I wouldn’t assume she hasn’t put considerable thought into this. I’ve listened to a couple of her talks on other subjects and found her to be quite insightful.

@jerry99 Sorry, I have been hearing about her for years and I always see emotions over reason as her motto. I was on the board of ZPG (chapter) for years. In 2000 a new director felt we needed money to get our message out. He courted people with money and one was Ted Turner. Turner gave $1 million. However Turner was married to Fonda at the time and our message changed and it eliminated the immigration portion of US population gain. I/we strongly suspected this was a quid pro quo deal and Fonda was the voice behind it. This is the kind of stuff I saw her doing. It was always about populism.

It's a message -- an extremely visible, long-time celebrity is using her fame to remind people that climate change is a real problem worth putting yourself out of your comfort zone to try to get things changed. If an 81-year-old woman is willing to get arrested to make the point, then why aren't the rest of us taking some action?

@jerry99 I am very curious what she has determined as 'comfort zone'.

@JackPedigo Those are my words. I imagine that as a successful star of a tv series, she has a pretty comfortable life in California.

@jerry99 And like so many others of fame and fortune she appeals to her base. Never, ever rock the boat.