cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20641619
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Mark Hertsgaard
Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT
Because if there’s one person young people are just itching to hear from it’s 86 year old Jane Fonda…
Bernie Sanders is 83, people listen to him.
I mean… just look at him… he’s like the grumpy grandpa that secretly spoils you rotten. (of course we listen… )
i thought the same thing at first but i read the article and actually learned something about her. pretty cool lady who was politically active in her youth and still is.
I find this comment pretty surprising because all my impression of Jane is about her influential activism.
Anti-war stance, HWPC, getting arrested 3 times at 80+ years for climate change, supporting LGBTQ+s since 70s etc.
I know all these and I’m just a random guy from Turkiye.
Sometimes she’s cool. Other times, she’s doing the racist “Tomahawk Chop” when watching Atlanta Braves games with her former husband, Ted Turner.
Human. We’re all human with our positive and negative traits.
That’s quite the excuse for blatant racism from someone who definitely knew better.
I’m not defending her.
I pointed out she’s a racist.
Your response was:
That’s clearly a defense. Overt racism is not just a “negative trait.”
Jane Fonda absolutely knew it was racism too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fonda#Native_Americans
I’m saying we all have horrible traits, even me and you. I’ve got native blood in my veins, among other races. Doesn’t stop my own family with the same blood from being racist against ourselves.
This still sounds like a defense. Otherwise why bring it up? Who said no one had bad traits?
…or being photographed sitting on an anti-aircraft gun aimed at American service members.
She did that?
Whoopdedo
She did support Norrh Vietnam in their self defence against US colonialism, and US right wingers are still furious at her for doing that. And that just makes her cooler.
Not a right-winger, but a son of a Vietnam vet. I don’t have issues with peaceful protests. Kent State was a stain on our country. But protest the war and the politicians, not against the soldiers. Would rather her name not be connected to Harris/Walz.
Lol. Okay, I thought it was recent.