Meryl Streep gave a powerful speech of #Resistance at tonight’s Golden Globe Awards.
Update 1/10/2017
Below is her entire speech:
Meryl Streep gave a powerful speech of #Resistance at tonight’s Golden Globe Awards.
Update 1/10/2017
Below is her entire speech:
Storytelling.
Because Why not?
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From the Existential to the Mundane - From Poetry to Prose
frightfully wondrous things happen here.
A short quote, a little thought, a travel distance, & 1 photo to share with the world
You only see the outside- look closer.
Random ponderings on the state of the Universe
If Existence is a dream, let us dream perfection....
Emotional Abuse is the Silent Abuse
I am always going to be ... Marie-Céline
... and met these people on her way
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I hadn’t seen her speech until now. Thank you. 🙂
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Thank you for watching it. I’m fascinated by how so many in her audience are moved to tears. The pending moment is heartbreaking for many Americans.
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Yes. As an outsider, I’ve been shocked by the grief. I hope things don’t turn out as badly as everyone thinks.
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A great many of us see this as an attack with an advanced form of weaponized propaganda to which the U.S. made itself vulnerable and for which it was unprepared.
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I can see that. 😦
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Brava! She was honest, true, powerful, and passionate, and Trump’s reply was that of a whining pre-schooler, proving her point. She called the Pres to action. I hope to God they heard her.
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Sorry. That should read “Press” to action.
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Dear Rob,
DT responded in a tweet that Meryl Steep’s acting ability is way overrated. WOW!! Most of her fans would beg to disagree. Many of us will go to see a film just because she is acting in it.
I loved her portrayals of Margaret Thatcher, Julia Child and Carrie Fisher. And I am in awe of her voice and courage to stand up to DT.
Hugs, Gronda
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This kind of response is so typical of pathological narcissism that it sickens me. We have allowed a foreign power to impose a man who has a crippling mental illness on our nation. This illness affects his judgement and compromises out national security. We have many options for removing Trump.
At this point, appeasing his gun toting brainwashed base should be off the table. Let them rage and threaten.
Our nation is too important for a man this sick to become our President.
I say this as a pers0n with a mental illness.
Trumps florid pathology is the most obvious reason to disqualify him from taking office.
The issue is not Meryl Streep’s ability as an actress. Even if she was the most mediocre member of the Van Patten family Streep’s comments concerned Trump’s deplorable lack of qualification to be President.
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Her speech was marvelous and is one that should be heard by all in our country. We must guard against bullying and untruths, regardless of who espouses them. We must hold our leaders accountable. As I have said to others, I will support our new President as his success is tied to ours, but I will push back on issues or comments where he is being harmful.
Just because he won, does not erase all of his traits that made him undesirable too many, even some who voted for him. His communications people say he is not getting respect. Well, respect must be earned and if he could stop being so thin-skinned, bullying, lying, and tweeting his every reaction before being briefed by his advisors, he might gain more respect. Right now, he is just continuing what he has done his entire career.
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Thank God for brave and principled men and women like Meryl Streep.
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It was nice to see George Clooney and Barbra Streisand come to her defense. Of course, now they will be labeled as overrated and stupid by the Commander in Tweet. Once he is inaugurated, an appropriate response should be what Clooney said, “Shouldn’t you be running the country? Sad.”
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I just updated the post with the complete speech. What she has to say about the Freedom of the Press and our media’s responsibility to the public important. I hope the entertainment industry understands that in a war of ideas their efforts are crucial to our side of the battle.
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Check out Rob’s blog/website. Beautiful photos, words and help for mental illness.
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Thank you so much for the reblog and comment!
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She started her speech by apologizing for the fact that she lost her voice. She most surely did not. And we will all be better for voices like hers. I’m sad that the media is only highlighting one part of her speech…it is powerful in its entirety. Thanks, Robert.
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Yes…It replenishes the soul to see someone take a courageous stance against this attack on our nation.
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The Washington Post ran an article about this, too, of course. They posted late enough to include tRump’s (by now) unsurprising Tweet reactions. I generally make it a rule to NEVER read the comments to such things, but for some reason I did for that article. It was as you’d expect, and confirmed my policy never to read comments. This election has exposed just how far divided our country is, the green curtain has been pulled back and we’ve seen what’s behind it, and it ain’t pretty.
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We’ve been divided before and these divisions are not new. What’s new is the intrusion of a foreign power that used our media to give false credibility to a debate that we thought we had settled in the 18oo’s.
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She is such a class act!
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I caught the video after the show and was practically in tears. I’ve been saying all along that the one incident where he made fun of a disabled man should have been the end of his political career. Instead he’s moving into the White House (at least part time.) It’s sickening,
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I don’t understand why our government is letting this man take office without a full investigation of the impact of the Russian hacks on the outcome of the election.
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I don’t understand it either, Rob. One logical explanation I have is that they want to Trump inaugurated so they can dump his ass and let Pence run the show. I’m certain he is anyway.
The other possibility is to keep Trump as a distraction so they can continue their dirty deeds in the background.
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Given that the GOP somehow managed to ‘win’ both houses of Congress I suspect it’s the latter.
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Me too
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You always share…such a gem you are.
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I always loved Meryl Streep but now even more! She takes it and turns it around: from humiliation to compassion and solidarity! Thank you for sharing this!
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I loved it so much.
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Made me cry too…. This changing world makes me so sad too…
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There is hope in her courage. We must have the courage to call barbarians and their behavior by name.
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