Henry Winkler insists he isn't 'wishing for devastation' after controversial tweet linking

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'cataclysmic event' to unity

Henry Winkler is offering some clarification after a tweet he shared on Saturday confused some users on social media.

On Saturday afternoon, Winkler tweeted, "We are So divided as a country .. only a cataclysmic Event , that makes us depend on one another again , can bring us back together."

Link to tweet

Comments quickly poured in from fellow Twitter users, who seemed to suggest Winkler was out of touch, citing the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 600,000 Americans, as well as climate change, wildfires, the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and even the fire burning in the ocean.

Sunday morning, Winkler attempted to clarify what he meant by his earlier tweet.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/henry-winkler-insists-isnt-wishing-185600496.html

[Murphyb849]

1. Republicans love celebrities maybe he should talk to them

Because every day every news cycle they are doing things that drive us further apart operating on revenge hatred and spite. Their leader is the catastrophe who has put us in a never ending Groundhog Day movie of vile hatred behavior.

[Politicub]

2. Maybe he watched the Forever War on Amazon or something

He comes across as a crank.

[Blue_true]

6. He is right on this. nt

[Hoyt]

3. I don't believe even devastation would unite us at this point.

[Blue_true]

7. Maybe you are right.

If powerful human eating aliens invaded the world, some people would likely try to side with them.

[Tomconroy]

4. I'm giving Arthur Fonzarelli the benefit of the doubt.

[Blue_true]

5. He is right.

For people to come together, something where each and every person fears, regardless or age or social status, immediate death will be required. Covid is not that type of situation so far.

[treestar]

8. People believed 911 brought

everyone "together" which makes this a sick country if we need a disaster for that.

[tishaLA]

25. And if we had a 911 today, does anyone doubt repubs

would play it to the hilt that Pres. Biden is "soft on terror" and his plan to accept refugees is dangerous and besides VP Harris hasn't solved the border issues yet? And they'd have the both sides media that cheered on bush lined up behind them.

[treestar]

30. No doubt of that! nt

[Mike Nelson]

9. I'd give him...

... a pass on this... I don't follow him, so I don't know his Twitter persona. Maybe he means well. I know someone who knows him and she speaks highly of Henry as a person.

[XanaDUer2]

10. Tempest in a teapot

I don't like Twitter. I'll give him a pass.

[Raine]

11. I know what he means

but anymore everything seems to separate us more and more.

[Earth-shine]

12. We need a good, solid, sustained alien invasion.

Maybe some Avengers to do the fighting for us.

[CatWoman]

14. I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords

[roamer65]

16. I would be like Frank Zappa.

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Deal with us now, or deal with us later.

You make the choice, 👽.

[nuxvomica]

21. My favorite Outer Limits episode is "The Architects of Fear"

In the story, scientists try to prevent nuclear war by surgically altering one of their own to look like a freaky alien and sending him on a rocket to the UN so that everyone would believe they have a common enemy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Architects_of_Fear

[JohnSJ]

13. If the pandemic didn't bring us together, nothing will

[smirkymonkey]

22. If almost half the people in this country believe it is a hoax and that Big Pharma and the

Democrats in Washington are trying to control them through vaccines, mask wearing and lock-downs, then it is easy to see why this has only polarized us even more.

And republican politicians are entirely to blame for that.

[jcmaine72]

15. He's not wrong.

We are divided as a nation right now. And, yes, cataclysmic events do tend to unite nations.

Where's the controversy here? It's clear from his tweets that he wasn't actually wishing for a catastrophic event to occur, but merely that he was lamenting the current state of our nation.

Correctamundo?

[njhoneybadger]

17. Mr Winkler always was into shark jumping.

[Nexus2]

18. Mr. Winkler seems to be sincere and have a point, IMO. [nt]

[Lemon Lyman]

19. Hmmmm

He's wrong. Nothing is going to bring the right back to sanity. Remember how we all sorta' joined hands after 9/11. bush had a 91% approval rating or something b/c Dems do what's best for the country. There's no way in hell Gore would've enjoyed that support had he been in office. The psychos on rw radio and tv would've been attacking him immediately for not keeping us safe.

The left can come together for the greater good. The right never will. It's their way or the highway. That's why the recalls like Newsom is facing. When they don't get the results they want, they cheat their way to try to reverse it and get their desired outcome. We just accept it, roll up our sleeves, and say we'll get 'em next time.

[Renew Deal]

20. PNAC had the same idea.

And then 9/11 happened. The opportunity wasn’t missed to exploit it. “Unity” and fear was used for all kinds of bad things.

[Skittles]

23. I understand what he means

but I don't see Trump humpers behaving in any decent fashion under any circumstances

[CrispyQ]

24. We need an alien invasion. A real one. The kind of alien that wants to eat us.

Oh hell, even that might not work.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

26. Tucker Carlson would probably be on TV...

... saying that they're still better than the liberals.

[Crunchy Frog]

28. Watching him get eaten on live TV would make everything worthwhile. nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

29. Agreed!

[former9thward]

27. Everyone with a brain knew what he meant.

Twitter is the sewer of the internet.

[leftstreet]

31. How do you "unite" with fascists?

I can't believe these dumbass calls for "unity," unless it would be to unite against fascists

But these clueless bubble-dwellers seem to believe there's a middle ground somewhere between racist, misogynist, homophobic, authoritarian and NOT racist, misogynist, homophobic, authoritarian