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Quiet Em

(3,213 posts)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 11:23 AM Sep 2025

Robert Redford was a beloved icon who brought joy to millions and advocated for a better humanity

The flags will not be lowered to half-staff for him, because beloved as he was his passing does not meet the protocol to do so.

I hope that makes people think about how ridiculous and absurd it was for the con to lower the flags Charlie.

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Robert Redford was a beloved icon who brought joy to millions and advocated for a better humanity (Original Post) Quiet Em Sep 2025 OP
Redford was quite the heartthrob back in the day. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #1
May this great man rest in peace LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #2

Ocelot II

(131,765 posts)
1. Redford was quite the heartthrob back in the day.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 11:34 AM
Sep 2025

And, more importantly, he was a devoted and sometimes controversial environmentalist. I always think of him as the handsome rogue in Butch Cassidy and as Bob Woodward in All The President's Men, which dates me, I guess. He'll be missed.

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