Anybody know if Rob Reiner is okay?

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[Yarddog]

Rob Reiner's son, Nick, is in custody as of this writing: Rob And Michele Reiner's Son In Custody After Stabbing Deaths

Wow, so sad. The article also had Trump's crazy response. Just as sad.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Wow, so sad. The article also had Trump's crazy response. Just as sad.

I thought it was heartfelt and appropriate for a head of state.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

A loving, very not inappropriate message from our President about this incident. Truly an example we should all strive for. Try not to cry from the outpouring of emotion.

He really is a pathetic, narcissistic toddler.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Insane.

Makes me think of all the tweets we’ll be reading when his day finally comes.

At which point all his supporters and sycophants will instantly forget all the things Trump said about others and cry over all the mean people making fun of Trumps death.

 

[Yarddog]

I thought it was heartfelt and appropriate for a head of state.

You probably didn't read his first statement.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Does this mean that it's now acceptable to say that Charlie Kirk is to blame for his own death?

The "nitpick" response would that the deaths happened under two different sets of circumstances and motives.


That aside, Rob Reiner seemed to be of a mindset similar to mine with regards to "why should we have to pretend to respect someone we had no respect for just because they died?"


Rob Reiner Circa 2021 (the day after Rush Limbaugh died):
Rush Limbaugh is gone. But there is no scarcity of other purveyors of disinformation like him left in his wake. To protect our Democracy we must remain vigilant in calling out their big lies. Starting with climate change.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) February 18, 2021

Gooses and Ganders and all that jazz... Seems Reiner wasn't opposed to taking the death of a political rival (who injected themselves into politics) and using that as a basis for making a political statement of their own.


It's funny because I remember linking that in the Limbaugh thread when it happened (because I was also bashing Limbaugh), and then this same kind of conversation happened all over again when Dick Cheney died.

 

[durangodawood]

The "nitpick" response would that the deaths happened under two different sets of circumstances and motives.


That aside, Rob Reiner seemed to be of a mindset similar to mine with regards to "why should we have to pretend to respect someone we had no respect for just because they died?"


Rob Reiner Circa 2021 (the day after Rush Limbaugh died):
Rush Limbaugh is gone. But there is no scarcity of other purveyors of disinformation like him left in his wake. To protect our Democracy we must remain vigilant in calling out their big lies. Starting with climate change.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) February 18, 2021


Gooses and Ganders and all that jazz... Seems Reiner wasn't opposed to taking the death of a political rival (who injected themselves into politics) and using that as a basis for making a political statement of their own.


It's funny because I remember linking that in the Limbaugh thread when it happened (because I was also bashing Limbaugh), and then this same kind of conversation happened all over again when Dick Cheney died.

Well Ive always said, Rob Reiner is not my president!

Even so, he was right on about Rush.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Well Ive always said, Rob Reiner is not my president!

Even so, he was right on about Rush.

Awww...but Rush died...it's in such bad taste to say anything bad about him, because dying (literally something that will happen to all of us) means everyone else has to pretend to like you and soften their rhetoric for a month or two </sarcasm>

Back to reality
Rob Reiner injected himself into politics the same way Rush Limbaugh and Charlie Kirk did, and as I showed above, wasn't opposed to the "stick the boot in while the body's still warm" approach if it was a person he didn't like.

Had it been someone like a Keanu Reeves (someone who's known for being non-controversial, nice guy, charitable, and keeping his politics to himself and going out of his way to stay out of all that sort of mess), and a politician went on a tirade about him, that'd be a different story.


...and for that matter, I don't even know that the "tepid obligatory acknowledgment" (like we saw a bunch of people do for Kirk) would've made a difference either.

You know, that cheesy:
"Well, even though I disagreed with his politics, it's sad that... yada yada yada"
(that nobody takes seriously)

It certainly didn't work when Trump made much more gracious comments about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing.

We all remember this right?

And then the Twitter/Facebook onslaught of "well if you thought she was so amazing or had any respect for her, then why are you trying to undermine and undo all the things she fought for, huh????"

 

[SarahsKnight]

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And THAT'S how a gentleman of opposing political persuasion reacts to someone's death, Mr. President.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

The "nitpick" response would that the deaths happened under two different sets of circumstances and motives.

Not in any meaningful way - if we take Trump's claim at face value, Reiner was killed because he said mean things about Trump. Similarly, some claimed that Kirk was killed for saying mean things about liberals and trans people. Surely you can recognize the irony of the Right losing their collective minds over anyone implying that Kirk somehow might have deserved to be killed (or even that they just didn't feel all that broken up by his death) and then shrugging their shoulders and saying "Meh" when Trump says the same thing about someone they dislike?

 

[d taylor]

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Interesting how people who do not care a lick about you and people who, you will never be allowed into their world. Can cause such polarization among people arguing over what they say and do. When you have no say in or control over the world they live in, which is not your world and most likely will never be (unless you win the 100 billion$ lottery). Then they may take notice of you not because of you, but because of the money you now have.

It is funny how many think their world of theater is real, well welcome to the show.

 

[Servus]

Wow did this thread actually switch to being about Trump? Seriously? Unbelievable.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Wow did this thread actually switch to being about Trump? Seriously? Unbelievable.

Seriously.

Who first made Rob Reiner’s death about Trump?

Oh that’s right. Trump did.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Seriously.

Who first made Rob Reiner’s death about Trump?

Oh that’s right. Trump did.

There needs to be a gold medal for mental gymnastics.

 

[durangodawood]

.....Back to reality
Rob Reiner injected himself into politics the same way Rush Limbaugh and Charlie Kirk did.....

Reality?

Rush's entire job and persona was politics (and often lying about it). Mr Kirk was 100% political polemics.

So, not the same at all. Good gracious, Rob!

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Reality?

Rush's entire job and persona was politics (and often lying about it). Mr Kirk was 100% political polemics.

So, not the same.

Rob Reiner - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In 1998, Reiner chaired the campaign to pass California Proposition 10

He was a co-founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which initiated the court challenge against California Proposition 8 that banned same-sex marriage in the state.

Reiner came under criticism for campaigning for Proposition 82, a ballot measure to fund public preschools, while serving as chair of the First 5 Commission.

Reiner was a member of the Social Responsibility Task Force

He campaigned extensively for Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election

Reiner served on the advisory board of the Committee to Investigate Russia.



He was well known for involving himself in political.

When a person is serving on the advisory board (along side Leon Panetta and James Clapper) to investigate Trump/Russia connections...I think the whole "Not political" thing goes out the window.

 

[durangodawood]

.....When a person is serving on the advisory board (along side Leon Panetta and James Clapper) to investigate Trump/Russia connections...I think the whole "Not political" thing goes out the window.

Theres quite a gulf between "not political" and political in the same way as Rush Limbaugh. Good on Mr Reiner for taking a few political side quests!

In his heyday everyone I knew had exposure to political Rush. Some for hours a day! There's not a lot of people like that - on any side of politics.

 

[Perpetual Student]

A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace! Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

This is unbelievable.
Read very carefully what Trump writes:
"due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, "
Is there anywhere any word of condemnation for the murders? Is there anywhere any word of condemnation of the murderer? No, it was Reiner who caused the anger according to Trump.
"He was known to have driven people CRAZY ": poor poor murderer driven crazy by the raging Reiner. Shouldn't we all start a GoFundme for the devastated murderer? After all, it was Reiner who drove him crazy.

But not all is bad in Trump's tweet. After all he finishes with "May Rob and Michele rest in peace", which is a step forward compared to a Christmas message from some years ago where is ended with "MAY THEY ROT IN HELL":

https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1739422193648304520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1739422193648304520%7Ctwgr%5E126394835fe5dccff207fef74b7b41f9ea939263%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fdonald-trump-rot-in-hell-truth-social-christmas_n_658a5753e4b03e698a141df3

America, this is your president.

 

[Desk trauma]

Is there anywhere any word of condemnation for the murders?

Also missing, any indication that the alleged anger his political opinions caused was the inspiration for his son to murder him.