Jane Fonda, America’s least favorite anti-war activist turned Hollywood moral authority, took center stage at the 31st Annual SAG Awards to do what she does best—lecture the rest of us. While the Lifetime Achievement Award was meant to celebrate her acting career (which peaked sometime around the Nixon administration), Fonda used her speech to launch into a predictable tirade about “wokeness” and empathy. Because, of course, nothing says authentic compassion like a wealthy actress lecturing Middle America from her Beverly Hills estate.
Woke Just Means You Care… Unless You’re a Veteran
Fonda wasted no time pushing the tired Hollywood line that being woke is just about “giving a damn about other people.” Of course, if you ask the Vietnam veterans who still remember her infamous 1972 trip to North Vietnam, where she posed for photos laughing on an anti-aircraft gun, they might have a different perspective on her ability to “give a damn.” But let’s not let history get in the way of the latest celebrity rebranding effort.
She even referenced Sebastian Stan’s portrayal of Trump in ‘The Apprentice’, implying that actors must empathize with the roles they play—even when portraying a villain. Ah yes, because the real tragedy of our time is actors having to pretend to understand Trump. Perhaps Fonda can tell us more about empathy once she finally extends some to the men whose suffering she mocked five decades ago.
Hollywood’s Empathy is a One-Way Street
For decades, Hollywood’s elite have wrapped themselves in the language of empathy while showing absolutely none for people outside their ideological bubble. When it comes to migrants, criminals, or radical activists? “We must understand them.” But when it comes to struggling American families crushed by inflation, overrun border towns, or veterans who served their country? Crickets.
Fonda’s speech is just another example of how Hollywood hijacks words like “woke” and “compassion” to prop up their political agenda while ignoring the very people they claim to fight for. What about the millions of blue-collar workers laid off thanks to globalist policies that Fonda and her friends champion? Or the families struggling to afford groceries while Hollywood elites fly in private jets to climate summits? Where’s the empathy for them?
We’re in Our “Documentary Moment”—But Not the One She Thinks
Fonda went on to say that we are living in a “documentary moment,” comparing today’s political climate to historical movements like civil rights, Stonewall, and apartheid. Ah yes, because every Starbucks barista having to work a full shift before protesting is just like the struggles of the 1960s.
She then urged the audience to prepare for what’s coming and to keep “a big tent” for everyone—even those of different political persuasions. Now, if Fonda truly meant that, it would be a refreshing break from the usual leftist Hollywood cultism. But we all know what she really means—agree with us or get canceled.
Final Thoughts
Jane Fonda is 87 years old, yet somehow, she’s still managing to be just as out-of-touch as ever. Her speech at the SAG Awards was less about wisdom and more about another aging celebrity trying to stay relevant in an industry that’s already moved on to the next progressive cause. Her words weren’t about unity or real empathy—they were just another Hollywood attempt to control the narrative.
The irony? Fonda spent a lifetime demanding “justice” while standing on the wrong side of history. From North Vietnam to woke Hollywood, her idea of activism has always been about pushing an agenda—not about actual compassion for the people who make this country great.
So Jane, if woke really means caring about people, maybe it’s time to start with the ones you sold out first.
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I thought Hanoi Jane was dead.