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Actor Tim Robbins Decries COVID-19 Sanctimony, Demonization of Vaccine Skeptics

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Actor Tim Robbins Decries COVID-19 Sanctimony, Demonization of Vaccine Skeptics
Tim Robbins at the premiere of “Life of Crime.” Robbins plays Frank Dawson, a rich developer whose wife (Jennifer Aniston) is the target of a kidnapping scheme in Daniel Schechter’s comedy. Evan Ning/Epoch Times
Michael Washburn
By Michael Washburn
12/21/2022Updated: 12/21/2022
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Renowned actor Tim Robbins told comedian Russell Brand during a podcast interview aired over the weekend that his views about COVID-19 restrictions completely changed when Robbins visited parts of the world where people publicly asserted their right to be free from masking, and that lockdown enforcers’ coercion, sanctimony, and demonization of those with different views have fed an atmosphere of tribalism and repression that is dangerous for civil society.

In conversation with Brand on the Dec. 18 episode of the comedian’s podcast, Robbins also voiced his dismay at official policies based on limited scientific studies that discouraged patterns of behavior that might have led to herd immunity, and thus arguably slowed the world’s emergence from the pandemic.

Michael Washburn
Michael Washburn
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Michael Washburn is a New York-based reporter who covers U.S. and China-related topics for The Epoch Times. He has a background in legal and financial journalism, and also writes about arts and culture. Additionally, he is the host of the weekly podcast Reading the Globe. His books include “The Uprooted and Other Stories,” “When We're Grownups,” and “Stranger, Stranger.”
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