Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech

[Bigun]

"We should not use positions of power to bully poeple," Meryl Streep said, "except when we can use the IRS to bully tea party groups, or when we can use the State authority in Oregon to bankrupt bakers, or when we can use the state supreme court of NM to bully photographers, or when we can get CEO's fired for donating to Prop 8 in California, or when we can jail a guy for making a youtube video, or when we can use the power of the press to attack pizza joints, or whenever we can call a conservative names!"

In other words, she is a hypocrite!  Just like all democrats.

Exactly! 

[Emjay]

"We should not use positions of power to bully poeple," Meryl Streep said, "except when we can use the IRS to bully tea party groups, or when we can use the State authority in Oregon to bankrupt bakers, or when we can use the state supreme court of NM to bully photographers, or when we can get CEO's fired for donating to Prop 8 in California, or when we can jail a guy for making a youtube video, or when we can use the power of the press to attack pizza joints, or whenever we can call a conservative names!"

In other words, she is a hypocrite!  Just like all democrats.

Wow!  Good post.  Sadly, she has no idea she is a hypocrite.... they do live in a bubble.

[skeeter]

"We should not use positions of power to bully poeple," Meryl Streep said, "except when we can use the IRS to bully tea party groups, or when we can use the State authority in Oregon to bankrupt bakers, or when we can use the state supreme court of NM to bully photographers, or when we can get CEO's fired for donating to Prop 8 in California, or when we can jail a guy for making a youtube video, or when we can use the power of the press to attack pizza joints, or whenever we can call a conservative names!"

In other words, she is a hypocrite!  Just like all democrats.

...or force Christian bakers to violate the tenets of their faith.

[Wingnut]

Wow!  Good post.  Sadly, she has no idea she is a hypocrite.... they do live in a bubble.

In there natural habitat of hollyweird they are so cute dressed in their brightly colored clothes.  They really should stick to strutting like teenagers, peacocking and doing the Blue-footed Booby Boogie  trying to attract the same or opposite sex.....rather than opening their mouths. 

[Frank Cannon]

She was in an old movie called the Deer Hunter that was good.

Yeah, if you got 4 hours of nothing to do.

[dfwgator]

Yeah, if you got 4 hours of nothing to do.

It needed more cowbell.

[Wingnut]

Yeah, if you got 4 hours of nothing to do.

Amen.  The plot was horrible, the editing was horrible, the cast and acting was meh.   all in and the whole movie just plain sucked.

[dfwgator]

Amen.  The plot was horrible, the editing was horrible, the cast and acting was meh.   all in and the whole movie just plain sucked.

But if you've never witnessed a Russian wedding before, I highly recommend it.

[ABX]

RE: Trump Mocked a Disabled person.

You mean like what Meryl Streep did?

Just for the sake of truth, she wasn't mocking a disabled person there, disabilities didn't even come up. Not sure if the left is trolling getting this gif to spread with the wrong title or just natural viral mess. In this, she was talking about being scared of lions.
Actual video (actual point 6:20-6:30):
https://www.facebook.com/MerylStreepismylife/videos/139577239417492/

[Machiavelli]

"We should not use positions of power to bully poeple," Meryl Streep said, "except when we can use the IRS to bully tea party groups, or when we can use the State authority in Oregon to bankrupt bakers, or when we can use the state supreme court of NM to bully photographers, or when we can get CEO's fired for donating to Prop 8 in California, or when we can jail a guy for making a youtube video, or when we can use the power of the press to attack pizza joints, or whenever we can call a conservative names!"

@CSM

Do you have a source for this quote?

[goatprairie]

"We should not use positions of power to bully poeple," Meryl Streep said, "except when we can use the IRS to bully tea party groups, or when we can use the State authority in Oregon to bankrupt bakers, or when we can use the state supreme court of NM to bully photographers, or when we can get CEO's fired for donating to Prop 8 in California, or when we can jail a guy for making a youtube video, or when we can use the power of the press to attack pizza joints, or whenever we can call a conservative names!"

In other words, she is a hypocrite!  Just like all democrats.

I seriously doubt she said that stuff.  Provide a source...if you can.

[mountaineer]

@CSM

Do you have a source for this quote?

Looks like satire, to point out the hypocrisy of the left. I'm sure it wasn't presented as an actual quote.

[SirLinksALot]

Just for the sake of truth, she wasn't mocking a disabled person there, disabilities didn't even come up. Not sure if the left is trolling getting this gif to spread with the wrong title or just natural viral mess. In this, she was talking about being scared of lions.
Actual video (actual point 6:20-6:30):
https://www.facebook.com/MerylStreepismylife/videos/139577239417492/

The point in posting the GIF is to show that this is a TYPICAL Trump gesture when he makes fun or mocks his opponents. He has done this a LOT of times.

He is NOT specifically making fun of a person's disability.

See here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYFC_7ZIn4

and here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8JqT2atxD8

So, if Meryl Streep can make a similar gesture without being attacked, why attack Trump?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

The point in posting the GIF is to show that this is a TYPICAL Trump gesture when he makes fun or mocks his opponents. He has done this a LOT of times.

He is NOT specifically making fun of a person's disability.

See here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYFC_7ZIn4

and here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8JqT2atxD8

So, if Meryl Streep can make a similar gesture without being attacked, why attack Trump?

Yeah and if you can't believe a guy who claimed Ted Cruz's father killed Kennedy, who can you trust right?

[musiclady]

Yeah and if you can't believe a guy who claimed Ted Cruz's father killed Kennedy, who can you trust right?

 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

It's the perfect rebuttal for all this stuff. Trump has zero credibility. None.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

But if you've never witnessed a Russian wedding before, I highly recommend it.

It was Polish wasn't it? I thought the whole movie took place in a Polish enclave in Pittsburgh? (other than Vietnam parts of course)

[musiclady]

It's the perfect rebuttal for all this stuff. Trump has zero credibility. None.

Correct.

And that character flaw hasn't changed just because he is now "President-elect."   No magic is performed on election day to alter the nature of the person who won.

People can hope for change all they want, but what was elected is what we get.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Correct.

And that character flaw hasn't changed just because he is now "President-elect."   No magic is performed on election day to alter the nature of the person who won.

People can hope for change all they want, but what was elected is what we get.

My gut tells me that Trump is innocent of this stuff but... what goes around comes around right?


When you make insinuations and tell half truths and outright lies, don't be surprised when this stuff comes around full circle.


Trump can be exonerated, but not because we believe anything Trump says. Another more integral figure will have to do it.


This will dog Trump for the rest of his Presidency.

[Night Hides Not]

Yeah and if you can't believe a guy who claimed Ted Cruz's father killed Kennedy, who can you trust right?

That's it, give Trumpsters another opportunity to call him "Lyin' Ted". Their memories are long, but their hands are short...lol.

[DCPatriot]

It's the perfect rebuttal for all this stuff. Trump has zero credibility. None.

And neither do you, @Weird Tolkienish Figure

Does this mean that you no longer are "on the fence" regarding Trump?   

[dfwgator]

It was Polish wasn't it? I thought the whole movie took place in a Polish enclave in Pittsburgh? (other than Vietnam parts of course)

No. It was a Russian Orthodox Wedding.

[mirraflake]

Correct.

And that character flaw hasn't changed just because he is now "President-elect."   No magic is performed on election day to alter the nature of the person who won.

People can hope for change all they want, but what was elected is what we get.

When Trump turns out to be one of the better presidents we ever had I'm gonna enjoy watching you both roll in agony. You will both find ways to criticize him even if he does what is right.

@musiclady
@Weird Tolkienish Figure

[mirraflake]

Amen.  The plot was horrible, the editing was horrible, the cast and acting was meh.   all in and the whole movie just plain sucked.

 I grew up in a steel town..the movie accurately depicted the blue collar steel steel workers and culture really well. I know local people who could have played each of those rolls.

Other than that it sucked.

@Wingnut

[mountaineer]

It was Polish wasn't it? I thought the whole movie took place in a Polish enclave in Pittsburgh? (other than Vietnam parts of course)

Much of it was filmed in Weirton, W.Va., though. I believe the wedding scenes were filmed in Cleveland. The film is supposed to take place in the western Pa. area, as I recall, but then there are the inexplicably huge mountains in the hunting scenes that look more like Colorado. 

As in so many of her movies, I believe Meryl was completely miscast in Deer Hunter.