# Hey meryl streep, you are a play-actor, nothing more **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 9, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718 "2017-01-09T14:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/541 "2017-01-16T18:25:24Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I cannot believe that anyone is disputing this. I mean I can believe that there are many different ways to view most things. But to say that Trump wasn’t mocking him…I mean if you were in an acting class (ya know, play acting), and they asked you to mock a person with a disability…not only that, but to mock someone in the most _obvious, grade-school level stereotypical way you could imagine_ mocking someone, you would do it exactly as Trump did it. Those with an authoritarian streak will believe ANYTHING about the one in authority. Kim Jong Il is 6 foot 8 and invented the game of basketball. He is the world’s best composer of opera. Other world leaders bow down before him. These are all undisputed FACTS in N. Korea. Authoritarians are followers who will believe whatever they are told. Believing that Trump never mocked the reporter is really pretty small potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/542 "2017-01-16T19:13:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Why do I get the feeling that you embarrassed yourself greatly in the past when you were in a school play? I am getting a heavy “sour grapes” vibe from your posts. Did you play a tree in gradeschool and “water” yourself because of stage-fright or something? (underline added) Hahahaha. What a creeper you’ve become. _Feelings, nothing more than feelings Trying to forget your feelings of love Teardrops rolling down your face Trying to forget your feelings of Hillary love_ The fact that you are imagining me as a young child is creepy. The fact that you include urine soaked children in your dreams is really creepy. I don’t want to know what your idea of “heavy sour grapes” means. Get well soon. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/543 "2017-01-16T19:19:16Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (underline added) > > Hahahaha. What a creeper you’ve become. > > _Feelings, nothing more than feelings > Trying to forget your feelings of love > Teardrops rolling down your face > Trying to forget your feelings of Hillary love_ > > The fact that you are imagining me as a young child is creepy. The fact that you include urine soaked children in your dreams is really creepy. I don’t want to know what your idea of “heavy sour grapes” means. > Get well soon. On the other hand, maybe you’re just a hate-filled little troll. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/544 "2017-01-16T19:27:37Z")
You know, almost all of the real hate I see on this board seems to come from its left-wing posters. You primary amongst them. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/545 "2017-01-16T19:29:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > On the other hand, maybe you’re just a hate-filled little troll. Creeper. I really don’t care what’s on your other hand. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/546 "2017-01-16T19:41:28Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > You know, almost all of the real hate I see on this board seems to come from its left-wing posters. You primary amongst them. I will consider your words with all the attention th…Look! [Puppies!](http://theprojectheal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Aaaaaawwwwwwwwww-Sweet-puppies-9415255-1600-1200.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/547 "2017-01-16T20:01:50Z")
It’s nice to see a post of yours that ends in something pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/548 "2017-01-16T20:07:33Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > You know, almost all of the real hate I see on this board seems to come from its left-wing posters. You primary amongst them. If everyone you meet is an asshole, you’re the asshole. You see a lot of hate because you say such profoundly stupid stuff it generates it. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/549 "2017-01-16T20:35:59Z")
I didn’t say everyone I met was an asshole. Nor did I say most of the board’s posters are assholes. I merely said that of hate-filled posts, most by far come from left-wing posters. In other words and as it pertains to this board, not all lefties are haters but most haters are lefties. And to make matters worse, most of their hate comes from inventing or swallowing fictitious motives or desires on the part of their opponents. So not only are they haters, but for the most part their hate is misplaced. This does however serve the purpose of shutting down rational debate of the issues, so in their view Bob’s your uncle. I’m surprised you aren’t at least cognizant of all this, even if to speak out against it would be self-defeating. One might say such ignorance in the face of easily observable reality is borne of…stupidity? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/550 "2017-01-16T20:43:40Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > You know, almost all of the real hate I see on this board seems to come from its left-wing posters. You primary amongst them. That’s just because you’re blind to anything that doesn’t fit your own world-view. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/551 "2017-01-16T20:55:01Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > You know, almost all of the real hate I see on this board seems to come from its left-wing posters. You primary amongst them. > [@Colibri](#): > > That’s just because you’re blind to anything that doesn’t fit your own world-view. No, Colibri, he’s dead on target. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/552 "2017-01-16T21:02:22Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > That’s just because you’re blind to anything that doesn’t fit your own world-view. I’m not blind to the fact that conservative opposition to government health care isn’t because conservatives want to see people dying in the streets. And I’m not blind to the fact that conservatives don’t oppose abortion because they want to boss women around and tell them what they can do with their own bodies. And I’m not blind to the fact that Trump’s followers aren’t fascists, nor are they Nazis, nor do they want to kick “all the outsiders and foreigners” out of the country. Etc., etc., pretty much ad infinitum. Very little condemnation of conservatives and Republicans is based on anything approaching reality. So I’d say that it’s the people who swallow all this crap and become hysterical over the fact that Republicans have come into power are the ones who are blind to anything that doesn’t fit their world view. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/553 "2017-01-16T21:03:46Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > No, Colibri, he’s dead on target. Deal with it. :D:D:D:D:D The blind defending the blind. Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/554 "2017-01-16T21:04:27Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I’m not blind to the fact that conservative opposition to government health care isn’t because conservatives want to see people dying in the streets. > > … But they don’t give a shit if it happens, either. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/555 "2017-01-16T21:05:42Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > No, Colibri, he’s dead on target. Deal with it. Contrary to misguided belief, appending “deal with it” to the end of a statement does not make it sound really badass, or constitute a “sick burn,” or turn a false observation into a true one. It does, however, make whoever says it sound like an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/556 "2017-01-16T21:09:51Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > So I’d say that it’s the people who swallow all this crap and become hysterical over the fact that Republicans have come into power are the ones who are blind to anything that doesn’t fit their world view. I’m not seeing too much complaining that Republicans, in general, have come into power. That’s politics, and it’s going to happen now and then. What we’re “hysterical” over, (although I’d use a different term) is the election of a\* particular \* “Republican” who is a disgracefully incompetent, obnoxious, and ignorant embarrassment to the country and a danger to the world. I’m “not happy” with the Republicans in power, but I’m\*\*\* disgusted\*\*\* by Trump. That’s the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/557 "2017-01-16T21:18:05Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > But they don’t give a shit if it happens, either. No, it’s more like they know that under a government controlled system where bureaucracy reigns supreme, more people will have longer waits and get worse care for major issues (and perhaps with more people dying, not because they’re in the streets but because they’ve been deemed not worth the expense). Your comment is just another in the long line of inflammatory criticisms designed to shift debate from the actual issues and to generate anger and opposition toward the conservative position based on emotion rather than facts. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/558 "2017-01-16T21:29:12Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > No, it’s more like they know that under a government controlled system where bureaucracy reigns supreme, more people will have longer waits and get worse care for major issues (and perhaps with more people dying, not because they’re in the streets but because they’ve been deemed not worth the expense). Horseshit. Conservatives just hate when the government touches _anything_ and have a shitfit about it when it happens, with the exception of the military. (which they fetishize until they leav service then fuck 'em). Conservatives insist the free market will solve everything even when the free market is failing on every leve (such as with medical insurance prior to the ACA). I can personally say that I know several folks who would be dead if not for Obamacare - if not dead then looking at six figure bills. I know folks who wouldn’t be able to afford their anti-depression medication, the list goes on and on… All you have is a few ficitonal things that you think might happen under the ACA or other programs. I note that your summation of complaints about the ACA is all things that did not happen and are actually illegal. THe ACA is not without its flaws but it sure as \*\*FUCK \*\*is better than anything your side has planned. Hell they had years to make alternatives and all they could do is find inventive ways to defund or destroy the ACA. Their like a surly kid who wrecks the other kid’s art projects because he has no talent or can’t be bothered to work on developing any. And those are the facts. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/559 "2017-01-16T21:32:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It does, however, make whoever says it sound like an asshole. That’s pretty much true of anything **Clothahump** posts. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/560 "2017-01-16T21:48:34Z")
Yes, it’s “leftists” that constantly and repeatedly entertain the possibility on this board that black people are inherently inferior, genetically, to white people, using the flimsiest (at best) of evidence, ignoring the overwhelming contrary evidence. Either that, or somehow it’s not “hateful” to say that black people are inherently inferior, on average, to white people. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718.md?page=29)