# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/81 "2017-01-09T16:55:20Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I don’t like actors using the stage to express their political views. It doesn’t matter whether I agree with them or not. I don’t like onions in my food, but that has zero to do with what others put in their food, as they are\* _free_ to do. :smack: \*For the time being. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/82 "2017-01-09T16:58:19Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > “Don’t ever tell me or ANYBODY to stop…” You started this thread to tell MS (and basically anyone else in the arts who might have a negative opinion of Trump) to shut up and stop expressing their opinion because you don’t want to hear it. And then you call someone you disagree with Hitler. > > I think you just lost the Internet today, dumbass. No, they can express their opinions, but please find out if he in fact did mock the guy. Apparently, there is a question if he did or not. And calling me dumbass doesn’t help your argument ---
**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 9, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/83 "2017-01-09T16:59:44Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > No, they can express their opinions, but please find out if he in fact did mock the guy. Apparently, there is a question if he did or not. > > And calling me dumbass doesn’t help your argument Maybe you should have a little lie down on your fainting couch. This incident with Ms. Streep insulting your Dear Leader seems to have put you in a tizzy. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/84 "2017-01-09T16:59:51Z")
But it was cool when a reality show star spent months loudly and wrongly accusing a sitting president of being not a born American? Trump supporters seems to love it when Don does it, but not cool when he’s on the receiving end. Hmmmm… ---
**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 9, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/85 "2017-01-09T16:59:54Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > … but please find out if he in fact did mock the guy. … He totally did, because he (Trump) is a weak man. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/86 "2017-01-09T17:00:16Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > No, they can express their opinions, but please find out if he in fact did mock the guy. **Apparently, there is a question if he did or not.** > > And calling me dumbass doesn’t help your argument Only from morons who support Trump and would gladly mock the disabled if they can get away with it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/87 "2017-01-09T17:09:32Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > I don’t like onions in my food, but that has zero to do with what others put in their food, as they are\* _free_ to do. :smack: > > \*For the time being. If you had any taste in food I might try to consider whatever point you were trying to make on the subject of what people put in your food. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/88 "2017-01-09T17:11:47Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Are you sure you know what Streep said? > > I don’t agree with that, but even if I did, are you saying there is a “tremendous civic hazard” in mocking a reporter? I’m not saying it’s a good thing to do, but I wouldn’t call it a “tremendous civic hazard”. It’s more than “not a good thing to do”. It reflects on the poor character and dishonesty of the President-elect. Incidentally, it wasn’t just Streep who made political comments at that event. Host Jimmy Kimmel and Hugh Laurie also got in some political digs. Anyone who is offended by celebrities using their air time to make political comments is going to have a tough four years. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I think you need to look at WHO is mocking the reporter. A presidential candidate (at the time), now president. I think this is rather different from Joe Blow mocking a reporter. Exactly this. > [@koufax](#): > > No, they can express their opinions, but please find out if he in fact did mock the guy. Apparently, there is a question if he did or not. Only in your delusional brain. > [@koufax](#): > > And calling me dumbass doesn’t help your argument His argument doesn’t need any help. You’re obviously a moron. ---
**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 9, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/89 "2017-01-09T17:12:50Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Ms. Streep, please stick to your PLAY-acting and let the grownups try to do their job. Why, you little Hitler, you! BTW, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueCdV\_wCVrc Trump may turn out to be the worst President of all time, but please remember Bill Clinton RAPED Juanita Broderick and Hillary tried to intimidate her into silence, Obama signed into law the Indefinite Detention Act and President Cheney sent us looking for weapons of mass destruction that didn’t exist. Oh, by the way, that horrible sexist Trump had a woman run his Presidential campaign and had a woman in charge of building Trump Tower And if you listen to the tape of Trump and his famous “grab them by the pussy” quote he says “they let you” meaning it is consensual as in “groupies”."]here’s a little list of all the awards and nominations she has earned over the years. Who the fuck are _you_ to label her as a “PLAY-actress”? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/90 "2017-01-09T17:18:19Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > No, they can express their opinions, but please find out if he in fact did mock the guy. Apparently, there is a question if he did or not. > > And calling me dumbass doesn’t help your argument This is a question with a simple answer that’s given in the video you yourself posted. Did you even do what you kept telling people to do and WATCH THE VIDEO? He only uses his hands in one of the other “mocking” occasions and it’s not the same kind of gesture at all. He does use a mocking babyish voice to mock people, though, that’s true. What was that you were saying about “letting the grown-ups do their job?” ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/91 "2017-01-09T17:21:47Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Trump may turn out to be the worst President of all time, but please remember Bill Clinton RAPED Juanita Broderick and Hillary tried to intimidate her into silence, Obama signed into law the Indefinite Detention Act and President Cheney sent us looking for weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist. > > Oh, by the way, that horrible sexist Trump had a woman run his Presidential campaign and had a woman in charge of building Trump Tower > > And if you listen to the tape of Trump and his famous “grab them by the pussy” quote he says “they let you” meaning it is consensual as in “groupies”. > > Ms. Streep, please stick to your PLAY-acting and let the grownups try to do their job. Juanita Broaddrick is a nutcase who can’t keep her story straight. She even signed an affidavit saying the rape allegations were untrue. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/92 "2017-01-09T17:24:27Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > He totally did, because he (Trump) is a weak man. well, ok then, that proves it. I stand corrected ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/93 "2017-01-09T17:26:39Z")
> [@CatandMouse](#): > > Juanita Broaddrick is a nutcase who can’t keep her story straight. She even signed an affidavit saying the rape allegations were untrue. Then can you tell me why Clinton has not sued her to shut this “nutcase” up? I sure would. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/94 "2017-01-09T17:29:16Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > No, they can express their opinions, but please find out if he in fact did mock the guy. Apparently, there is a question if he did or not. > > And calling me dumbass doesn’t help your argument There is not. There are just excuses by people who are grasping at anything to support their vote, after realizing that Trump’s awfulness is not an act. And we’re not having an argument. There are a few people hoping that someone who has been here as long as you have would listen to reason. And there are people Pitting you for being a dumbass. You started this whole thing alleging that someone’s profession somehow refuted their argument. You followed this with a bunch of _tu quoque_ arguments. Nothing Hillary is or did has any relevance to whether what Streep said about Trump is true. Nothing you say about Hillary matters at all! There is just absolutely no argument that Trump did not mock this man’s disability. And this is not remotely out of character for him. And you’d better be ready for more of this, because Trump will continue to be mocked. He’s revealed this a huge, huge weakness in him, and his opponents will take advantage of it. Better we do it than someone outside the country, and he starts a(nother) diplomatic incident. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/95 "2017-01-09T17:29:32Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Hey meryl streep, you are a play-actor, nothing more I have no idea what your job is, but I somehow doubt it’s Grand High Poobah of the Universe, and yet you feel perfectly free to use whatever platform you have - even though it’s just a message board - to give out about someone whose actions you don’t like. Why shouldn’t Streep do the same? ---
**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 9, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/96 "2017-01-09T17:29:48Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Then can you tell me why Clinton has not sued her to shut this “nutcase” up? > > I sure would. Hey Dumbass; why don’t you tweet about how everyone is being so mean to you in this thread, and we’re all overrated? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/97 "2017-01-09T17:30:31Z")
And no mention of Ronald Reagan, so far? ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/98 "2017-01-09T17:32:08Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Then can you tell me why Clinton has not sued her to shut this “nutcase” up? > > I sure would. Sue her for what? There’s no proof one way or the other. Tell me exactly what Clinton should sue her for, and how would that work exactly. It would be a “he said, she said” thing. There are no witnesses, no photos, no nothing. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/99 "2017-01-09T17:32:13Z")
People who voted for a 2nd-rate appentice celebrity gets upset when a 1st-rate actual celebrity speaks out. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you America in the 21st century! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718/100 "2017-01-09T17:34:10Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > STOP? No, this isn’t Nazi Germany, Not _yet_ it isn’t. Your hero hasn’t taken office yet. Be patient. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-meryl-streep-you-are-a-play-actor-nothing-more/776718.md?page=6)