Donald Trump, of course, has been guilty of offenses against feminism too,
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanctim...ats-1507675466 Originally Posted by lustylad
Donald Trump, of course, has been guilty of offenses against feminism too,
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanctim...ats-1507675466 Originally Posted by lustylad
Sanctimony Bites Weinstein Democratsthe headline says it all
Maybe Hollywood progressives will tone down their self-righteousness.
Originally Posted by lustylad
decisiontime16 says:
October 12, 2017 at 7:59 am
Dressed for success, Malia Obama shows up to work for Harvey Weinstein. The Obamas were disgusted by Harvey?
napoleon32 says:
October 12, 2017 at 8:08 am
Did Harvey steal her pants?
Don't you understand? The country club set that protected Harvey W are the same types that protected Roger A and Bill O and Donald T and Pres Bill C and so many others who operate in their own elitist clouds. There is complicity is so many aspects of our lives. It operates at different levels. There were priests who *Staff Edit - JCM and the Catholic Church remained above all that, and it survived. Christianity has seen a parade of preachers falling into "sexual sins" including some rather astonishing debauchery, and the bible they promoted and sought refuge in survives as a rule of law for so many. Sanctimonious is a great word. But few can use it and not possess hypocrisy. Originally Posted by Muy LargoThis one, don't get it? especially that one part...IFFY
Sanctimony Bites Weinstein DemocratsRemember how the Odumbo administration allowed Weinstein and company access to confidential intel about the bin Laden raid so that Weinstein and company could make a propaganda film, Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin, to promote Odumbo's bid for a second term.
Maybe Hollywood progressives will tone down their self-righteousness.
By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Oct. 10, 2017 6:44 p.m. ET
One of the few successes of John McCain’s 2008 campaign was a 30-second ad called “Celeb.” It interspersed images of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears with Barack Obama and his adoring crowds. A narrator said: “He’s the biggest celebrity in the world but is he ready to lead?”
Pundits and political pros dismissed the spot as off-target and unconvincing. Mr. McCain seemed almost embarrassed by it, claiming his campaign was just having “fun.”
Yet the implication that Mr. Obama was a glitzy Hollywood-style confection resonated with voters. Mr. Obama, just coming off his ecstatic appearance in Berlin, saw his poll numbers drop noticeably. His advisers were quoted in the press acknowledging the ad’s power.
Which brings us to Harvey Weinstein. If Hollywood people are anything like normal people, they should be nearly as offended by Mr. Weinstein’s presumptions about them as they are by his alleged bullying of women for sex. Where does he get off assuming his colleagues can be so easily manipulated, will so readily fall in line, just because he cites, as he did in his recent self-defense, their shared liberal politics?
How can somebody with his smarts be so heavy-handed and obvious as to think he can mint an instant pass for his transgressions merely by alluding to his opposition to the National Rifle Association and President Trump?
Then again, maybe we’re missing the real point. Mr. Weinstein was reminding liberal elites that his trouble is their trouble, because they tolerated him for so long. That’s why this scandal may have legs.
He was a guest at the Obama White House 13 times. He gave hundreds of thousands to the Clintons. In 2016, he hosted or headlined multiple fundraisers for Mrs. Clinton with people like Leonardo DiCaprio, Helen Mirren, Julia Roberts and Sarah Jessica Parker.
He was coached by Team Clinton for a campaign appearance on CBS. In turn, he coached campaign chief Robby Mook on how to answer the Bernie Sanders threat.
He’s also a man who the Los Angeles Times now tells us was “generally loathed” in Hollywood. His sexual predations were so well known that they were the subject of a joke on “30 Rock.” His behavior, we now learn, has been the subject of ongoing reporting projects at the New Yorker, New York magazine and the New York Times, which finally blew Mr. Weinstein out of the water with its 3,500-word account last week.
His offenses were the “biggest mess” Disney had to deal with during its 12-year partnership with Mr. Weinstein, a former executive now tells the Times. Actresses Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan, who related their stories to the paper, as well as Lena Dunham, creator of HBO’s “Girls,” have been outspoken in the aftermath about Tinsel Town’s history of covering up for Mr. Weinstein.
Then there is Meryl Streep, who worked closely with Mr. Weinstein, who sang his praises at the Oscars. She claims never to have heard the unsavory stories. Her denunciation of Mr. Weinstein’s alleged sins this week came not when the Times story broke, not when Mr. Weinstein took a leave of absence from the company he created—but only when his board (led by his brother) stuck a final fork in him by announcing his firing.
OK, hypocrisy is a price we pay for civilization. Politicians and Hollywood types especially are in the business of faking sincerity. Yet there is one thing about which the Hollywood-progressive nexus has been perfectly sincere: its conviction that its choice of political party is a testament to its own shining personal virtue. The Democrats’ celebrity enablers played a key role in fostering the inordinate self-righteousness of the modern progressive movement, which has reached ad absurdum proportions lately with the violent bullies of the Antifa movement.
The McCain “Celeb” ad, in retrospect, was a signpost. Last year the Democrats finally offloaded a big chunk of working-class and middle-class America, many of whose residents had been Obama voters. The Democrats became the concentrated party of urban blue America, with urban blue America’s special susceptibility to the self-celebritizing aspects of social media.
Republicans and conservatives were understandably delighted by Mr. Weinstein’s ludicrous appeal to partisan solidarity in the midst of his sexual harassment extremis. Maybe progressives would like to come up and watch him shower later?
Donald Trump, of course, has been guilty of offenses against feminism too, though apparently not like Mr. Weinstein’s. Rather, the real connection is this: Liberal hypocrites like Mr. Weinstein were a big reason 63 million Americans voted for a conservative hypocrite like Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump has his faults, but an excess of sanctimony isn’t one. Just maybe when the Weinstein scandal has run its course, progressives will discover the virtue of toning down their own excessive claims to righteousness.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanctim...ats-1507675466 Originally Posted by lustylad
Mr. Trump has his faults, but an excess of sanctimony isn’t one. Just maybe when the Weinstein scandal has run its course, progressives will discover the virtue of toning down their own excessive claims to righteousness. Originally Posted by lustyladI doubt libtards ever will tone it down, as long as trump's in office. A consistent reminder to them they couldn't crown their queen shillary..
no mention *Staff Edit - JCM
there's a shot of jack nicholson, giving his assent and admiration as the award was announced. it was in his home polanksi *Staff Edit - JCM, supposedly while Nicholson was out of town
Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought
What is up with you guys?
You evidently haven't gotten the memo ....we can not discuss these things.
Originally Posted by WTF
Snitchfuck strikes again! Originally Posted by lustylad
He can't help it. It's in his DNA. Originally Posted by bambinoSo you three want to continue to bring up specific instances of underage sex despite repeatedly being asked not to?
Again, you have your wires crossed. I didn't mention any forbidden topic. I just commented on your propensity to snitch. You do it instinctively. You don't need to think about it. It just flows from your keyboard.
So you three want to continue to bring up specific instances of underage sex despite repeatedly being asked not to?
What am I missing here?
bambino, TW and now nevergivesitathought. all trying to have a discussion about a prohibited topic. wtf is wrong with yall? And you try and blame me!
Your motto should be :
. Originally Posted by WTF
Again, you have your wires crossed. I didn't mention any forbidden topic. I just commented on your propensity to snitch. Originally Posted by bambinoNotice how he is now combining his propensity to snitch with his penchant for making up and attributing to people comments that they never said.