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In response to "Who's saying Meryl Streep isn't allowed to comment on politics because she's rich? -- nm" by Strongbad

Tucker Carlson, for one. He had a few gems.

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Jan 10 '17, 07:07

"Here you have a rich and entitled person describing herself as an outsider, an outcast"

and

"She was telling a crowd exactly what they wanted to hear. She was saying things that are totally uncontroversial within the context she was speaking"

http://www.thewrap.com/meryl-streep-donald-trump-golden-globes-tucker-carlson-fox-news/ (www.thewrap.com)

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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

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Tucker Carlson, for one. He had a few gems.

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