Richard Dreyfuss Defends Ed Schultz’s Anti-Cheney Death Wish
- Posted on January 30, 2011 at 12:28pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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In this era of railing against anti-hate rhetoric, one has to wonder how a liberal actor would defend hateful comments made by a liberal media personality. If the actor is Academy Award-winner Richard Dreyfuss, the defense would go something like calling said comments “beautifully phrased.”
On his March 11, 2009 radio program, MSNBC host Ed Schultz said he wished that “enemy of the country” and former Vice President Dick Cheney would be taken by God to “the Promised Land.” Considering those comments and the push by the left to bash conservatives as hate-spewing, violent people, CNS News recently asked Dreyfuss how he would categorize those statement.
“No, that’s not uncivil. That’s actually kind of a beautifully phrased way of saying something that could be uncivil,” Dreyfuss told CNS reporter Nicholas Ballasy. ”Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that’s uncivil. I don’t care what the issue is and I don’t care who the people and the players are.”
The double standard at this point is laughable.
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Comments (110)
cykonas
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:00pmI listened a second time just to be sure I understood. So, if I walk into the house tonight and yell “I Love You” to my wife and interrupt her phone conversation I am guilty of incivility. But if I tell her she is a no good, lousy, blah blah blah, as long as I speak in a low voice and don‘t interrupt anyone then I’m okay. Right?
I don‘t think I’m willing to put the pinheads theory to the test. I don’t know if they are all really that stupid, or if they’ve just heard/said it so many times they actually believe it. What a bunch of pompous arses!
Report Post »Katayno
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:00pmDick, you have smoked way too much dope. With all do respect & with little bunny rabbits in my mind I would like to share a thought, if I could. I wish Richard Dreyfuss’ soapy hands would drop his radio into the bathtub.
Report Post »JoeKidd
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:18pmKatayno, that is just hateful rhetoric! Shame on you! SHAME! And I agree completely!!!
Report Post »Thanks for the nice visual. Appreciate it. ;)
Idaho Kirk
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:56pmYOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!! Richard Dreyfuss is still alive?!
Report Post »cosette
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:12pmThe rest of his body may be but his brain is dead!
Report Post »rightwingheroes
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:55pmIf he had just said “with all due respect or bless his heart” before he started talking, it would of been ok
Report Post »Teapartywoman
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:54pmHe should stick to acting becouse some can stomch him then.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:51pmIsn’t he the bad actor from Jaws. Robert Shaw made him look like a community theater group actor….lol
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:51pmHe has been on my long and growing list of movies/entertainment NOT to attend or support in any way with my dollars. After this, I’m even throwing out my old disc of “American Graffiti”!
We ALL need to stop supporting these far left idiots at the box office, events they are in and even the causes they support.
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:51pmI never was much for his work. But now……. well, again a celeb cutting his audience in half by joining the political debate.
Silversmith
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:48pmThis idiot sure makes it hard to enjoy American Graffiti
Report Post »fishstx777
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:46pmsgt schultz will point out it was over a year ago , and that he was p.m.s that day.or that somebody stole his happy meal.
Report Post »uncleherbert
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:44pmI am not impressed with Richard Duffess.
Report Post »suran
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:43pmWhat in the world is wrong with these has-been actors who spout off their political views? I don‘t care what this fool thinks and I don’t want to hear his thoughts. On the bright side, I’ll never see a Richard Dreyfuss film again. Thanks for letting me know your true, ugly character, Mr. Dreyfuss.
Report Post »Pray for USA
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:40pmDreyfuss is putting forth a new educational program to teach civics and history. This is not going to work out well for us and our children. I saw him give his spiel on Fox & Friends. He complained about being given only 4 minutes to talk. Looked like he was about to have a stroke keeping his temper in check.
Report Post »franknshadow
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:40pmOnce again, wisdom from someone who feels guilty about what they have because they honestly don’t deserve it, and expects everyone else to feel guilty as well.. Living proof that idiots can play, “pretend,” as well as normal people..
Report Post »warner
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:39pmWhat a joke! Why does The Blaze even give these guys press time? I know… I know….it only speaks to their ignorance when they make such statements, but come on Dreyfus is such a flaming Liberal, this is not news. Hollywood can slide into the Pacific for all I care.
Report Post »millefiore
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:39pmHas been actor – Richard Dreyfuss-
Report Post »May MSNBC go out o f existence-no one watches those liberal bobble heads-
Takeoutthegarbagenov2
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:37pmWow! A whacked out liberal defended another crazy liberal? How novel!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:37pmIt’s pretty sad to follow the celebrity life cycle from young and hungry to old, fat and insane. So, is the life of Dick D. Too bad, with the wealth he’s accumulated on the backs of honest Americans, he could be doing something constructive instead of loitering around and essentially waiting for his number to be called. So sad.
Report Post »proliance
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:36pmHe should have been eaten by that shark 30 years ago.
Report Post »millefiore
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:40pmDitto
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:05pmI posted pretty much the same thing but they would not post it because I used the word “a$$” in my post.Come on Glenn keep track of what is getting posted or not posted on your own site.
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:36pmLOL LOL and they think we really take them seriouse and even really care what they think or say.
Report Post »TexanRon
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:34pmOne can only imagine the outrage and gnashing of teeth had Limbaugh or Beck said such a thing as this.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:34pmSo, I guess Lefties won‘t say it’s hate speech to tell them all to take a flowery path to North Korea?
Yeah. Right.
Report Post »TexanRon
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:34pmOne can only imagine the media firestorm had Limbaugh or Beck said such a thing as this.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:48pmThey would never be “allowed” on the “public” air by the left again.
Report Post »Hugh Williams
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:56pmSo the lefts standard is you can wish for people to die as long as you say it nice????
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:32pmMore casuistry from the left..
Report Post »Edgar Bennet
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:45pmThey make the rules as they go. It‘s like one of those things where someone slaps you so you punch them back only to be told ’Hey I only slapped you – I didn‘t punch’
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:52pmYes, but on the left most of us can spell!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-yl
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:57pmSo, have you looked up casuistry yet, WALKWITHME?
Report Post »cosette
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:21pmGood one hungry 1. Apparently the master of the spell check doesn’t know there is also an online dictionary. LOL
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Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:31pmWho cares what an actor thinks?
maxedout
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:36pmEspecially this actor.
silentwatcher
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:40pmA community announcer publicly saying he wished someone dead should be an ‘ex-community announcer’. To do such a tirade over public television, to the general public of adults and teens, is a public DISGRACE. It’s not enough that you have the right to disagree in politics that you have to announce you would like someone dead??? I don’t care how delicate it was put,,,it was disgraceful.
MSNBC,,,,,you, too, are disgraceful for permitting such vile and disgusting comments to be said over the air……it doesn’t matter that it is opinionated posts,,,,it is not moral. You need to end this now.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:42pmAnother Hollywood loon adds his unwanted two-cents. I thought he left with the rest of the aliens in “Close Encounters…..”, but like a bad penny, he found his way back. I love it, these people talk about the death of capitalism, but it was capitalism that gave them their fat bank accounts. Figure that sh*t out!!! Sorta like biting the hand….., if you catch my drift!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:45pmRichard has lost too many brain cells. Had a friend in the 1960′s who loaned him a car .. when he got it back found lots of “evidence” in the carpet of a “trip” to Mexico. This is your brain … Richard .. this is your brain on drugs.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:46pmTypical Progressive/Liberal clap-trap……you can‘t be racist unless you’re white, you’re not a mysoginist if you only say derogatory and hateful things about CONSERVATIVE women, and you‘re morally superior to all other Americans if you support the slaughter of innocent children in their mother’s womb and you hate our country as much as our enemies do…..these talking points help them to sleep better at night…..ain’t no blood on their hands……the blood is just in their teeth.
Report Post »tenring
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:46pmBeing a democrat is never having to say I’m sorry.
Report Post »Whatsizface
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:47pmRichard Doofus? Who is this guy?
So as long as you smile while you’re spewing a death wish, you’re good to go.
Report Post »chuck
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:53pmwhat a hypocrit and a moron this guy is huh? he’s just whiney little bitch…
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:58pmRichard Dryfussy is such a hypocrit. “What we (liberals) say isn’t, EVER, uncivil but what YOU (conservatives) say ALWAYS is.” What a bunch of hooie! Richard, you will earn my respect if you give all your wealth away today. If not then keep quiet please (done respectfully enough for you?).
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:59pmI thought it was Richard Dufus?
Report Post »sweetbees
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:01pmEd and all his MSNBC cronies are the actual enemies of the country!
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:02pmIn the immortal words of Homer Simpson: “Actors, is there anything they don’t know?”
Report Post »maxstout
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:04pmDANGER HANDLE PLAGARIZATION (maxedout)— Just Kiddin Howya doin?
Report Post »Ellie
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:12pmNot really a surprise to me, knowing a bit of the background behind two of the major schools of acting: The Method and Strasberg both emphasize the _emotion_ of the words rather then their actual meaning and thus civility in the mind of an actor is a matter of choosing the correct set of dispassionate words calling for violence not the call for violence itself.
Symbolism over substance is the golden rule.
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Report Post »harvbell
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:16pmWhy do all of these Hollywood misfits that can’t even run their own lives think anyone cares one bit what they feel about political issues? Everytime one of these “actors” open their mouth to talk about their opinion I can’t even bring myself to watch any of their movies anymore. Nowdays I just watch Discovery and documentaries.
Report Post »IntegrityFirst
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:46pmThey misspelled his name. It should be Richard Dufus.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 2:21pmEd who? Plus the fact who really gives a scrap? Dreyfuss looks like a little old man and his days are numbered, kinda like what he wished on Cheney. Trouble is: you two idiots. You two are worth nothing the the order of things. Neither have talents that help anyone. Now Dick Cheney is a smart
Report Post »man who is also nice, has a nice family and his wife is a wonderful woman who keeps him grounded.
It’s easy to say good things about him, because I really like him, but you 2 can go stuff it.
chazman
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 2:37pmGeez, great way to lose your audience, Doofus. I never thought much of you as an actor. Now I don’t think much of you as a person. Get lost.
Report Post »flintoid
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 2:49pmThe Blaze seems to care. Why? Your readers don’t.
Report Post »AxshunAce
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 2:50pmLibs curse conservatives to “go to the promise land” and Conservatives curse libs to “go to hell”… sounds like the perfect setup to me!
Report Post »Treestump
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:53pmI heard Dreyfus claim that 8000 employees of Bank of America on NPR’s Diane Rehm show quit because of their protest over bad paperwork on mortgage loans and no one said a thing. The BS lights should have gone off in Times Square.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:27pmJust checking for Richard Dreyfuss (AKA Dick Doofus). Yep …
“My work here is done. I’m needed elsewhere now.” -sheriff Bart, Blazing Saddles
Report Post »One1
Posted on February 1, 2011 at 3:14amThis civility standard the Libs have opted for will only burn them. Conservatives are civil. It is the libs that are unhinged.
Report Post »WTH
Posted on February 1, 2011 at 5:22amHYPOCRALYPTIC DEUCHEPOCALYPSE!!!!! This is a prime example.
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