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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRob Reiner attended the WHCD last night - HERE is what he had to say...
@robreiner
I attended the WHCD last night. Donald Trump has so poisoned the atmosphere by attacking the disabled, gold star parents, Muslims, Mexicans, Blacks, women, the press, the rule of law that a comedian who simply tells the truth is offensive? Shes joking. Hes not.
Link to tweet
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,124 posts)the material she had to work with.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,575 posts)Not only is the material she had to work with awful, but what an ocean of there is!
Pathwalker
(6,600 posts)so what does he know? Honestly, I had no idea so many people do not even understand the concept of a comedy roast, now that's what I find shocking.
Cirque du So-What
(26,026 posts)and I was astounded at the negative reviews that appeared HERE during and after her stand-up.
Pathwalker
(6,600 posts)I laughed - repeatedly, but then I expected a roast. Clearly, many don't watch Stephen Colbert's show at night, where he goes after tRump with a chainsaw on a nightly basis.
localroger
(3,634 posts)...when he showed up in persona in 2006.
Pathwalker
(6,600 posts)They were brutal too her.
PSPS
(13,630 posts)Cirque du So-What
(26,026 posts)I support it wholeheartedly, and even though I am upset & at times alarmed at events since Cheeto Benito has occupied the People's house, I'm not gonna walk around all day like someone peed in my Wheaties. I will express my contempt and disrespect in any manner I see fit.
Baitball Blogger
(46,776 posts)Including the press. Hiding the flaws of our politicians just to build them up, and then tear them down later, when the obvious catastrophe occurs.
This roller coaster with the media has to stop. It's just not good for America. That said, they need to finish what they helped start.
Butterflylady
(3,555 posts)But I remember the line when Jack Nicholson said, " you can't handle the truth," can't be said enough for the media we have now.
a kennedy
(29,770 posts)lame54
(35,343 posts)jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)thanks...perfect.
procon
(15,805 posts)they just didn't like what they saw staring back at them. Truth is a harsh mistress, we say we love her, we embrace her, but when she points out our warts we run off to pose dramatically on our brocade upholstered fainting couch, pretending to be wounded to the quick.
a kennedy
(29,770 posts)CNN analyst Joan Walsh compared it to Stephen Colbert's 2006 stand-up act at the dinner, when Colbert challenged then-president Bush and members of the media.
"The crowd is scandalized (even some liberals), but a lot of people see it as the right reaction to the scandal that is @realDonaldTrump," Walsh tweeted.
DFW
(54,488 posts)The only thing worse would have been a string of quotes from Trump, himself.
lame54
(35,343 posts)Boost her career
!
progressoid
(50,011 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)I'd add: she doesn't push racist policies, he does.
hlthe2b
(102,501 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,503 posts)marble falls
(57,441 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)I should thank kpete too.
We have all taken crap from this president.....Can't we gang up on him sometime and make him leave??????????????/
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,826 posts). . .than the current pretender at POTUS.
Comedians can say "for entertainment purposes only".
Government executives and legislators cannot.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)He should write a book, "Profiles in Cowardice."
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)burrowowl
(17,655 posts)who had recorded it. I thought it was quite good and don't know why some DUers when I saw some comments last night had their knickers in a twist?
Insightus
(15 posts)I think Reiner's comment is the single most intelligent thing I've heard on this topic. Spot-on.