My father, who was a republican (he died, not that he recovered from political conservativism), really liked that Schneider was one of the few conservatives in Hollywood and liked what he stood for, politically.
Except that he detested anyone who held anti-lgbt views and only judged people buy their skin or gender in regards to being excited about seeing more representation in media. He frequently gave to charity and supported public education. But he was a firm believer in bootstraps and all that "no such thing as a free lunch," and was ridiculously judgemental about laziness. He also was a pioneer of technology and held numerous patents.
Three point is that genius and idiocy come in a countless number of flavors. My dad was the smartest man I've ever known and he was a bit of a moron.
I'm a gear-head so I figured I oughtta watch the duke's of hazard, but after making it past a bunch of not ok "jokes" and comments there was one episode where the sexism was just outta hand and I quit watching it. The driving scenes are impressive, but a lot of it hasn't aged well, to put it lightly.
Trying to stay relevant? I'm sure he earned himself some speaking engagements at various GOP events, at the least, maybe even a future in politics. Dukes of Hazard merch sales skyrocketing!
I agree with the "who?", but then I'm not big in to TV and film.
The "who cares?" though is particularly problematic - it shows a rise in the normalisation of open threats of violence. Today, it's a political figure who by the definition of the US's party system is going to be a polarising figure - but tomorrow it can be any person that isn't flavour of the week, justified or not.
I was reading the “who cares” as “who cares what he has to say?” (being a furtherance of wondering why this person has a platform or is getting a headline) I read it that way rather than “who cares that someone is threatening to kill the President.” (Which I think how you took it)
No one should care what a racist piece of shit thinks. They should be ignored. Shunned. When we care what they think, they keep thinking it louder and louder until you can’t not hear it.