Just as it would be a mistake to typecast the versatile Richard Dreyfuss into one type of acting role, it’s also tough to pigeonhole the actor’s politics. While he’s never been a Donald Trump fan, he also famously left the Democratic party years ago, calling himself “pre-partisan,” voted for Obama, and even attended Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Carly Fiorina rallies during the 2016 campaign.
But when it comes to free speech, the man is old school.
In a Friday night interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson during which the two, while respectful to each other, didn’t always agree, Dreyfuss and Carlson did find some common ground on the controversy surrounding liberal college campuses like the University of California at Berkeley essentially banning conservative speakers like Ann Coulter.
.@RichardDreyfuss: colleges are a battlefield of ideas, and we MUST have dissident, dissenting opinions pic.twitter.com/GTyzjJW6Hm
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 29, 2017
“And I am totally incontrovertibly on your side about this,” Dreyfuss told Carlson. “I think that any intrusion into freedom of speech is an intrusion into freedom of speech, and when one of the presidents of the colleges says this is a school not a battlefield I say ‘no, it is a battlefield of ideas and we must have dissident, dissenting opinions on campuses’ and I think it’s political correctness taken to a nightmarish view.”
Carlson quipped that they might agree on the issue because they are both “over 30” with some wisdom and life experience.
Sadly, the college experience these days seems to stunt the maturity of students rather than broaden their horizons.
Dreyfuss got plenty of Twitter support:
@TuckerCarlson @RichardDreyfuss @RichardDreyfuss was excellent tonight! I was pleasantly surprised and loved what he had to say; I’ve been screaming to bring back civics!
— Barb Layden (@bayglet) April 29, 2017
@TuckerCarlson @RichardDreyfuss Great interview and discussion! Please do more of them!?
— Debi Ray (@debi_ray) April 29, 2017
@TuckerCarlson @RichardDreyfuss Brilliant analysis. Simple and elegant. Dreyfuss is spot on!
— Robert Dwyer (@RFDwyer) April 29, 2017
@TuckerCarlson @RichardDreyfuss Loved this one what a great discussion and listening to Mr.Dreyfuss.The respect you 2 showed for each other??
— Be4POTUSA (@blessed42632) April 29, 2017
@TuckerCarlson @RichardDreyfuss Respect to Mr Dreyfuss for telling it like it is.
— Romulus (@historyfanatic) April 29, 2017
@TuckerCarlson @RichardDreyfuss Pull taxpayer funds from schools like Berkley. Cannot allow fascists to trample 1st amendment. Free speech basic tenet of our Democracy.
— Brantley Davis (@Bdavis1461) April 29, 2017
@TuckerCarlson @RichardDreyfuss that was the most informative interview I’ve seen in a long time! Finally someone worth interviewing!
— Aaron Ring (@AaronRing79) April 29, 2017
@TuckerCarlson @RichardDreyfuss May not agree with Richard, but he’s right. Good guest #Tucker
— Leopld Stotch (@osully70) April 29, 2017
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