Matt Damon gave a highly charged MIT commencement speech

[G_j]

http://www.boston.com/culture/education/2016/06/03/matt-damon-commencement-speech

Matt Damon had an important message to share with MIT graduates: “There is more at stake today than in every story that has ever been told.”

Damon was equal parts fiery and inspiring while addressing students at MIT’s 2016 commencement ceremony Friday morning. He spent sections of his speech lambasting bankers and Donald Trump, touting Elizabeth Warren, and urging students to take the issues of income inequality and global warming seriously.

“Let me say this to the bankers — specifically the ones that brought you the biggest heist in history,” Damon said to the assembled crowd of around 13,000 recent graduates, parents, and alumni that filled Killian Court. “It was theft, and you knew it. It was fraud, and you knew it. And you know what else? We know that you knew it.”

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[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Matt's friend and mentor was Howard Zinn.... Here is the text of Matt's MIT speech

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Below is the prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by actor and filmmaker Matt Damon for the Institute’s 2016 Commencement, held June 3, 2016.


FULL TEXT
OF MATT'S SPEECH


http://news.mit.edu/2016/matt-damon-commencement-address-0603

[G_j]

2. great speech! nt

[Brother Buzz]

3. Neighbor and mentor

Damon grew up in Cambridge.

[avaistheone1]

11. I knew he graduated from Harvard, but didn't realize he grew up in Cambridge.

That area is my old stomping ground. Many good memories.

[blm]

4. big kick

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[larkrake]

7. gives me hope for the future

[smirkymonkey]

5. K&R

[MADem]

6. I like his choice of Presidential candidate!

http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a6000/matt-damon-water-charity/

To that end Damon has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. He feels she's qualified for a lot of reasons, "but just on this issue of water and sanitation: She understands it from a number of different angles—as a national security issue, as a human rights issue, and, obviously, its impact on women and girls. This is not a partisan issue, which is one really good thing about it. We've talked in equal parts to Republican and Democratic senators and congressmen."

[larkrake]

8. matt knows who controls the purse strings, a real diplomat

[MADem]

14. Matt knows who will be a superb POTUS~! nt

[JonLeibowitz]

10. "Well, you might have their money, but you don’t have our respect."

They have Hillary Clinton's respect. She even spoke there!

[avaistheone1]

12. RightO!!!

[MADem]

15. And HRC has MATT DAMON's respect--which is why he supports HER for POTUS.

[ismnotwasm]

13. That's a great article

We in the US take water, clean water, drinkable water, for granted, and forget it's not that way in so much of the world.

[MADem]

17. It's quite true--I've lived in places where water is an issue, and

it is something that is MISSED when it's not reliably available. I can't imagine living every day with water insecurity.

[Fritz Walter]

9. And it set the hair on top of the talking heads at FN on fire

How dare he attack Drumpf on this solemn occasion!?!?

[oberliner]

16. Matt Damon Explains Why He's Endorsing Hillary Clinton for President

“She understands it from a number of different angles—as a national security issue, as a human rights issue, and, obviously, its impact on women and girls. This is not a partisan issue, which is one really good thing about it. We’ve talked in equal parts to Republican and Democratic senators and congressmen.”

http://www.justjared.com/2016/05/10/matt-damon-explains-why-hes-endorsing-hillary-clinton-for-president/