Everyone knows that Clint Eastwood is about as old school a geezer as it gets, so it comes as little surprise to find that he doesn’t think too highly of today’s more whiny and entitled generation.
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He had the following to say on current-day America and his thoughts on Donald Trump during an interview with Esquire this week:
ESQ: Your characters have become touchstones in the culture, whether it’s Reagan invoking “Make my day” or now Donald Trump … I swear he’s even practiced your scowl.
CE: Maybe. But he’s onto something, because secretly everybody’s getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That’s the kiss-ass generation we’re in right now. We’re really in a pussy generation. Everybody’s walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren’t called racist. And then when I did Gran Torino, even my associate said, “This is a really good script, but it’s politically incorrect.” And I said, “Good. Let me read it tonight.” The next morning, I came in and I threw it on his desk and I said, “We’re starting this immediately.”
ESQ: What is the “pussy generation”?
CE: All these people that say, “Oh, you can’t do that, and you can’t do this, and you can’t say that.” I guess it’s just the times.
ESQ: What do you think Trump is onto?
CE: What Trump is onto is he’s just saying what’s on his mind. And sometimes it’s not so good. And sometimes it’s … I mean, I can understand where he’s coming from, but I don’t always agree with it.
ESQ: So you’re not endorsing him?
CE: I haven’t endorsed anybody. I haven’t talked to Trump. I haven’t talked to anybody. You know, he’s a racist now because he’s talked about this judge. And yeah, it’s a dumb thing to say. I mean, to predicate your opinion on the fact that the guy was born to Mexican parents or something. He’s said a lot of dumb things. So have all of them. Both sides. But everybody—the press and everybody’s going, “Oh, well, that’s racist,” and they’re making a big hoodoo out of it. Just fucking get over it. It’s a sad time in history.
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Always great to hear Clint Eastwood in grumpy old man mode. Obviously he’s spot on about political correctness being completely out of control. You have to watch everything you say these days because some sensitive bastard will take it out of context and absolutely ruin you for it. At least there’s still people like Clint around who aren’t afraid to say what’s on their mind. I guess he’s got nothing to lose at this point though.
For something Clint Eastwood would get really pissed about, check out this advert the Red Cross had to take down because people thought it was racist.
