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Who's saying Meryl Streep isn't allowed to comment on politics because she's rich? -- nm

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jan 10 '17, 07:01

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I don't see people saying Streep isn't allowed to comment. More that she shouldn't because Americans don't care what Hollywood thinks on politics. - Inigo Jan 10, 07:26 16
- Which, given Trump's entertainment connections is just another bit of GOP hypocrisy. "You can only comment if you agree with me, otherwise shut up" -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 07:33 12
  - I completely disagree with this sentiment - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:42 9
    - OK good. But we're talking about the people who are trying to silence, intimidate or minimize those voices. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 07:44 8
      - Call it splitting hairs if you want, I don't care. - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:48 7
        
        You've address "silenced", now address "minimize" and "intimidate", because that is also what is happening. - TWuG Jan 10, 07:53 3
        
        I agree. - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:58
        
        And, doesn't it all mean the same thing ? "Shut up."? -- nm - Andie Jan 10, 07:54 1
        
        It does. But is hardly surprising from a party that has eschewed evidence and fact for decades. - TWuG Jan 10, 07:59
        
        It's a distinction without a difference. -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 07:50
        
        It's basically the definition of an ad hominem attack - dismissing the message because of who says it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 07:50 1
        
        Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:50
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    - Oh, I think the main GOP motivation has been "how can we be assholes" for awhile now. - TWuG Jan 10, 07:48
- Yes, it's mostly been "This is why you lost. Keep it up and you'll lose again." -- nm - volnelk Jan 10, 07:28 1
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- I agree, I have seen much more of this behavior. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:28
Marky Mark. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 10, 07:25
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- Reviewing the board subjects from yesterday - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:22 1
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Tucker Carlson, for one. He had a few gems. - Roger More Jan 10, 07:07 19
- After reading that entire link - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:12 13
  - He's dismissing her comments on the basis that she's rich and entitled, and therefore isn't worth listening to. It amounts to the same thing. -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 07:15 9
    - I disagree - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:24 6
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        Yes, FOX News is primarily conservatives talking to other conservatives. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:35 2
        
        You could make the same argument about almost every political speech given, ever. It's an absurd criticism and made more absurd by the fact that she -- (edited) - pmb Jan 10, 07:38
        
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      - I think you're splitting hairs based on a narrow definition of "allowed". -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 07:30 1
        
        Obtuse literalism is obtuse. -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 07:33
    - SB knows that. Everyone knows that. It's just the game he likes to play. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 07:16
    - But from a pauper with no pedestal like Tucker Carlson, that feels like a legitimate complaint. -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 07:15
  - Didn't she herself make that explanation as part of her speech? - ty97 Jan 10, 07:14 2
    - that was the killer reoccurring joke of the night. - Mel Profit Jan 10, 07:22 1
      - That was Hugh Laurie. (Love him) - znufrii Jan 10, 07:30
- Is there a context in which those remarks are controversial? -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 07:11 2
  - Exactly. Her remarks are the things everyone should be saying, Period. Not just liberals or Hollywood. Everyone should be saying this including Tucker -- (edited) - Diva Jan 10, 07:34 1
    - There's a quote from Voltaire that I've been thinking about lately. "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers" -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 07:41
- Are we sure he wasn't taking about PEOTUS? -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 07:09 1
  - Exactly my thought -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 07:12
Would "has no right to" be more accurate? -- nm - mara Jan 10, 07:06 2
- Those are interchangeable IMO. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:07 1
  - But aren't people pretty clearly saying that they think she had no right to? -- nm - mara Jan 10, 07:15
Every conservative in every reply to every tweet about Meryl Streep, mostly. -- nm - volnelk Jan 10, 07:03 1
- Understood. - Strongbad Jan 10, 07:06
Every Republican in my FB feed. -- nm* - Dark Callisto Jan 10, 07:03

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