'That’s Not a Free Country': Woody Harrelson Slams Covid Mandates in NYT Interview
'I don’t feel that we should have forced testing, forced masking and forced vaccination.'
After slamming lockdowns in a Saturday Night Live Appearance over the weekend (see below), Woody Harrelson doubled down on his opposition to Covid mandates in a new New York Times interview.
“What’s absurd about the Covid protocols?” The New York Times Magazine asked Harrelson, who is doing interviews to promote his new movie Champions.
“The fact that they’re still going on!” the actor responded. “I don’t think that anybody should have the right to demand that you’re forced to do the testing, forced to wear the mask and forced to get vaccinated three years on. I’m just like, let’s be done with this nonsense. It’s not fair to the crews. I don’t have to wear the mask. Why should they? Why should they have to be vaccinated? How’s that not up to the individual? I shouldn’t be talking about this [expletive].”
Harrelson continued:
“The anarchist part of me, I don’t feel that we should have forced testing, forced masking and forced vaccination. That’s not a free country. Really I’m talking about the crew. Because I can get out of wearing a mask. I can test less. I’m not in the same position they’re in, but it’s wrong. It’s three years. Stop.
Harrelson’s comments drew support from fellow actor Tim Robbins, who in November blasted Covid lockdowns.
“Woody is right,” the Mystic River actor tweeted. “Time to end this charade.”
For nearly three years, I’ve been writing about these damaging, reckless, and insane policies cooked up by central planners, who’ve trampled on the Constitution and the liberties of Americans to "protect them” form the virus. So I’m not going to lie: it’s welcome to see people like Woody Harrelson joining the fight.
Also, I couldn’t help but notice Harrelson referred to the “anarchist” part of him and that this his comments were made just days before the birthday of anarcho-capitalist Murray Rothbard, the great enemy of the state who would have turned 97 on Thursday.
Though I consider myself a minarchist not an anarchist, I think anyone who cherishes liberty can learn a lot form Rothbard.
I have no idea if Harrelson is an anarchist in the Rothbardian sense, but if he’s not, he should try reading For a New Liberty. He might soon be one.