Jane Fonda
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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What do you know about this?
But the fact is, artists model courage.
Courage is contagious.
Also, comics in particular.
Ridicule and humor are the best ways of confronting authoritarianism.
They don't know what to do about it.
The goal of the authoritarians is always to show we're impermeable, impenetrable.
We are inevitable.
There's nothing you can do about it.
You know, and then a kid comes along or a comic and says, look at you with no clothes, makes fun of the authoritarianism.
It exposes their weakness.
It's the last thing that authoritarians want.
When we first formed October 1st and launched, there was a lot of publicity.
This is the Committee for the First Amendment.
The Committee for the First Amendment.
I was stunned at the response that we got.
from movement leaders all around the country, from Europe, from all the major foundations.
Wow.
You know, if we don't matter, why is everybody so excited that this has happened?
Right.