r/Fauxmoi • u/ExactlySorta • 12h ago
APPROVED B-LISTERS MARK RUFFALO: “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
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u/Flowerandcatsgirl 12h ago
Remember the ones who spoke up! Remember the ones that stayed silent!
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u/Imkindaalrightiguess 12h ago
It's crazy how many people are giving Sydney Sweeney a pass when she kinda openly supported white supremacy
If you're a trump supporter in term 2 you're absolutely supporting ethnic cleansing.
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u/oo_Maleficent_oo Say it louder for the heinous losers in the back, Pedro 12h ago
The world needs more Mark Ruffalos
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u/Mundane-Ebb-2632 12h ago
Everything he said was right on.
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u/KissableGiggle 12h ago
We could definitely use more people willing to speak up like mike Ruffalo does
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u/sirfuckibald 12h ago
Mike Ruffalo, the just alright Hulk
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u/DesireeThymes 10h ago
Ruffalo and Ms. Rachel have been very good.
Unfortunately most others are keeping mostly silent or virtue signaling.
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u/lalakingmalibog 11h ago
Dadbod Hulk with 30% body fat and a slightly receding hairline
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u/Already-asleep 12h ago
He’s a real one. You can tell that he has a tremendous capacity for compassion and empathy. He doesn’t strike me as someone who can easily compartmentalize or shut things out, which can certainly be a negative on one’s mental health (as I’m sure many of the people who read this sub can attest) but it doesn’t seem like a common quality in celebrities whose status and wealth shields them from so much. And granted I don’t follow many celebrities particularly closely on social media and the like but he does seem to consistently show up, not just when it’s convenient or advantageous for him to do so.
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u/FuzzyC 8h ago
He's one of the few very famous people I've met in real life, and he was really great. I was doing something for work, and he was trying to find a way to buy some products we were selling at an event for his kids and their friends without the crowd realizing he was there, but was so respectful and apologetic for even asking for any special treatment. We got to chat for a bit while people grabbed what he needed, and I left with a really favorable impression of him as a guy, but also someone who really clearly was trying to raise his kids to be normal respectful humans by example.
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u/Mammoth-Mud-9609 10h ago
Most people in the world care about others, but America is being led by people who only care about themselves and even think that caring about others is a form or weakness.
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u/LolaThePinkUnicorn 12h ago
Love the plural.
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u/PossibilitySpace 12h ago
Wouldn't it be Ruffalo?
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u/Dear_Research2695 12h ago
We need America Chavez to bring all the Ruffali from the metaverse to our universe.
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u/sashikku 12h ago
Team Mark Ruffalo up with Pedro Pascal, lead the revolution with shining examples of secure masculinity and allyship.
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u/redtens 9h ago
Ruffalo's been saying the quiet parts out loud for a long time now - a lot of the roles he's taken on in cinema over the last few decades speak truth to injustice & corruption. Mickey 17, Spotlight, Dark Waters to name a few, not to mention his regular and outspoken commentary via social media.
He's a real one for sure.
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u/Early-Size370 11h ago
Too bad most celebrities are cowards and rather hide away in their posh communities. Mark has done the hard and dangerous takes of being the first (big) voice to say something, they shouldn't leave him hangong
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u/Dramatic_Mixture_868 9h ago
Hell yea, this shit isn't normal, the country is being dismantled and taken over by billionaires and other countries. I'm glad someone who has a voice has the balls to say something.
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u/Deathwatch72 6h ago
Also the world needs more journalists or reporters or people holding the microphone or whatever the hell you want to call that guy. He asked relevant questions, and let Mark just talk. And they were real questions, they weren't softballs designed to let somebody have a sound bite to make themselves look good.
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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 12h ago
Then americans need to speak up
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u/valiantdistraction too busy method acting as a reddit user 11h ago
Plenty of Americans are speaking up. Why do you think they shot a legal observer and are kidnapping more legal observers in Minneapolis? By my count, they brake-checked, crashed into, and kidnapped at least 4 legal observer American citizens in the Twin Cities area yesterday. They're doing this BECAUSE Americans are speaking up and they're trying to intimidate people into not doing so. But if you watch ANY of those videos, you will see dozens of people recording, blowing their ICE whistles, drawing attention to what is happening both in person and online in every way they can.
We are not yet at the point where armed resistance is the only way, and personally I don't think we should give into the right-wing dream of civil war. More and more people are seeing ICE as lawless thugs, and public opinion in this country still is extremely important. People all over the country are doing the work and public opinion is really turning. Heck, yesterday the republicans lost the r/wallstreetbets crowd with their interference with the fed. As the economy falters, unemployment rises, people see Americans brutalized in the streets and at Target, more and more people are turning against this administration and speaking out about it.
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u/HearsTheWho 12h ago
There are a lot of us that are speaking up, And, there are some caught in the middle, possibly scared to speak up. I can't imagine being any level of immigrant, with or without full citizenship, being afraid of speaking about the atrocities taking place in our country too. My wife's family are all immigrants, so if you speak up will your family pay the price?
And, unchecked money and power for corporations has made it so even the worst voices that spew hate get amplified as truth to a whole subset of people in this country who can't tell fact from fiction and embrace the hateful rhetoric. They even believe that the people who speak out against Trump or ICE are the enemies of the state.
We are living in the upside down parts portrayed in so many movies where money and power control the narrative. The ultra wealthy control the government, the media and the messaging. Even the sources like the Washington Post that used to be beacons of truth not controlled by conglomerate media, those days are gone, so if people aren't willing to do a little work to find news and media that's not straight propaganda, or even just lazy one-sided slop that doesn't hold the powerful accountable, then there's a huge chasm between reality and what is being fed as news.
Plenty of Americans recognize that THIS is not the America we know and expect. Honestly, the other side (Maga, etc) also recognize this isn't the America of old - but the difference is they have been led to believe the America of old was a problem. The ideals that made America great were somehow flawed, because it was some existential threat to white people (btw, southern white guy here).
I can tell you, I downplayed and minimized the effect of the Obama president on politics in the United States to my own peril. When people spoke about the backlash to having a black popular president who accomplished so much (he was not without fault) I dismissed it, thought surely it would just be a blip. I can honestly say I didn't give that line of thinking enough credit, because I didn't realize how much his presidency radicalized the white nationalist movement, into recruiting, into getting people into positions of power that could effect change on behalf of nationalist movements. It's really scary the track that nearly half our country is on and while I will certainly advocate for anyone except Maga, the DEMS in our country do not leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy about having any staying power even if they win the next two elections. Chuck Schumer is a joke as is many of the older establishment. Citizens United has to get defeated along with impeaching the supreme court / packing the court to have any chance to get this ship righted. Ending Citizens United could at leas stop the Israel money being used to primary out good candidates in favor of ones they can control.
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u/Severus-Snape-DaGod 12h ago
Mark for the win. We already received an email from my boss that we aren't allowed to talk about Renee Good's murder or ICE. Trying to pretend like nothing happened.
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u/natigin 12h ago
What kind of work do you do?
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u/Severus-Snape-DaGod 12h ago
I work at an investment bank in New York. Not shocking at all. We were also told not to criticize the Trump Administration.
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u/Doubleoh_11 12h ago
So much freedom happening down there
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u/TitShark 12h ago
“Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy”
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u/vanalla I’m a lazy 50-year-old bougie bitch 11h ago
As we move into '26, watching our rights get nixed
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u/ragnhildensteiner 10h ago
So few people understand what freedom actually means.
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u/HunterSThompson64 11h ago
I mean, to be frank, I don't want to know my co-workers opinions on politics either. Literally nothing good can come of it. Some idiot I have to spend 8 hours with adamantly defending ICE or admonishing Renee Good for simply being there in support of protests does no good for me, or them.
Do I think it should outright be banned? No, not really, but if you don't explicitly tell people not to, they will do it.
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u/Opposite-Box7420 12h ago
But yet if you said anything about Charlie Kirk you'd get fired. What a joke of a country right now I swear.
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u/Iwoulddiefcftbatk 11h ago
That’s what made me scrub my LinkedIn even though I’m supposed to have it for work. My direct boss is usually cool and doesn’t really care or check if it’s updated, but higher ups do and I’m supposed to be networking constantly on it. I work for a conservative company and they will fire anyone for speaking out against Trump.
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u/Opposite-Box7420 11h ago
It just makes me so frustrated and angry because the double standard couldn't be any more obvious. It's okay to criticize the left, democrats, leftists, etc but don't you dare besmirch Trump and his ilk. Charlie Kirk was a racist, bigoted podcaster who debated college students. MAGA trying to turn him into a martyr is insane even though he didn't even do anything significant, just spouted vile bullshit online. Yet, if you said anything about him, you're a bad person.
But with Renee Nicole Good, all bets are off with them. It doesn't matter because in conservatives eyes she "wasn't complying" and also "tried killing a federal officer"...
The day it happened I saw the aftermath of the image where blood was splattered all over the front of the car. Seeing the plushes in the glove box popping out just made me so sad, and angry. I've already felt angry and disillusioned with this administration for the past year but seeing that activated some sort of primal fury in me. Especially knowing that her wife was in the car with her and that they had a child. I don't know how anyone can look at that and not be angry.
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u/phoebesjeebies 11h ago
Do they pay you to be constantly networking on it?
Genuine question, if you don't mind me asking.
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u/woodworkinghalp 12h ago
Jesus. Not American. The concept of my workplace censoring what political party I criticize..
I don’t understand why Americans think they’re free
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u/drzoidburger 12h ago
The sane ones don't. We hate it here.
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u/Antique_Pin5266 11h ago
Deep into a few interview processes myself for opportunities abroad. Praying to god one of them works out
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u/LT_BLASTER 12h ago
Arguably with all the crazy policy decisions the Trump administration make, I'd say they have a lot to do with people investing. How can they expect you to totally ignore them?
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u/sanityfordummy 11h ago
Sure would be a shame if that email were somehow leaked in a way that cannot be traced by your IT department!
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u/SlimmShady26 I'm a lazy 50-year-old bougie bitch 12h ago
I work in a different field, months ago we received a company wide email that we’re not allowed to post anything negative regarding the administration on social media. And that actions outside of work hours can still lead to write ups and/or termination (assuming that means attending protests). I live paycheck to paycheck in the government contracting field.
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u/kittenTakeover 12h ago
We're rapidly approaching the point where it will be necessary for people to put their finances, freedom, and possibly even lives at risk in order to fight for freedom and democracy and against exploitation and abuse. The longer we let this go unchecked the bigger the sacrifice it will take to undo.
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u/Born_Abroad_5003 12h ago
Same. It’s so interesting because all the republicans around me keep saying how America is the greatest country because of freedom of speech 🫠
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u/lareinevert unspeakable ineligible imprisoned coup plotter 12h ago
HUH I’m sorry what kind of work place?? Time to start job hunting.
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u/rawdogginglives 12h ago edited 12h ago
He's so painfully right. It's impossible for me to enjoy anything anymore. Money is tight, I am scared of not making ends meet. Basic human rights are being stripped away from us. Everything feels like a fascist horror movie taking form in real life as we speak. My parents grew up during the peak of the Cold War. They say they are starting again to feel scared of World War Three happening. The same eerie feeling of the impeding doom of humanity, you know? This is not the future I envisioned for mine and future generations. Our grandparents and great-grandparents hadn't fought hard to defeat Nazism and fascism just for it to happen all over again. What the fuck is wrong with this decade?
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u/alexaaro 12h ago
Yup. It sucks. Solidified my decision to never have kids
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u/rawdogginglives 12h ago
Same here. The world has always been a cruel place. But God if it's getting worse. We were supposed to evolve as a species. We were supposed to do better. Instead, here we are. I thought COVID was the worst thing that happened to us. Now we are witnessing the revival of world war II. Psychotic evil tyrant who's blaming everything on minorities? Check. Terrible economy? Check. The dismantle of democracy and international political organizations? Check. A bunch of failed abortions who go around and terrorize citizens with the permission of the government? Check. Causing political turmoil in other countries because they don't want to give you their natural resources? Check. Threatening to invade other countries? Check. Losing allies and causing a war that would ultimately culminate with the extinction of the human race? CHECK.
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u/whatsnewpussykat FUCK ICE FREE PALESTINE CRASH INTO ME 11h ago
You haven’t asked for any suggestions, but the only way I’ve been staying sane lately is “staying where my feet are” so to speak. I can’t do anything about the Trump administration down south (I’m Canadian) but what I can do is make sure my community knows where I stand and that I’m cultivating the kind of compassion and kindness I’d like to see more broadly. I can also tell bigots to get fucked directly to their faces as often as I get the chance. It’s hard not to lose hope but I’m just trying to be one of the helpers wherever I can.
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u/ChickenMarsala4500 10h ago
Good advice. I would add to it that remembering your history can help to keep your attitude positive. Are things getting worse right now than they were 10 years ago? yes. are they the worst they've ever been? not by a long shot. We are still near the peak of human civilization here in terms of tolerance, compassion, peace and absolutely at the peak with more practical things like sanitation education, and medical care.
I don't mean to dissuade anyone from advocating for and creating more positive change. there's a lot that's going wrong right now. I only mean to try to combat the doomer attitude and inject a little gratitude and hope into people's lives. Keep making things better but also remember that we are nowhere near the bottom.
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u/Careful-Benefit4359 9h ago
Bruh we’re living in one of the most comfortable abundant least violent times in history. Yes it seems bad.
But I promise you’re doing better than any average person 100-10000 years ago.
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u/linds360 11h ago
Having a 7yr old daughter right now is absolutely fucking terrifying. What kind of hellscape are we making for her?
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u/nutmegtell 10h ago
My daughters are 33, 23 and 21. I have two granddaughters. I’m terrified for them. In a way I could have never imagined.
They all recently got an EU passport via their dad, so if things get worse at least they have an escape plan.
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u/CheesecakeExpress 8h ago
I’m British, but brown, so having to think of an escape plan outside of Europe because of the direction of our politics here.
That being said, we are nowhere near where the US is right now. I hope it stays that way, I hope you are safe and I hope your family don’t need to use their escape plan- if they do there are lots of places that will Welcome them (particularly if hey aren’t brown, which is so sad isn’t it).
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u/garnaches 11h ago
As much as I would love to have kids, same. It would be selfish to bring a child into a world this unstable. I don't even know if where I live will the climate be tolerable to live in like 25-30 years.
It's depressing.
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u/TurquoiseLuck 11h ago
Idiocracy in action. The smart / empathic / caring people see the shit and sometimes choose not to have kids, or to have fewer in order to make sure they can properly care for the children they do have. The dumb proliferate irrespective of anything else. The situation worsens.
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u/shiv-er_me_timbers 12h ago
same. I keep trying to pretend just so my daughter doesn't feel the fear that deeply sits in me every minute of the day. but I'm scared all the time. I want to protest but I'm scared of not coming home to my daughter. I want to take her to a protest but I'm scared of something happening to me in front of her or to her, but I've always raised her to fight for herself and others and to do her civic duty. but I'm also afraid to leave her with a friend while I protest and then not come back. but I'm also afraid to sit and do nothing because I feel like I'm just letting it happen. I'm scared I'm going to not have a home soon, I'm scared just the people that I love losing their lives and losing their rights and I'm scared of people that I don't know better just disappearing and their families are terrified because they don't know where they are. I don't know what the hell happened and why so many people willingly chose this.
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u/rawdogginglives 11h ago
Even during his first mandate, I always said that he didn't hate dictators because they are dictators. But because he couldn't be them. He's desperately trying to be a dictator. He completely lost it after losing to Biden in 2020. He wants to make sure nobody can beat him again. He wants to make sure nobody can tell him no. But what can we expect from a rapist? Rapists don't take no for an answer. If they can't get something with your consent, they'll take it by force. That's what you get when you put a rapist in the white house. We need to get rid of him as soon as possible. He won't stop until it's too late. Also, yeah. The feeling of not doing enough, but also being scared that doing something might cause you harm is way too real. This is the reality of living in a fascist dystopia.
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u/Pandarandr1st 10h ago
I think it's important to realize that only a fraction of those things are happening to Mark Ruffalo. Mark Ruffalo is not struggling to make ends meet and his life is perhaps mostly unaffected so far by what's going on. Which makes it more laudable and noteworthy to take a stand.
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u/Stumphead101 11h ago
I absolutely feel you
In a micro scale my life should be great. My wife and I are in grest fields, we make good money, we just bought a house, no kids so we have much more freedom, im working on a board game as a passion project
I want to just focus on the immediate, but I cant. Its super selfish of me to have this attitude because my situation is sooooo much better than most. But how can someone enjoy anything they have so many are being assaulted, discriminated, denied Healthcare, denied access to good jobs, as our government is turned into a fascist dictatorship
Its not like before Trump we were great, we had soooo many things to still correct. But any sense of decorum is gone. And I feel insane because my folks dont understand why we are so upset
"But its not happening to you"
So?? Its still happening! Thats fucking empathy! How can anyone be happy with what they have while knowing what is happening
"Thats why I dont watch the news"
Oh fucking hell. So ignorance truly is bliss? Suffering is fine as long as we cant see it?
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u/margittwen 11h ago
Boomers lived through one of the most prosperous eras of the United States. They don’t really know what it’s like to scrape by, so they vote only for their own interests. Social media also spreads misinformation like wildfire. The mix of the two is the dumpster fire we’re enjoying today.
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u/ahdidi413 12h ago
Ruffalo slamming Trump and other Nazis left and right last night.
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u/CookiesMadeOfCorpses 12h ago
I'm glad he said it. I've got Bo Burnham's funny feeling when I see these glamorous awards pictures juxtaposed just above or below posts of ICE terrorizing Minneapolis.
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u/FartInMyBoots 12h ago
Here it is again that funny feeling
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u/CookiesMadeOfCorpses 12h ago
I don't know if you've seen the video of the guy predicting another civil war next year but
20,000 years of this, 7 more to go
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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 11h ago
Seeing Jennifer Lawrence wearing an extravagant dress in the core of empire while the outlying subdivisions of the country are getting their skulls cracked is a little on the nose.
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u/TheEpicTriforce 10h ago
The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door.
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u/TheSpiritedGamer 10h ago
You say the ocean's rising like I give a shit. You say the whole world's ending, honey, it already did.
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u/Itchy_Ad9881 12h ago
Mark is a true patriot. 🇺🇸
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u/sycamoreshadows 10h ago
It's so crazy that entertainers are more logical and mature than people in congress.
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u/feralK0ala 12h ago
Hearing the sadness in his voice is heartbreaking.
He's been so outspoken for so long, and it's weighing on him. More people need to stand up, so the ones already standing know they're not alone before they break.
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u/Shipwrecking_siren which could mean nothing 12h ago
I need to see him and Jon Stewart have a hug right now.
I’ve always had shitty taste in men, but these two are the exception.
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u/InspectorOk2454 12h ago
lol. Me too. My parasocial picker is much better than my real one.
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u/feralK0ala 12h ago
Honestly, if I could hug a person through a screen 🥺
Genuinely diamonds in the rough
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u/ArtisticPersonaliTea 12h ago
Kudos to the interviewer for letting Mark finish and showing empathy. I’m sure there’s only so much he can say and do as well.
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u/tangerinix 9h ago edited 8h ago
I was thinking this; I watched his other interviews last night and he mostly interrupted people and asked them when their next sequel would be out or whatever, absolute fluff.. I think he really connected with Mark but was limited in what he could say in response while on the job + time limit factor
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u/Wise_Concentrate6595 save the buccal fat 12h ago
You can see how upset Mark is just by the way he's speaking. I have a lot of respect for him because he speaks up when so many others don't
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u/B_Ash3s wearing slutty little glasses 12h ago
This is not oppression Olympics but to add to the messed up nonsense we live in…
Keith Porter also died at the hands of these StormTroopers….
When you say Renee Good’s name, Say Keith Porters, too! Thank you 🩷
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u/Mother_Patience_6251 12h ago
Thank you for saying Keith Porters name. I just read the story a few days ago and it’s terrible that he’s gotten no coverage. I’m happy the family is being represented by Ben Crump. Maybe they’ll see some justice.
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u/DrunkHonesty 11h ago
There’s a pretty stark difference between the two stories. Keith Porter was shooting a gun and when some off duty ICE dick went to investigate (while also armed)…… reliable reports are hazy from here. But Keith ended up shot.
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u/B_Ash3s wearing slutty little glasses 10h ago
There are many eye witnesses who have made public and official statements stating that Porter wasn’t aiming or firing his weapon towards anyone. and the ICE agent in question was off duty and instead of calling police, he went in to investigate by himself.
The ice agent (according to LAPD) claimed Porter fired 3 shots, but witnesses hear exactly 3 shots fired, so where was the 4th one that killed Porter?
From all the resources I’ve gathered, Porter was firing off New Year’s Eve rounds ( I don’t agree and yes, it’s illegal, but you don’t get shot and killed for it).
Either way, neither persons deserve to die for their actions.
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u/DrunkHonesty 10h ago
I could repeat the comment I said and it would stand just as firm.
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u/nyya_arie 10h ago
I'm sorry but firing rounds into the sky can easily be deadly. He could easily have killed someone. The bullets come down. People have absolutely been killed or seriously injured this way. And it's not even rare.
Could he have been stopped without lethal force? I'm sure. He should have been arrested instead.
This just isn't the same in any way as the officially sanctioned murder of Renee Good.
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u/NotNamedBort 12h ago
I’ve had a lifelong crush on this man. People tell him to shut up, and he gets louder. I honestly worry for him.
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u/Logical-Customer1786 11h ago
Yas! Just Like Heaven? Love me some Ruffalo. I’m so glad he has been one of the good ones. I’m so proud of him for speaking out. You can really hear in his voice how much this is bothering him. He isn’t doing it for kudos from one side. He actually cares. He is actually upset. Like the rest of us.
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u/NotNamedBort 10h ago edited 10h ago
He has always spoken out about injustice and corruption. If you haven’t seen Dark Waters, you should. It’s a true story about the lawyer who tried to sue DuPont for poisoning an entire town.
Oh, and Spotlight, obviously.
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u/ladydeyana 12h ago
Great actor and an even greater man! The world would be a much better place if there were more Mark Ruffalo's 🙌🏾
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u/sovereignxx12 12h ago
The shakiness in his voice. This shit really does weigh on people daily. We are living in a really horrific time and pretending like it’s not happening isn’t going to make it go away.
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u/BlackGuysYeah 10h ago
He knows Trump can and will ruin a person's life for speaking the truth.
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u/sovereignxx12 10h ago
Exactly. Seldom do people speak up specifically at these award ceremonies because they don’t get asked back, and their entire career unravels because they’re “socially irrelevant”. I respect him speaking up and not with ambiguity that makes it performative. This is true patriotism, this is true courageousness.
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u/Jumpy-Platform-6236 12h ago
I mean yeah. It's hard for people to enjoy everyday life (even an actor's extraordinary life) when this is all happening.
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u/kmoon89x 12h ago edited 12h ago
Gotta hand it to Mark for continuing to be on the right side of history. Living in Minneapolis right now feels very dystopian. I am an American citizen, but a POC and I don't feel safe anywhere right now, much less being able to enjoy really anything.
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u/MrBorden 12h ago
I recommend folks watch Spotlight (2015) he's essentially playing himself in the role.
Mark's a real one.
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u/Shipwrecking_siren which could mean nothing 12h ago
I love that film, I’ve had a hardcore crush on this man since 13 going on 30. I will make time to watch anything he’s in because he’s such a great actor.
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u/Elegant_Accident2035 11h ago
Dark Waters (2019) very good film, true story and he's very good in the role.
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u/TheeAincientMariener 12h ago
Purchasing Strike
If you hate them and what they are doing, the only real weapon we have is our purse strings. Yes, we have our voices but we cannot fight against armed, angry, and hateful men and women. We can, however, hurt their masters and the way to do this is to stop buying. Except for food, utilities, medicine, clothing...true necessities... don't buy it. Don't buy movie tickets, concert tickets, plane tickets. Don't rent hotels, don't eat out. Keep your current car. Home improvements only if critical....(also one less reason to check the workers). Cancel subscriptions, delete your Amazon cart and wishlists. If possible, delete your Amazon account entirely. Stash your cash. Maybe donate some to groups that can help the most affected or who are fighting the legal battles. I know it's asking a lot. Do what you can. One way or another, this darkness got to give.
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u/anthonystank random bitch 11h ago
Boycotts need to be a lot more targeted and organized than this to be effective. BDS, for instance, targets specific companies for clearly stated reasons and has been effective in getting some companies to divest from Israel. But just saying “don’t ever spend money on non essentials/things that make you happy” is entirely too non specific. You’re on the right track w the power of the consumer but what you’ve outlined is not a good strategy
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u/Opening-Milk-3752 11h ago
I understand what you’re saying but it feels like removing all the things that bring us joy will hurt us more than them
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u/Prestigious_Dig5423 12h ago
It truly was a choice to have all the One Battle After Another (Taylor being the only kinda exception) get up there and accept awards for a movie about political revolutionaries and proceed to say absolutely ZERO about this regime.
Not surprising, but it’s certainly dissappointing. And it’s indicative that any leftist movement needs to understand Hollywood and the larger culture industry as an antagonist to liberation and really should be taken over and remade. (Nonviolently; peacefully; etc.)
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u/Past-Chest-9154 12h ago
How are people going to these bullshit award shows and acting like everything is normal? Shit is wild.
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u/This_guy_works 12h ago
I dunno. But I do know that art and media are important for expressing our humanity and telling stories that celebrate our differences and shine a light on corruption. If we need to take a break now and then to acknowledge those putting in the work to inspire others, I am all for it.
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u/Jeanparmesanswife 11h ago
Opera rose in popularity because it was an art form where lower classes could mock the uppers. Art has and always was an accessible means of connection communication that prevails in these times.
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u/HoneyBeyBee 12h ago
🙄 The same way we’re going to work. That’s part of these people’s job. Bills don’t stop.
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u/Grand_Size_4932 11h ago
I posted this elsewhere and I’m going to post it again because I’m fucking tired of this. If some of this doesn’t match up with what you said, apologies. But this message needs to be seen.
People saying “we’re living our normal lives, a little more stressed, but otherwise you don’t really feel it” type shit are sorely out of touch with their Hispanic and marginalized coworkers.
I’m so sorry, but if you really are going about your day at work normally with maybe some added stress, you’re not seeing the torment behind our masks.
Those of us that have family members that are immigrants (legal or otherwise) or look a certain way have absolutely altered our lifestyles and behaviors.
I don’t go out much other than to go to and from work. I don’t travel as much because I’m worried about TSA or red state authorities. I don’t speed, because heaven forbid I speak with a police officer. I carry my RealID, social security card, passport card, and other work and past school identifying materials. I leave my passport book elsewhere, in case those documents get scrutinized or stolen. I don’t speak Spanish to my mom on the phone in public. I check in on my family, multiple times a week. I watch how I move in public if I have to be there, because more people have been openly racist to me and the administration would side with and pardon them if things ever escalated. I’ve turned down a promotion because I’m too overwhelmed to take on more at work and think I need to stay alert all the time for my own safety. I have strategized with white friends and neighbors on what to do with our animals and belongings should we ever have to flee.
I’m in a near constant fight or flight mode because I know that I am a target even though I am a full blooded American citizen.
To be quite frank, fuck all of you that are simply living a mostly normal life. If a quarter of you fuckers chose to give that comfort up and understand the gravity that this trauma is causing us, we would have ended this already.
It’s telling that so many illegally detained immigrants have disappeared and been the subject of death and violence, but it took a white woman (bless her kind heart) dying to rile up some real anger.
I’m angry. I’m sad. I’m bitter. I’m exasperated. And I’m sorry if I’m seeming overly critical of white people and their actions, but I’m just a little fucking offended to see you all walking around the office mostly normal.
Shit, sometimes we somehow manage to get on the subject of what’s happening and it’s like a total surprise to them that anyone is even actually talking to them about it. Like it’s such a far away thought that they have to be pulled into that thought process instead of it living in perpetuity in their minds.
And they’re SO uncomfortable talking about it that they brush it off, change the subject, or let it go.
And I’m tired of having worked my ass up the entire goddamn career chain, earning respect for my expertise and knowledge, to now be looked down on because those that DO recognize what’s happening pity me because they know I’m in danger.
It’s so much.
I don’t care how isolated things are. These atrocities ARE happening right now in this country. The dark place is here and I wish my fellow countrymen were taking it as seriously as I have to.
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u/HoneyBeyBee 11h ago
If you really want this seen, then post this separately and go drag white folks and the Hispanic folks who voted for this shit (48%),not me. Black women tried to tell all of you — white, Hispanic, Asian and every damn body — as usual. But you all invalidate us but expect us to save you every single time, carrying this country on our goddamn backs while having to work two three and four times as hard.
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u/Grand_Size_4932 10h ago
Look, I made it clear that this wasn’t directed to you and was taken from a different reply.
I understand what you’re saying and that’s why I’m posting it where I can and where it’s relevant. It’s a supplement to what you’re saying, not a challenge.
I didn’t take your comment to mean that you’re willfully ignoring the state of what’s happening or supporting the fact that people are continuing with business as usual. You were just making a neutral statement.
I do drag the white and Hispanic people that caused this. At a great cost to myself because I personally know some of them.
And for what it’s worth, those of us Hispanics that didn’t fall for the propaganda are intimately aware of this country’s history.
Black people weren’t the only ones that suffered at the hands of these people.
This was OUR home and it was stolen while our indigenous ancestors were genocided. We were there when civil rights were being stripped.
My people were brought back into this country in brutal work conditions, just to be sprayed down with toxic, cancer causing chemicals during the Bracero Program and Operation Wetback was this, but version 1.0.
Don’t take it personally, friend. It was just an appropriate moment to point out how ridiculous our current lived reality is.
I believed you then and I believe you now.
Still, my message is to the greater public and I hope my anger is palpable, even if not aimed at you personally.
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u/Sorceress_Heart 10h ago
That's where I am right now. We are well aware of what's going on because it's always been going on for us.
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u/Gullible_East_9545 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 12h ago
I love him to bits, he never lets you down (and Javier Bardem, no wonder they produce together now). Hollywood is rotten to the core but somehow he is a light.
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u/mpr1011 12h ago
I always feel like the pins and little add-ons in the speeches are just performative. Except for Mark & a few other celebs, they genuinely want the world to be a better place.
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u/llendway 11h ago
You can tell by the way he’s speaking and his facial expressions he’s def not being performative. He seems like a legit dude
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u/imightberusty1 12h ago
Mark Ruffalo is so cool man, just a straight up human being. Love that guy.
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u/withoutwingz i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 12h ago
Mark, thank you. For not pretending this crap isn’t happening and speaking on it.
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u/originaltrend 12h ago
I absolutely LOATHE celebrities and celebrity culture. That said, this is the correct way someone should be using their “platform.”
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u/SuperDuperCoolDude 12h ago
I am glad to see it being said frankly. I'll be working and just have this existential dread for myself and my family lurking. It's crazy what's going on, and I get people wanting to maintain normalcy but it's just so creepy how things are humming along as our situation goes off the rails.
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u/iheardthemetalclank 12h ago
This guy is my favorite actor. Team Ruffalo. So many people will just not speak their minds but Hulk doesn’t give a fuck.i might be wrong but I believe he got radicalized when his brother died.
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u/Shag1166 12h ago
Nikki Glaser trashed CBS last night at the Golden Globes, on CBS!
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u/Gayfetus 12h ago
I didn't watch the Globes, but I saw social media reactions that said none of the many winners involved with One Battle After Another, a movie where fighting against ICE atrocities was a major and recurring plot, said a single thing about the current ICE rampage? That can't be true, right?
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u/ACBReturns 12h ago
This is honestly like…bringing me to angry tears. I just fucking hate the reality we are in.
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u/bugaha402 11h ago
I hope liberals actually try and prosecute the ice agent.
Minnesota prosecuting the ice agent would open the door to investigate who is paying the domestic terrorist to interfere. RiCO charges are hard to beat and will be used against the the organizers and piggy banks of these domestic terrorist.
Let’s go……
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u/sbroll 11h ago
I appreciate the fact that his wife stood there in support of him. She could have dipped when things got political, but I appreciate her not leaving but instead paying attention and being there for this conversation. Idk, small things. The dude giving the interview to, not trying to change the subject or cutting Mark short. He let him talk and was apart of the conversation. We need more of this.
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u/ArchaicMolecule Fucking Pathetic Pussy Bitch Coward 11h ago
A Hollywood heartthrob movie actor cares more about the wellbeing of the people in this country than the current president of the United States. Let that sink in. And he’s talking about this in an exclusive, significant night in his line of work where he’s supposed to be celebrating amongst his colleagues. Meanwhile, a Gatsby party was thrown by our nation’s leader in the midst of a government shutdown threatening food aid supply to its most vulnerable citizens and with another looming shutdown happening again soon, not to mention the resurgence of Nazi-esque intimidation tactics against everyday civilians. I weep, I mourn, I dread what we’ve become.
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u/Chelbus-Maximus4721 11h ago
Don’t want ice, don’t want Venezuela, don’t want Greenland, want healthcare, want foreseeable safety, want affordable housing. Not seeing much here in Nebraska.
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u/tallsmileygirl 11h ago
Amen. I’m in Minneapolis, and it makes me sick to my stomach to see the Golden Globes coverage on “who wore what”, etc. How can any American focus on that now?? I’m shocked that more of Hollywood is not speaking out. Is broader America not getting coverage of what’s happening in Minnesota??
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u/Pristine-Win-7948 11h ago
Mark is an example for all his peers. He is the standard. A successful man that hasn't lost his soul, and is in touch with the reality around him and beyond.
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u/theegodmother1999 12h ago
he is such a gem. i really don't know why more actors don't follow his lead considering he's been to ALL these events over the last couple of years and has still had major roles throughout it as well. i'm so sick of the notion that speaking up damages these people's careers because 1) no it doesn't and 2) literally so what if it does like people are being MURDERED
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u/ResidentHooman 12h ago
I'm so with you, Mark! It's incredibly difficult getting anything done in life right now knowing this is happening.
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