Clint Eastwood Warns Political Correctness ‘Killing’ Country: ‘We’ve Lost Our Sense of Humor’ – Breitbart News

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While addressing a packed audience Sunday, the Oscar-winner said his seminal crime dramaDirty Harrycould not have been made in todays politically correct climate.

A lot of people thought it was politically incorrect, Eastwood said of the 1971 film he starred in. That was at the beginning of the era that were in now, where everybody thinks everyones politically correct.

Were killing ourselves by doing that, the 86-year-old star warned, declaring that weve lost our sense of humour.

Of course, this wasnt the first time that Eastwood has warned of the dangers of political correctness.

In an interview last August withEsquire,Eastwood said then-candidate Donald Trumps political success was due in part to his disregard for political correctness.

Hes onto something, because secretly everybodys getting tired of political correctness, kissing up, the actor said,Thats the kiss-ass generation were in right now. Were really in a pussy generation. Everybodys walking on eggshells.

Hes said a lot of dumb things. So have all of them. Both sides, he added. But everybody the press and everybodys going, Oh, well, thats racist, and theyre making a big hoodoo out of it. Just f*cking get over it. Its a sad time in history.

While the filmmakertold festival-goers that he would return to acting someday, hedid impart some filming wisdom on a crowd that featuredA-listers and entertainment industry executives.

If you have good luck with your instincts, you might as well trust them, he said. Its an emotional art form. Its not an intellectual art form at all.

Eastwood was honored with several screenings of his filmsover the weekend.

The filmmaker recentlysigned on to directThe 15:17 to Paris,a film based on the thwarted ISIS-inspired terror attack in 2015 in which a gunman opened fire on ahigh-speed train traveling to Paris.

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Clint Eastwood Warns Political Correctness 'Killing' Country: 'We've Lost Our Sense of Humor' - Breitbart News