Jane Fonda: Here’s what happened when I went door-knocking in Pennsylvania

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By Jane Fonda
August 30, 2019

Jane Fonda is an actress and activist.

I’m scared. I’m scared for our democracy, for our ability to live together in community across lines of race, class and religion. I’m scared for my grandchildren and for the planet. The country is contorted and polarized, with the flames of hate fanned by leaders at the highest level. But I saw a path forward recently in Scranton, Pa., where I spent a hot, humid evening knocking on doors with Working America. (By the way, when I do this, I only give my first name and am rarely recognized.)

Steve, in his 40s, had a bad day at work but was willing to speak with me. He said there’s no politician who will fight for him. He doesn’t trust any of them. That’s why he doesn’t pay attention to any news. He voted for the Green Party last time as a protest, but he also doesn’t like immigrants getting public benefits. We learned all of this because, like with every Working America conversation, we started the conversation by asking Steve what mattered to him, what was on his mind. At the end of our questions, Steve said, “Can I ask you something?  Why do you do this?” He wanted to keep talking.

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[mystery-ak]

Jane Fonda is an actress and activist.

....and a traitor.

[Bigun]

....and a traitor.

    With a capital T!

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Heh, remember someone spit in her face with tobacco spittle a few years back?

[Cyber Liberty]

Early in the article:

Last year in San Diego, Sharon said she was 100 percent for Trump, but when I told her Trump’s health-care bill would allow her son’s insurance company to stop covering him because he has a serious preexisting condition, she seemed to stop breathing for a moment. “I had no idea,” she gasped. “I can’t let that happen.”

Then later:

Fear can be so powerful, but what overcomes fear is connection. We don’t need to choose between Democratic base voters and swing voters. All working people, no matter their race, ethnicity, gender, faith, or sexual orientation or gender identity, need a stake and a say in our society — and they all need to hear that they’re part of “We the People.” Talking with them, not at them, is the best way to do it. Working America and other organizations are helping volunteers spend time in working-class communities around the country to have those conversations.

The traitor doesn't have an ounce of self-awareness.  Uses fear to propagandize people, then boasts she's transcended fear.

[PeteS in CA]

How many Americans slammed their doors in Fonda's face, with or without an epithet?

[catfish1957]

(By the way, when I do this, I only give my first name and am rarely recognized.)

That's a real testament to the legacy of your career Hanoi Jane......

[M Zack Ross]

That's a real testament to the legacy of your career Hanoi Jane......

I remember Firesign Theater's parody of Hanoi Jane where she is saying, "If it wasn't for my writers, I couldn't answer the phone."