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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'd say this wasn't exactly a conciliatory comment in the Culture Warz raging across America:
Yeah, nothing says highmindness like taking a swipe at all those muggles who enjoy low entertainment. How brave.
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I'd say you don't understand the culture war "raging" in the United States. If that's what you think is indicative of the culture war in America you've missed the boat again.
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You know what's brave? Telling the people who are around you, your audience - your peers - things they don't want to hear. Things that challenge their worldview and their self-righteousness. Telling a bunch of people who love you that the people you all hate are wrong, and then basking in the entirely predictable and self-congratulatory adulation, is about the easiest thing in the world to do.
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You mean like Trump's Victory Tour?
I can see why you'd be pissed with Streep's speech. The way she called out the press and said they weren't doing their jobs, yeah that had to sting. But to sit there and say that Streep should be the one to reach out and extend the olive branch, that's like suggesting someone who is subject to sexual harassment should apologize to their harasser. If anyone in America should take the first conciliatory step toward anyone it is President Comacho. He can start by never signing into Twitter again and recognize that he is open to criticism because he is in the most greatest seat of power in the country, and arguably in the world. Everyone is subservient to him. He is in the position of power and he is the one who needs to apologize to those he offended.