Remember When Susan Sarandon Doubled Down on Her "Revolution" Comments In April?

[TomCADem]

Even back in April Susan Sarandon was arguing that Trump, by being a bad president, was serving the good of exposing the flaws in our political system. She has never really admitted that her false equivalency between Hillary and Trump has been proven to be wrong. The fact of the matter is that she had been outspoken in attacking Democrats from the so-called left, so she should deserve to be held accountable as a public figure.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-colbert-confronts-susan-sarandon-about-her-trump-statements

On Friday, the Late Show host sat down with Sarandon for a surprisingly contentious interview that saw the funnyman grill the actress on the aforementioned Trump statement.

“You said, ‘Some people feel that Trump might bring about the revolution immediately.’ A) How’s that going? What’s your assessment of how ‘the revolution’ is going?” asked Colbert. “Well, I’m so happy that you asked—not really, but OK we’ll get into it,” replied a visibly uncomfortable Sarandon. “Well, have you seen this many town hall meetings of people from all parties storming and knocking on the doors of their representatives and complaining and screaming and yelling?” “Not since 2010,” Colbert responded. “No. Not since the ‘70s, I think,” shot back Sarandon. “This is really out of control. Now there are town hall meetings everywhere. I saw one in California where they were screaming about ICE coming in and taking people. I mean, people are really awake now because ‘the cracks let the light in,’ as Leonard Cohen would say.”

The comedian didn’t let up. He continued to ask Sarandon why she feels it’s good that Trump, by being a bad president, is exposing the flaws in our political system. “Goldman Sachs has been in politics forever, and now we’re noticing because this guy is such a bozo that he’s just doing everything so badly that he’s not slick like everybody else,” said Sarandon, ignoring the fact that Hillary’s been dragged through the mud over her Goldman speeches for years—including by Trump. “All the fracking that’s been going on, the pipelines were all there before Trump got in… but now everybody’s awake, they’re energized, they’re calling their senators, they’re donating to all of these groups. You’re funnier, don’t you think? It’s doing great things for comedy.”

It’s a strange, Machiavellian—and frankly, privileged—argument: that the American public is learning a valuable lesson about the broken system by having millions of less fortunate folks suffer under a remarkably corrupt administration awash in cronyism. “Now when you say ‘revolution,’ let me ask you something, you revolutionary hippie: do you mean like revolution in the head, revolution in our hearts, revolution in political engagement?” asked Colbert. “All of the above,” replied Sarandon. “But do you mean like brick through the window, line the rich people up against the wall? Because revolutions eventually get there,” he added. “You’re watching the wrong movie—that’s not what we’re talking about,” Sarandon said. “No, I’m talking about people being engaged in the system, holding representatives responsible. We have to identify real progressives, people that are going to get us health care, college education, and infrastructure, and we’re in an oligarchy right now. And people were saying ‘we don’t want the status quo,’ ‘the status quo’s not working,’ and the only candidate, as stupid as he [was and] didn’t give any specifics, was the one that—I mean, it wasn’t Hillary Clinton. It was Trump. So people wanted a change, and now they’re getting something that they didn’t expect, but they’re writing and they’re calling and they’re young people. The millennials are on fire.”

[democratisphere]

1. Sarandon is a babbling idiot with no credibility.

[still_one]

2. Sarandon is a complete fool, and as far as I am concerned I feel the same contempt for her as I do

trump.

If I never hear or see anything related to her again, it is too soon

[oasis]

3. The Nader fiasco and now Trump. Half baked revolutionaries are toxic.

[MurrayDelph]

16. To paraphrase Moe Howard

they're willing to fight to the last drop of ... your blood.

[BainsBane]

4. I say the revolution begins at her house

One of six of them. The fucking hypocrite.

[melman]

5. Remember when Susan Sarandon had any real influence on anybody?

No? Me neither. That's because she never has.

[boston bean]

7. I do remember.

[Tanuki]

9. I certainly remember her behaving as if she thought she had great influence.

For example, why else was she at the Nevada caucus, following Dolores Huerta around and harassing her with an insulting, condescending dressing down?

[MrsCoffee]

12. Right on cue.

[VermontKevin]

13. Indeed.

[roscoeroscoe]

6. No offense, but

The hardship and suffering of others doesn't seem to matter much in this kind of 'revolution.'

[NurseJackie]

8. My hate for her burns with the white-hot heat of a thousand suns.

[ehrnst]

10. Yes, "Some think Trump will bring the revolution immediately"

Yeah, I heard Nader folk say similar about GWB in 2000.

Forget history, and it comes back and smacks you in the ass.

[leftstreet]

11. Sarandon

[jalan48]

14. Somebody, somewhere said some shit.

[L. Coyote]

15. Notice how ignore and ignorant are so alike. There's a reason for that.

Ignore the ignorant!

[DFW]

18. The reason is that the original French word we swiped means.....

"To not know." In French, "je l'ignorais" does not mean "I ignored that," but rather "I didn't know that."

Somewhere along the line, the word "ignorer" changed its meaning in England, but it's the same word.

[Expecting Rain]

17. But we have people screaming and yelling

[DFW]

19. I wonder if Sarandon has read Anastasia Edel, who wrote about the "Red Century"?

An excerpt that I wish Susan Sarandon would read:

"From a distance, revolutions always look heroic. They seem to epitomize man's yearning for justice. But in the revolutionary fire, purification and destruction become indistinguishable. Yesterday's dreamers turn into executioners; their followers into victims. It doesn't matter to the dead whether they were sacrificed for mankind's happiness or shot for their wallets."