Meryl Streep criticizes Trump during acceptance speech

In a democracy? No way. In the neo-fascist state that Trump supporters and their sad little wannabee UKIP fellow travellers support? Apparently.

It's perfectly acceptable for her to express her opinions publicly. Trump may not have encroached on the acting profession but he arguably encroached on the human rights of a disabled citizen. Streep has every right to speak out against this.

In a democracy she is free to say what she wants but it doesn't mean everybody has to agree with her saying it.

It's like like if a teacher spent the whole of parents evening talking about Trump rather than children the parents had come to talk about. Is it legal? Yes. Are teachers free to express their opinions publicly? Yes. Is it unprofessional and inappropriate? Yes. There is a time and a place.

I do think celebrities should keep quiet on politics in general though. She should be humble enough to recognise that she has her platform for her acting. Everybody has got an opinion and hers is no more important than the next person's. I've got an opinion but I understand that the whole world doesn't give a **** what I think.

What she has said has been said before. What is she hoping to achieve by this intervention? What makes her think she is so important that the world is going to sit up and listen now that it has been said by her? It's a display of grandiosity that I find deeply unpleasant.

If you had bothered to carry out your own research on the whole "bullied a disabled reporter" claim, you would have discovered its falsehood.

Trump's mannerism is actually one of his quirks.

Here is a video from Fox News. It shows Trump making the very same gesticulations when criticising a US general, Senator Ted Cruz, and others.

[video="youtube;CsaB3ynIZH4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsaB3ynIZH4[/video]


And let me remind you that CNN was at the very forefront of the accusations towards Trump - the same news network that claimed the 4 black thugs/torturers were simply poor-educated kids and that we shouldn't coin the incident as a hate crime.

Its an opinion. There is no right or wrong. In my opinion this was the wrong time and place to bring this up.

Also in my opinion Trump did nothing wrong in the way he did an impression of that reporter. The idiotic PC brigade are effectively saying its ok to mimic anyone except if they are disabled. A disabled person has no more rights than a non-disabled person. No-one would be batting an eyelid if he had mimicked Clinton for example.

I'm sorry but I disagree with you completely!! Trump mocking Hilary is nowhere near the same as him mocking a disabled person. Trump criticised Clinton for her opinions and actions, both of which Clinton has control over. A disabled person has little to no control over their mental and/or physical disability. Therefore, it is sickening and unjustified to berate them over something they have no control over. It's quite shocking that you would think that there are no distinctions between the two!!

Your opinion is wrong.

I'm not certain he was mocking the disabled reporter. He does those hand movements all the time; it's part of his moronic public speaking routine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYFC_7ZIn4

How dumb are you to actually compare that and claim its a mannerism. Deluded one.

More delusion

Im still shocked that people can be stupid enough to think that what trump did was anything short of mockery.

Note: Saying Trump moves his hands around is not an argument. They audience laughed, he exaggerated his gesture and continued even after he realised it was mockery.

She had every right to use her platform to criticise Trump and remind everyone that that is the sort of moron they will be having as a president.

Dodgypirate seems to be talking out of his ass...

Im still shocked that people can be stupid enough to think that what trump did was anything short of mockery.

Note: Saying Trump moves his hands around is not an argument. They audience laughed, he exaggerated his gesture and continued even after he realised it was mockery.

He was mocking the reporters skills, or his lack of, not because he's disabled lol

You haven't provided an argument against it. Throwing around ad hominems while being unable to impartially analyse says more of you than anyone. I was vocally against Trump during the run-up; that doesn't mean everything he does is wrong. You need to remain rational and not succumb to bias. I didn't say Trump was in the clear; I said I'm not certain he was mocking the disabled reporter due to his similar hand movements in the past during public speaking. Trump is a moron but I don't think even he would purposely mock a disabled person during a recorded party rally. It seems more reasonable that he was ignorant of who the reporter actually was and what he looked like. He's not exactly known for doing his homework.

He mocked him by imitating his chronic condition and distorting his voice. Do try and read what I said.

I wonder which is more credible - that Streep is overrated, or that Trump is a complete and utter jerk?

Copy and paste what he SAID and THEN look at what he does. He was taking the piss out of the reporter because of poor reporting skills, that's all.