Seth Rogen On Political Divisions: ‘People Get Sick Of Seeing F***ing Hippies Doing Acid’

Comedian Seth Rogen, an avowed leftist, weighed in with a blunt take on why the country is so divided politically.

“I personally try not to go too dark on all of it and think like, ‘Oh, are we on the precipice of global societal collapse?’” the “Knocked Up” star said in an Esquire interview posted Tuesday. “Since the end of the Civil War, America’s remained a very divided country in a lot of ways.”

Rogen vaguely referenced President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to prosecute criminals as resonating with people, even those in Democrat-heavy urban areas. 

“People get sick of seeing f***ing hippies doing acid and f***ng on their lawns, and they’re like, ‘Let’s f***ing clean up these streets a little bit,’” Rogen told the outlet. “And then people get sick of seeing f***ng dorks cleaning up the streets and they go back the other way. That’s not to say it doesn’t have very real and troubling ramifications on many people’s lives, but I try to maintain hope that the ball will roll onwards, even though it might be wobbling back and forth.”

This observation differs from what Rogen said a couple of years ago when an X user complained about having his car broken into. At the time, the actor urged the crime victim to just deal with it because crime was common, and Los Angeles “still had a lot going for it.”

“Dude I’ve lived here for over 20 years. You’re nuts haha. It’s lovely here. Don’t leave anything valuable in [your car]. It’s called living in a big city,” he responded to the person who had his personal items stolen, as The Daily Wire previously reported.

“i can still be mad tho right? feel so violated,” the person replied, prompting Rogen to write, “You can be mad but I guess I don’t personally view my car as an extension of myself and I’ve never really felt violated any of the 15 or so times my car was broken in to. Once a guy accidentally left a cool knife in my car so if it keeps happening you might get a little treat.”

“I lived in West Hollywood for 20 years and parked on the street. … Also it sucks your sh** was stolen but LA is not some sh**hole city. As far as big cities go it has a lot going for it,” he added in a follow-up.