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lostincalifornia

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27. A comment during trump's first term from Robert Redford.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 09:01 AM
Yesterday

""Tonight, for the first time I can remember, I feel out of place in the country I was born into and the citizenship I’ve loved my whole life. For weeks I’ve watched with sadness as our civil servants have failed us, turning toward bigotry, mean-spiritedness and mockery as the now-normal tools of the trade.
How can we expect the next generation to step up and serve, to be interested in public life, and to aspire to get involved when all we show them is how to spar, attack and destroy each other?
It’s hard to blame young people for calling us out, and pointing to our conflicts between the values we declare, and those we stand behind only when it’s convenient to partisanship. Many people are rightly calling it a damn mess.
But I want to encourage you to dig deep for hope and civility right now -- to try to make connections with people you disagree with, to be better than our politicians.
We don’t have to share the same motivations to want the same outcomes. Let’s focus on each other, and strengthening our communities, and reflecting on what’s happening. Let’s live in justice and respect and let others fight it out now to the bitter ends.
This is our country too. Every woman, man and child in it, our American future.
We’ve got work to do."

https://www.facebook.com/sundance/posts/a-message-from-robert-redford-tonight-for-the-first-time-i-can-remember-i-feel-o/10156283885128515/?locale=es_LA&_rdr

Total heartthrob. :( Irish_Dem Yesterday #1
Too many times used quote but here. Men wanted to be him, women wanted to be with him. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #83
Oh damn............ Bengus81 Yesterday #2
R.I.P. Lovie777 Yesterday #3
I had the opportunity to meet him and he was really a nice and interesting person Pachamama Yesterday #4
Awww, no! Mad_Dem_X Yesterday #5
Sigh, another one lost 😮‍💨 cstanleytech Yesterday #6
Butch and Sundance are back together again FakeNoose Yesterday #7
Now I'm crying 😢 mountain grammy Yesterday #49
Two superb actors. They were great together in The Sting too. n/t AdamGG 16 hrs ago #100
... greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #8
That's sad. I liked him. yardwork Yesterday #9
I loooooooooooved him JustAnotherGen Yesterday #40
He didn't know that women turned guys down when asked for a date. Really. twodogsbarking Yesterday #10
This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Yesterday #26
Newman and Redford, one of the greatest duos of all time bmichaelh Yesterday #11
Redford and Jane Fonda bmichaelh Yesterday #46
Damn, I just watched him and all the other greats in "A Bridge Too Far" last night. Efilroft Sul Yesterday #12
A long life, well-lived. God bless. (nt) Paladin Yesterday #13
A good man. A good example of what a good man OUGHT to be Vogon_Glory Yesterday #14
Wish we could clone him Marthe48 Yesterday #15
Watch yer topknot. Watch yer'n underpants Yesterday #16
Jeremiah Johnson, a movie near and dear to my heart. Dr. T Yesterday #33
I loved his movies and acting skills but... llmart Yesterday #37
Will Greer "Bear Claw" had been blacklisted in the 50's underpants Yesterday #58
I will reserve Wisconsin camping for any other season than winter! LOL LeftInTX 23 hrs ago #76
No mosquitoes and my beer never gets warm. Awesome! Dr. T 22 hrs ago #84
Please see post #77 - I posted the trailer for Jeremiah Johnson FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #79
Warner Brothers wanted to shoot it on a backlot to save money. underpants 22 hrs ago #81
Yes, my mistake ... I thought it was Idaho FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #89
One of my favorite movies... Bayard 21 hrs ago #88
Safe passage sir. AllyCat Yesterday #17
RIP "The Great Waldo Pepper". JohnnyRingo Yesterday #18
One of my favorites Mr.Bee Yesterday #54
As I said, there was actual stunt flying JohnnyRingo 22 hrs ago #80
Couldn't even add a comment because I liked him in so many things but here is one related to the now BumRushDaShow Yesterday #19
One of Redford's best, and one of my all-time favorites FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #75
RIP and thank you for your work, Mr. Redford. nt PunkinPi Yesterday #20
So sad. Now this is a man to mourn Ray Bruns Yesterday #21
Damn, another person's death that should have been tRump. BigmanPigman Yesterday #22
. NewHendoLib Yesterday #23
All those ... and Jeremiah Johnson too! FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #77
"Fine figure of a man." SergeStorms 13 hrs ago #107
Great actor and man orangecrush Yesterday #24
From Variety: "With his environmental activism, anti-establishment approach highplainsdem Yesterday #25
A comment during trump's first term from Robert Redford. lostincalifornia Yesterday #27
Speaking out for the good of community. oasis 13 hrs ago #110
RIP to a great actor, director BluenFLA Yesterday #28
Awwww DownriverDem Yesterday #29
Rest In Peace BlueKota Yesterday #30
One of the best! mcar Yesterday #31
Adored him for decades. He was a great activist as well as an actor. I got to sinkingfeeling Yesterday #32
So sorry to hear this!! bluestarone Yesterday #34
I watched the Horse Whisperer last week. hamsterjill Yesterday #35
This is heartbreaking. choie Yesterday #36
Memories.... tishaLA Yesterday #38
Jinx! BumRushDaShow Yesterday #41
With the wonderful Barbra Streisand BumRushDaShow Yesterday #39
Holy moley! MissMillie Yesterday #42
Only one Oscar nomination as an actor? WestMichRad Yesterday #43
... 2naSalit Yesterday #44
Out of Africa. Great movie as are many others. twodogsbarking Yesterday #45
I'll be lighting a candle .. BattleRow Yesterday #47
... ancianita Yesterday #48
RiP to one of the greats. All his other great movies are mentioned here but mine will always be The Hot Rock ms liberty Yesterday #50
All the Presidents Men will be always be on the TOP for me. riversedge Yesterday #51
oh darn it, he will be missed Puppyjive Yesterday #52
Damn... Talitha Yesterday #53
Jeremiah Johnson, my all time favorite movie CanonRay Yesterday #55
That's also my favorite Redford film. oasis 13 hrs ago #109
RIP Mr. Redford! sdfernando Yesterday #56
RIP area51 Yesterday #57
Robert 😢 Clouds Passing Yesterday #59
Great actor, great man, good long life. barbtries Yesterday #60
Thanx Robert Botany Yesterday #61
So sad to hear this Tree Lady Yesterday #62
Aw, man. LoisB Yesterday #63
Calm, cool, extra nice in an excessively good-looking man. Festivito Yesterday #64
A little trivia I haven't read anywhere. defacto7 Yesterday #65
The Natural. He definitely was! Raven123 Yesterday #66
Serious bummer. RIP Robert. Demnation Yesterday #67
He was my hero and inspiration Envirogal Yesterday #68
Ah! Didn't know he also reached out to kids in his environmentalism.... electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #93
The NRDC office building is named after him Envirogal 18 hrs ago #95
Would love to see Redford's funeral service scheduled for this coming Sunday. Paladin 23 hrs ago #69
Just now, I told a 25 year old office mate of mine that Redford had died SpankMe 23 hrs ago #70
I knew I liked him Lulu KC 23 hrs ago #71
R.I.P Mr Redford. aurora the great 23 hrs ago #72
Quiz Show Was Secretly A Great Political Film DrFunkenstein 23 hrs ago #73
Thank you Robert Redford for your works and your words of wisdom LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #74
Time, the actual clicking of the clock, has gone too far this time. Beowulf42 23 hrs ago #78
This one hits hard. So many movies and The Twilight Zone. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #82
RIP! wolfie001 22 hrs ago #85
All I can say right now is TexasBushwhacker 22 hrs ago #86
Wow, for some reason i never thought of him Figarosmom 21 hrs ago #87
I'll be watching, throughout the day ... aggiesal 20 hrs ago #90
;( elleng 20 hrs ago #91
He was also a producer catchnrelease 20 hrs ago #92
I see on IMDB that Dark Wind was his last acting credit. underpants 17 hrs ago #98
Rest easy Sundance. BHDem53 18 hrs ago #94
Dang, RIP. Talented, Activist, and did I mention so handsome!... electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #96
He grew up in an almost completely Latino neighborhood in LA underpants 16 hrs ago #99
Interesting, and his family living in Spain for a few years. electric_blue68 15 hrs ago #102
thank you for the memories, Mr. Redford Skittles 18 hrs ago #97
One of the best combined resumes as actor and director AdamGG 16 hrs ago #101
The one thing I recall was that his Sundance Film Festival was moving out of Utah BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #104
Maybe I'm overlooking one but I can't think of a bad movie he was in ... Jarqui 15 hrs ago #103
Robert Redford was a good man. ReRe 15 hrs ago #105
To his family................The Kid and Johnny Hooker.............. turbinetree 13 hrs ago #106
Sad news 😪 Raine 13 hrs ago #108
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