Cheers to John Cusack: “I believe that there comes a time when silence is acquiescent to what’s happening”
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In an interview published in the New York Times on September 14, John Cusack was asked, “Let me ask you a human-experience question: You’re an actor—and you’ve probably gotten more attention over the last few years for tweeting about politics than for acting. Is that worrying? You wouldn’t want to be the left-wing version of a James Woods, a great actor whose talent has maybe been obscured by his aggressively tweeting about right-wing politics all the time.”
John Cusack responded:
You know, I was born into a family where Dan Berrigan [Times footnote: The Jesuit priest, poet and political activist, frequently jailed for his protest activities, was a family friend of the Cusacks.] gave the baptisms and eulogies. I believe that there comes a time when silence is acquiescent to what’s happening. If your government is abducting children and driving around with unmarked cars sweeping up protesters, I don’t know if you should be worried about your career.
We need a LOT more like this!
John Cusak Photo: Wikicommons
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