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Robert De Niro unleashes on Donald Trump (Original Post) ClearSky24 May 2024 OP
Everyone needs to watch this in its entirety. Thanks for sharing it, ClearSky24. ❤️ littlemissmartypants May 2024 #1
Yes, I heard that DeNiro interview on Stephanie Ruhle's podcast. SupportSanity May 2024 #2
Oh I am sure Cheato will say something derogatory about DeNiro. flying_wahini May 2024 #3
Excellent Interview musclecar6 May 2024 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Archae May 2024 #5
DeNiro ended up in the Encyclopedia of American Loons for a reason. Archae May 2024 #6
Meh. He has an autistic son. I can understand where he's coming from despite the science. KPN May 2024 #9
I see this same argument about RFK Jr. Archae May 2024 #12
Well, we disagree about who are assholes then. I would have thought you'd KPN May 2024 #14
Autism frequency has risen because diagnostics have changed misanthrope May 2024 #16
What is GBS? wnylib May 2024 #18
Guillain-Barre Syndrome. A syndrome as opposed to disease that occurs in response KPN May 2024 #27
It's very simple. He was seriously wrong about vaccines. anamnua May 2024 #20
I just love this man. He is an honorable and courageous patriot -- not one of those phony, flag waving wanna be's KPN May 2024 #7
Wow. PCIntern May 2024 #8
Chilling when wise people are so shaken. bucolic_frolic May 2024 #10
Amazing actor and mzmolly May 2024 #11
De Niro calls it as it is. Thank you Robert. republianmushroom May 2024 #13
I have loved that bad boy for most of my life Skittles May 2024 #15
Just when I think nobody hates Donald Trump like I hate Donald Trump... jcgoldie May 2024 #17
Love De Niro - he!s really genuinely a sick person...not one redeeming thing malaise May 2024 #19
I've said it many times Skittles May 2024 #23
Not a single one malaise May 2024 #24
K&R spanone May 2024 #21
So great to hear him speak out flamingdem May 2024 #22
A must watch. Hotler May 2024 #25
While I agree with everyting that De Niro said in this interview I do not understand why being an actor somehow Chainfire May 2024 #26
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2024 #28

SupportSanity

(1,578 posts)
2. Yes, I heard that DeNiro interview on Stephanie Ruhle's podcast.
Sun May 5, 2024, 10:31 AM
May 2024

I think DeNiro pretty much sums it up as far as never letting Trump be president again. Well worth watching.

Maybe after seeing DeNiro allowing this interview, others at his level might also speak up. Now that would be something.

musclecar6

(1,884 posts)
4. Excellent Interview
Sun May 5, 2024, 10:55 AM
May 2024

He covers it all. Hopefully people that hear that interview will pay attention and do the right thing and vote for Joe Biden. As Dinero says, it’s the only choice we have as a country unless you want to turn this country over to somebody who in my opinion is going to be much worse than Hitler, if that’s even imaginable.

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KPN

(17,201 posts)
9. Meh. He has an autistic son. I can understand where he's coming from despite the science.
Sun May 5, 2024, 11:42 AM
May 2024

There is no question that autism frequency has significantly spiked in the past 40 or so years. Until science clearly determines the reason or reasons for that, people who are directly affected will continue to wonder .. and hedge their bets. I get it. .... I have a son who had GBS -- a syndrome not a disease -- when he was 10. He was paralyzed for several months and has some minor residual to this day -- more than 30 years later. There have been numerous cases of GBS presenting in individuals following Covid vaccines. (The same is true for flu shots and shingles vaccines by the way.) My son has foregone the Covid vaccines. I don't blame him. In fact my wife and I stopped getting them after the first booster after consulting with our physicians who affirmed that genetically, one or both of us may have higher risk of GBS as a "side-effect".

Both your post and the link are gross generalizations lacking full objectivity re: DeNiro in my view. To me. you are throwing out the baby with the bath water.

 

Archae

(47,245 posts)
12. I see this same argument about RFK Jr.
Sun May 5, 2024, 12:13 PM
May 2024

People bring up his past activism, mostly regarding the environment.
And that makes him a true hero to them.

Nowadays his anti-vax lunacy has gone off the rails.

Even faced with all the science that says he's dead wrong, RFK Jr still continues with his "vaccines cause autism" bullshit.

And it sure does look like DeNiro is the same way.

Here at DU, we like jumping on right-wingers who are corrupt or simply stupid, just because they are on the right.
"Yeah, he's an asshole, but he's OUR asshole!" -right-wingers responding to critics of their people

Alex Jones
Faux "news"
One America News Network
Newsmax
MAGAts

We need to quit doing this same thing about liberals who are assholes as well.

KPN

(17,201 posts)
14. Well, we disagree about who are assholes then. I would have thought you'd
Sun May 5, 2024, 12:28 PM
May 2024

be more open-minded about nuances like individual experience and its effects on one's views.

misanthrope

(9,423 posts)
16. Autism frequency has risen because diagnostics have changed
Sun May 5, 2024, 09:14 PM
May 2024

Only severe cases earned a label of autism 50 years ago. Now it is viewed as a spectrum which includes far more cases that would have previously passed without count in that category.

KPN

(17,201 posts)
27. Guillain-Barre Syndrome. A syndrome as opposed to disease that occurs in response
Tue May 7, 2024, 07:03 AM
May 2024

to some trigger: flu and flu shots are notable triggers. The individuals own immune system attacks the myelin sheathing of nerves (think of it like insulation on electrical wiring) and short circuits the nerves essentially. Not sure of latest medical understanding of the why the immune system does this but at the time my son got it the thinking was the cellular makeup of the myelin is similar to that of the trigger (e.g., a flu virus) and immunobodies to mistake myelin for the virus and attack it. Results in paralysis beginning at extremities (fingers, toes) and moving toward core over time. Myelin and mobility can recover over a period of time if the process is reversed timely (massive doses of gammaglobulin were used in my sons case to do this). But GBS can also be fatal.

KPN

(17,201 posts)
7. I just love this man. He is an honorable and courageous patriot -- not one of those phony, flag waving wanna be's
Sun May 5, 2024, 11:26 AM
May 2024

inhabiting the right where fear of those who are different and loss of perceived superiority rules the day. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much Robert DeNiro!

bucolic_frolic

(54,490 posts)
10. Chilling when wise people are so shaken.
Sun May 5, 2024, 11:44 AM
May 2024

Last edited Sun May 5, 2024, 12:32 PM - Edit history (1)

He seems genuinely scared, choosing his words carefully, trying to be clear as day.

And Italian Americans' ancestors, whether they immigrated in the 1890s wave or mid-20th century, have a particular history with dictators because Italy's city states were a weak central government. Garibaldi fought for nationhood.

Skittles

(170,204 posts)
23. I've said it many times
Sun May 5, 2024, 11:26 PM
May 2024

it's not just that I dislike Trump - there is not one redeeming feature about him, NOT ONE....he is VILE in every way possible

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
26. While I agree with everyting that De Niro said in this interview I do not understand why being an actor somehow
Mon May 6, 2024, 08:16 AM
May 2024

makes you a expert on politics who's opinions deserve a national interview. I do, however, appreciate him, or anyone else, using their platforms to damn Trump.

I got a bad taste for actors when Ronald Ray Gun was in power.



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