By now we have all seen the headlines. From Facebook to MSN to CNN. It's everywhere. Meryl Streep chose the Golden Globes as her moment to be political and "attack" Donald Trump. Good grief...here we go again. Now, before I write this, a little caveat that must be known and understood, I am not a Trumpeteer. I am not a supporter of Trump. I am not on the Trump Train. I am now and will always be an American. Something many folks in this country have failed to remember that is what they are also.
Let's breakdown some of her quotes shall we?
1. "Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners and if we kick them all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts,"
She is kidding right? Mr. Trump is not saying all immigrants are to be deported. He is stating ILLEGALS are to be deported. There is a vast difference between folks who immigrated to this country the proper way and those who refuse to acknowledge the laws of this nation. As for nothing to watch if Hollywood isn't around? Well that is narcissism at it's finest. Ms. Streep...you need to understand something...we don't live for Hollywood. In fact, Hollywood lives because of us. WE are the very reason you have a job. Why you live as an elite and wealthy woman. Why you are given praises and awards. WE are the very reason you get to stand up on a stage and accept an award for being really good at pretending to be someone you aren't. As for me, I have no use for Hollywood and very seldom watch TV or go to the movies. It's a waste of time and money. Saying that we will have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts? How about alientating and pissing off many folks who do believe MMA is a true art form? I would love to see her get into a cage and do so with grace and not get the living daylight beat out of her. There is more to do than watch football or pay exorbitant movie prices. Has she ever heard of books? Crafting? Games? Oh..and here is a good one...spending time with family? Ms. Streep, get over yourself and the Hollywood garbage. Life would go on without you.
2. "When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose"
No kidding lady. That is precisely what the policians have been doing for decades. It is what every person holding office does only they are much less brazen about it. Even Ms. Streep is using her celebrity to "bully" folks into thinking the way she does. She did that very thing back in 1991 with the apple industry and the Alar scare. Folks lost their farms because of it. Even if they did not use the chemical on their orchards, Ms. Streep and her "the sky is falling" words destroyed farms that were in business for generations. Folks in the apple industry lost their jobs. Why? Because this woman chose her status to bully people into not buying apples because they were "bad" for them. I worked for a major apple processing plant at the time and I remember it very clearly. So yes, Ms. Streep, powerful people use their position to bully others. You have done that in your past and continue to do so today.
What Hollywood folks have failed to understand is this...they work for us. Without us, they do not have jobs. It's as simple as that. Under no circumstance should the "elite" (I hate that because they are not above me or anyone else in this country.) tell folks (real folks who actually work for a living and live from paycheck to paycheck. Folks who know the reality of life, unlike the Hollywood pretenders) what to think and how to be. What Hollywood folks need to do is stop the divisivness and encouraging the division of this country. What about that young man in Chicago who was kidnapped and tortured for days all because he was white and mentally challenged? Where is the outcry for him? *crickets* There isn't any. Why? Because it isn't in the Hollywood liberal agenda. It just doesn't fit into their "save this country from the brutal white man" ignorance.
All races face brutality. It is not just one, Ms. Streep. All sexes are abused and treated as less than. All mentalities are mocked and treated as sub-human. I've worked with the mentally/physically handicapped. I've seen how they are made fun of. I've seen how blacks are singled out. I've heard whites be called evil names all because they lack pigment in their skin. I've seen the profiling. I'm not stupid nor am I ignorant of the vile things that happen in this country. But I say this with respect...how dare you spew your hatred, your vitriol, your agenda when you know NOTHING of this country and what truly happens. You scream that Mr. Trump spews rhetoric. Well, I can and will accuse you of the very same thing. That is all your speech was last night. Nothing but rhetoric and dividing this country even further. Stirring the pot to bring about more divisivness. You do not want unity in the United States of America. You have proven that with your Hollywood voice. Get off of your pedestal, Meryl. Become an American, work in the trenches, live off of $45/month for food to feed two people, live in a 1973 mobile home, shop at thrift stores because that is all you can afford. Just stop with your "holier than thou" "I'm an actress so I'm better than you" garbage because lady...the real folks of this country, not just those on the right but I'm sure some on the left, are utterly, completely and absolutely fed up with it. When did you lose your humanity and become a narcissistic robot? Find your heart for all. Not just who you deem worthy. Until then, you mean nothing more to anyone but an actress who makes a living being something you are not.
