"There was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its
hooks in my heart. Not because it was good. There was nothing good about
it. But it was effective and it did its job. It made its intended
audience laugh and show their teeth. It was that moment when the person
asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a
disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the
capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it. I still
can't get it out of my head because it wasn't in a movie. It was real
life.
And this instinct to humiliate, when it's modeled by someone in the
public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody's
life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the
same thing. Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence.
When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose."
Her entire speech was a work of art, but this was the part that got to me the most. Bless you, Meryl, and thank you for sharing your awesome talent with us for so many years.
By the way, this was Mr. Trump's response, via Twitter, or course:
"Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't
know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a Hillary flunky who lost big. For the 100th time, I never "mocked" a
disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him "groveling" when he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had
written in order to make me look bad. Just more very dishonest media!"
Translation:
Trump did exactly what Meryl said he does, attack and demean people.
It will be a very long four years if he doesn't learn to take the high road and learn to comment with the class and professionalism that should be the cornerstone of holding the highest office in the land.
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