Actress Susan Sarandon is a progressive’s progressive. She can be counted on by the far-left to support all their causes.
She pushed her luck recently when she ranted against Israel and its war of self defense against Hamas. The talent agency that represents her dropped her as a client.
The Hollywood agency, UTA, said on Tuesday that it was no longer representing her. During a recent anti-Israel, anti-Jew rally in New York City, Sarandon ranted to the crowd that frightened Jews in America are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America.” As you can imagine, Jews were angered by her remark.
The 77-year-old actress has spent the past few weeks raging against Israel and is now under fire for her latest outburst in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas.
Sources say several staffers at UTA were extremely hurt by Sarandon’s comments.
She has been with UTA since 2014. Oh well. Them’s the breaks.
Where are Muslims being massacred in large numbers in America? And, by whom in America? Hamas is an internationally recognized terrorist organization. Hamas slaughtered and tortured and kidnapped Jews and others in an early morning massacre in Israel. Nothing like that happens in America.
It’s one thing for an ignorant college student to march in an antisemitic demonstration in New York. It’s quite another thing for a 77-year-old privileged adult to make such ridiculous comparisons. She knows exactly what she is saying when she joins in with chants “From the river, to the sea.” Shame on her.
When Susan Sarandon said that Jews “are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country” she was saying that American Jews have it coming – that we don't deserve to live free from harassment and assault.
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) November 21, 2023
It wasn’t just Jewish employees at UTA that criticized Sarandon. One Muslim American schooled her on X, formerly known as Twitter, with a list of the freedoms she and her parents enjoy in the US. Asra Nomani is a Pakistani refugee.
Sharing a photo of herself with her parents, Nomani wrote: “‘Hi there Susan Sarandon, this is my mom, my dad and me on the rail trail in Morgantown, West by God Virginia. Let me tell you what it means to be Muslim in America.
“My dad didn’t have to become a second-class indentured servant to one of the many tyrants of Muslim countries that use immigrants from India, like my family, as essential slaves…my dad got a job as an assistant professor of nutrition.
“He got rejected first for tenure but being Muslim in America meant he got a right like everybody got — his right to appeal and guess what? He won and he became a full professor.
But wait, there’s more. She went on to school Sarandon about the lives of women in Muslim countries.
“My mom? Being Muslim in America meant she got to live FREE with the wind in her hair, like Masih Alinejad fights for women in the Muslim nation of Iran to be able to enjoy.”
Nomani also said she was able to give birth safely and freely to a baby out of wedlock in America — something that would have led to her death in some Muslim countries.
“This is a ‘taste’ of life for a Muslim family in America. Please don’t minimize the experience of Jewish Americans by sanitizing the hell that it is for Muslims living in Muslim countries and vilifying America for the life — and freedoms — she offers Muslims like my family,” she added.
Hi there @SusanSarandon, this is my mom, my dad and me on the rail trail in Morgantown, West by God Virginia. Let me tell you what it means to be Muslim in America.
First, your backstory: At an anti-Israel protest in NYC, you just said, "There are a lot of people that are… pic.twitter.com/zAyUjpTxkY
— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) November 20, 2023
That’s the most ironic thing about Sarandon and other grown adult women who ignorantly support terrorists. They are the first people that Hamas would kill, given the opportunity. Not by Israelis but by Hamas in Gaza.
Susan Sarandon should learn to read a room. Standing with supporters of terrorists and ranting antisemitic tropes against Jews is not acceptable. She should check her moral clarity at this moment in history. She’s on the wrong side.
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