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In response to "This is a very good point about Meryl's speech. -- (link)" by JaxSean

I sort of thought the same thing. Like, I wasn't sure it was a lifetime achievement she was accepting

Posted by Mel Profit (aka mel profit) Jan 9 '17, 08:02

I feel as she does and yet I thought there were better ways to tie her career to the state of the world than what she did. It felt very much exactly what people who hate "hollywood" would expect to hear from hollywood.

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I'm not a big fan do using award speeches for politics because - ty97 Jan 9, 08:09 1
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I agree with this, but I also think this is the time to speak out to as wide an audience as you can when you can. 11 damn days. -- nm - Diva Jan 9, 08:06 11
- i *hate* to use the Hitler example, but people who spoke up against him in early days look like heroes now. I bet - Andie Jan 9, 08:09 1
  - yep. I don't plan to ever shut up about how wrong I think so much of this is. -- nm - Diva Jan 9, 08:10
- I agree with this. Take the opportunity. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 9, 08:09
- crazy question. What do they think it is gonna do? - groiny Jan 9, 08:08 7
  - maybe shame him into better behavoir? I mean ... her points were very well made I thought. -- nm - JenBro Jan 9, 08:33
  - I sure hope so -- nm - decline Jan 9, 08:18
  - All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- nm - Edmund Burke Jan 9, 08:11
  - i hope so. i hope people don't just give up and let him run loose. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 08:09
  - sure, why not. (I didn't think it was shit.) -- nm - Diva Jan 9, 08:09 2
    - oh, no, I said I loved the speech itself. - groiny Jan 9, 08:10 1
      - never. shutting. up. -- nm - Diva Jan 9, 08:11
Eh, she has always been outspoken. She is bigger than the award, and took the opportunity to defend the press. Admirable. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 08:04 2
- I don't disagree. I wonder if it changed any minds. I don't think it did. But maybe that wasn't the intent. Maybe it was a call to mobilize. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 9, 08:10
- yep -- nm - mud Jan 9, 08:07

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