# Is Harry Belafonte Nuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003 "2012-12-14T05:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/1 "2012-12-14T05:17:35Z")
He’s calling for Obama to behave a like 3rd world dictator:[Belafonte's Advice to Obama: Imprison Opposition "Like a Third World Dictator" (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft | 2](http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/12/belafonte-advice-to-obama-imprison-opposition-like-a-third-world-dictator-video/) An interesting bit of advice for the president!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/2 "2012-12-14T05:26:00Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > He’s calling for Obama to behave a like 3rd world dictator:[Belafonte's Advice to Obama: Imprison Opposition "Like a Third World Dictator" (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft](http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/12/belafonte-advice-to-obama-imprison-opposition-like-a-third-world-dictator-video/) > An interesting bit of advice for the president!😉 That didn’t really sound like advice to me. More like a tongue-in-cheek response to the extremism directed against the president. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/3 "2012-12-14T07:01:05Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/4 "2012-12-14T08:56:40Z")
I…if you think that’s what he was saying, well… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/5 "2012-12-14T09:08:36Z")
I like Belafonte. He’s so reminiscent of the 20th century. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/6 "2012-12-14T23:21:34Z")
Maybe he isn’t nuts. But he’s certainly gone bananas. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/7 "2012-12-15T00:06:32Z")
No. He’s just a hater. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/8 "2012-12-15T00:10:34Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Maybe he isn’t nuts. But he’s certainly gone bananas. How many? Can you tally his bananas? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/9 "2012-12-15T00:13:38Z")
The man has a bit of an extreme ideology, relatively speaking. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/10 "2012-12-15T00:20:32Z")
He’s been nuts for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/11 "2012-12-15T01:28:20Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/12 "2012-12-15T05:44:54Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That didn’t really sound like advice to me. More like a tongue-in-cheek response to the extremism directed against the president. What extremism? Not rubber-stamping everything Obama says we need? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/13 "2012-12-15T05:57:43Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > What extremism? Not rubber-stamping everything Obama says we need? Yes, you’re right, that’s exactly what they’ve been doing, not rubber-stamping everything. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/14 "2012-12-15T07:08:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yes, you’re right, that’s exactly what they’ve been doing, not rubber-stamping everything. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/15 "2012-12-15T07:10:09Z")
BTW, Harry thinks Castro is great and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were martyrs. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/16 "2012-12-15T07:21:37Z")
Another straw grasped by the Right. Aren’t they ever embarrassed by it? “Look what he said. Yeah, it’s only a joke, but _look what he said!_” ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/17 "2012-12-15T16:44:07Z")
Yes he is but so are probably 1B other folks on this planet. What’s the big dealio? What I don’t understand is why people keep dialing him up for opinions. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-belafonte-nuts/644003/18 "2012-12-15T22:12:42Z")
He’s always been an ultra-left wing limousine liberal. Now he’s all that and senile too! Seriously. Should stick to singing banana boat songs, got that cornered…