhaps?
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 0:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well, yes
That works fine as well, and in fact without it all the swearing is just noise.

But I don't subscribe to the idea that you either make a well reasoned, thoughtful (even forgiving?) argument or else you stay silent.

Sometimes you can reason with a person, but sometimes you just have to tell people they are being fucking idiots.
 (Melatonin, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 0:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post just to get it off your chest? does it help?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJjqk5t4xGI
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 0:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just getting it off the chest
marginally I suppose.

But to avoid letting their bullshit somehow become 'the new normal' through sheer unchallenged repetition, yeah, I think it probably does help.

It was only a small number of voters that swung it for the fucker, if him being visibly unpopular (in a way that everyone can understand) helps to narrow that, then I'm for taking that low road.
 (Melatonin, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 0:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post fairy nuff
i guess it is the signal to noise ratio that is the problem - you risk being lost in the noise depending on how the receiver is tuned
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 1:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post True
extremists don't swing elections, any more than me always voting Labour does, but "Fuck Trump" will be a sequel if the Democrats don't accept they missed an open goal and raise their game in 2020.
 (glammerocity state of the art Luddite, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 13:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Absolutely, you can discount what I say, but I don't have a crowd telling me I am wonderful.
Actors always develop a very inflated opinion of their own abilities. They believe they are mentally and morally equivalent to the people they portray and forget they are just the front to someone else's thoughts. The stage and adulation distort their own sense of self-worth.

Trump is a shit, but grandstanding like this only means 4 more years in the Whitehouse for him. It reinforces all the stereotypes of Hollywood as corrupt, vain hypocrites who cover up the filth among themselves whilst lecturing ordinary people on how to behave.
 (plankton, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 10:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post the swing voters have gone off him. he's tanking at the polls and his endorsement is the kiss of death for candidates
it's just the rusted-on dingbats and the racists that have stuck by him
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 12 Jun 2018, 0:48, , Reply)