[a fool in paradise]

The government funded artists are hostile and deserve the rebuke they get.

Can’t put a nativity display (privately funded) on public property but taxpayers can be forced to pay for a gay man to put a crucifix in a jar of his urine.

[a fool in paradise]

De Niro also noted that the namesake of his award, Charlie Chaplin, was "an immigrant who probably wouldn't pass today's 'extreme vetting,’" adding, "I hope we're not keeping out the next Chaplin."

Chaplin sided with the Communists. Stalin was a horrible man, murderous, despotic, and these shills still "holster" his schlong.

[a fool in paradise]

PBS has championed the Black Panthers, the SLA, the Weather Underground, shall I go on?

[TADSLOS]

Liberal Liar, but I repeat myself.

[Jane Long]

DeLiars pants are on fire.

[Lurker]

Look “circle jerk” up in the dictionary.

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[Chauncey Gardiner]

There is no place for government funded “art”. Plenty of private sources.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Art is for those who can appreciate it. It shouldn’t be funded by people forced to pay taxes by the government.

[A Navy Vet]

"Charlie Chaplin, was "an immigrant who probably wouldn't pass today's 'extreme vetting,’" adding, "I hope we're not keeping out the next Chaplin."

What a dumb ass comparison. Chaplin emigrated from England in 1910, the hotbed of world terrorism . Typical hysterical, liberal, talking-points no-nothing. Sure Bobby, we're keeping out the next Islamofacist superstar. Shut up and do a sequel of Casino, because your recent movies just suck. Meet The Parents plus worse sequel? Last Vegas? Intern? Joy?

[Mears]

DeNiro just doesn’t get it.

We are not against art,we are against being forced to pay for art and/or artists.

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[SaraJohnson]

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately because of our government’s hostility towards art... For their own divisive political purposes, the administration suggests that the money for these all-inclusive programs goes to rich liberal elites. This is what they now call an ‘alternative fact,’ but I call it bullsh*t.

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Straw man argument, stupid. We argue that you rich liberals should be funding these art programs through donations - not the taxpayers. Put you money where your overly large mouth is for once.

[KarlInOhio]

How would De Niro react if Trump, rather than cancelling arts funding, used it to support and praise himself? Imagine Ken Burns having to decide between starvation and a 25 hour documentary extolling the infinite virtues of Donald Trump.

[gspurlock]

The interesting thing is that if you go to the websites of these lefties who “represent everyone”, there is no “Contact” link. They don’t want to hear from We the People.

Their idea of audience is a group of sheeple whose viewpoints they honestly believe is theirs to mold.

Guess again!

If the government needs to fund the arts, it is because they are not self-supporting. They cannot attract enough paying patrons to survive.

No more government funding for the arts. Let them be accountable to We the People.

[moehoward]

“....our government’s hostility towards art”

OY!

C’mon, you’d think this guy would have learned to script this a little better unless his intention is to lose half the audience in the first 5 minutes.

[bray]

Sounds like Robert would like to take in a few Syrians.

[mindburglar]

I must haved missed the part about “reciting lines written by someone else”, in Art History class.

[TigersEye]

Shove it up your 0bama, Bob!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

"I don't make movies for rich liberal elites,” De Niro said at the event, which took place at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theatre. “We make movies to entertain audiences. Audiences vote by seeing them

Yes, they do. And when was the last time audiences turned out to see a Robert DeNiro film? Credit where it's due, DeNiro was excellent in "Godfather II" and "Mean Streets", and incandescent in "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull" - but that was decades ago. These days he's a has-been who tried and failed to be a comedic actor and now makes headlines by blathering about Trump.

[jerod]

Nobody gave Chaplin government funds to make films. He made films, people paid to watch them and then he made money, not the reverse... The government handing out taxpayers money to ‘artist’ who make films that people don’t watch.

[laweeks]

After his behavior in Trump’s election, I have written this man off. I won’t watch a single movie that has him in the cast. He is a typical anti-American lefty Hollyweird jackass.