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Shawn Cruikshank's avatar

Redford was a climate change activist, he opposed drilling, and advocated for voting rights and campaign finance reform. You know.. all the things HB stands for!

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Kevin's avatar

Be patient, Jeff. He has to be awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom first. So he can be joined by Rush Limbaugh and Jim Jordan.

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Paul's avatar
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Hypothetical question here: If Hulk Hogan had suffered a fatal heart attack while speaking at a MAGA rally, would trump had ordered flags to be flown at half mast, even if it had fallen on 9/11? After all, he was a Real American.

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Kevin's avatar

Hogan beating the Iron Sheik was one of my fave childhood memories. He single handedly won the cold war. He really disappointed me later in life tho

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Eileen Penan's avatar

Great smacking of the biased alt right crowd. No shame & hypocrisy rules. It’s sad because you reap what you sow & it spreads like a virus. Jeff, our OC Warrior who sees right through the veil of deception & says out-loud what we’re thinking!

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Flo Martin's avatar

As a member of Redford's generation, I was so very saddened this morning by the news of his death. Climbed back into bed and cuddled my kitty.

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Samuraineko's avatar

My parents died 10 years ago at 102. They were survivors of the Great Depression, the 1917 Epidemic, two World Wars and a host of other events. They loved Robert Redford films like we all did and stood for what he did. But I have felt glad that they don't have to live through this horrible time of MAGAts and something tells me Robert Redford at 89 didn't want to endure it any longer either. A vigil in his honor will never happen in the Trumpland of Huntington Beach but thanks for pointing that out.

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Achtera's avatar

So you never watched "The Candidate" and don't know much about Robert's politics. He owned land all over, including outsde Prescott AZ and his home in Utah. Robert would attend any Vigil for Charlie. You don't get to appropriate Redford's name to your politics.

And what do you think about Gaza?

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Jeff Pearlman's avatar

A. You think Robert Redford (Robert Redford!) would be interested in a Charlie Kirk vigil? Seriously? And B. I think Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal who has taken a land filled with good people and turned it into the world's enemy. I am heartbroken, as a Jew and as a human.

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