The Circular Firing Squad of Hollywood

PIPEWRENCH said:

I have always said Trump would make a better democrat. Right up their with Bill Clinton and JFK. Nice to see the Hollywood hypocrites caught practicing what they accuse Trump of doing. Let see if they can buy there way out of this mess or if these women will follow through and stand up for what they are accusing them of. Should be interesting. Then we can get back to the Russian witch hunt. They have already been called hero's for jumping on the ban wagon. Lets see if they are hero's or will be bought off. Funny how many years it seems to take for these hero's to stand up and be counted.

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So you're going with the idea that a few cherry picked sexual harassment incidents shows how an industry of hundreds of thousands of people are all hypocrites? By your logic, while Republicans pretend not to like child abuse, one of them was caught screwing kids, therefore Republicans are hypocrites.

Do you see how this "blame the group" game isn't good for our country? You can find assholes in any group you look in. Your outrage is highly selective.

RabidAlpaca said:

So you're going with the idea that a few cherry picked sexual harassment incidents shows how an industry of hundreds of thousands of people are all hypocrites? By your logic, while Republicans pretend not to like child abuse, one of them was caught screwing kids, therefore Republicans are hypocrites.

Do you see how this "blame the group" game isn't good for our country? You can find assholes in any group you look in. Your outrage is highly selective.

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Oh so it is only a handful of cherry picked bigots in Hollywood. I would say it is closer to a majority than a handful. How many support and preach global warming to us while they have the largest carbon foot print on the planet. I have worked in the houses of these 2 faces hypocrites. I know them well.

They are the ones preaching better wages while using illegal aliens as their personal slaves. They use them to circumvent our income tax laws, workplace safety laws, and to get around paying legitimate companies a fair price for a fair days work. The same people who preach global warming and carbon footprint who spend more energy cooling their wine cellar than I use cooling my home. The same people who have monthly eclectic bills that are higher than the average Americans yearly bill.

Then you have the people who think Ted Kennedy deserves a monument for not reporting a fatal accident until after he sobered up. The same people who adore JFK for chasing women around the oval office while the Russians set up over a hundred nuclear missiles on our doorstep. The same people who think Bill Clinton lying under oath about having extramarital sexual relations in the White House is perfectly acceptable behavior but are now condemning Trump for talk. I could go on and on all day. But I think I have made my point.

joG said:

If it's true, it is a disgrace that nobody noticed or brought it to the attention of justice or at least the press.

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The problem in all this is that Lady Justice isn't blind and never has been. She see's green. And when you have the hush money to throw around, you don't have to worry about justice.

This went on for an extended period of time because Weinstien was paying people hush money which contractually bound them to never speak of it or they'd lose that money, their careers and then some. And in that coerced silence, it was occurring again and again.

I just hope that the contractually bound commitment of these payoffs gets overruled by the courts so these people can speak out more freely.

PIPEWRENCH said:

Oh so it is only a handful of cherry picked bigots in Hollywood. I would say it is closer to a majority than a handful. How many support and preach global warming to us while they have the largest carbon foot print on the planet. I have worked in the houses of these 2 faces hypocrites. I know them well.

They are the ones preaching better wages while using illegal aliens as their personal slaves. They use them to circumvent our income tax laws, workplace safety laws, and to get around paying legitimate companies a fair price for a fair days work. The same people who preach global warming and carbon footprint who spend more energy cooling their wine cellar than I use cooling my home. The same people who have monthly eclectic bills that are higher than the average Americans yearly bill.

Then you have the people who think Ted Kennedy deserves a monument for not reporting a fatal accident until after he sobered up. The same people who adore JFK for chasing women around the oval office while the Russians set up over a hundred nuclear missiles on our doorstep. The same people who think Bill Clinton lying under oath about having extramarital sexual relations in the White House is perfectly acceptable behavior but are now condemning Trump for talk. I could go on and on all day. But I think I have made my point.

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I wonder who trump will have you hating next? You guys are such followers.

To the bolded, of course you would say. Who needs evidence when you are directed by blind hate?

I'd bet there are a LOT of film producers and directors crapping their pants now worrying about their casting couch actions getting found out but the "majority" of hollywood? Oh FFS.

PIPEWRENCH said:

Oh so it is only a handful of cherry picked bigots in Hollywood. I would say it is closer to a majority than a handful. How many support and preach global warming to us while they have the largest carbon foot print on the planet. I have worked in the houses of these 2 faces hypocrites. I know them well.

They are the ones preaching better wages while using illegal aliens as their personal slaves. They use them to circumvent our income tax laws, workplace safety laws, and to get around paying legitimate companies a fair price for a fair days work. The same people who preach global warming and carbon footprint who spend more energy cooling their wine cellar than I use cooling my home. The same people who have monthly eclectic bills that are higher than the average Americans yearly bill.

Then you have the people who think Ted Kennedy deserves a monument for not reporting a fatal accident until after he sobered up. The same people who adore JFK for chasing women around the oval office while the Russians set up over a hundred nuclear missiles on our doorstep. The same people who think Bill Clinton lying under oath about having extramarital sexual relations in the White House is perfectly acceptable behavior but are now condemning Trump for talk. I could go on and on all day. But I think I have made my point.

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After skimming this lengthy and wandering rant I think you might be projecting your own biases and inadequacies on a much larger group of people that had nothing to do with this. People like you are personally responsible for the division we see in our country today. You stereotype and insult entire groups of people based on your interactions (or non-interactions) with a few people.

LowDown said:

Trump never touched any woman without her consent.

This episode puts the kibosh on anything Hollywood celebrities have to say about Trump. It's time to review the government's favorable tax treatment of Hollywood.

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Really? There are 15 women who claim they were. It took decades for Weinstein's abuses to become public.

Fletch said:

Well that post really went off the rails. First, you complaining about someone elses partisanship gets joke of the day. Second, he never said all democrats harass women so you are intentionally distorting what he said. The point here, that you liberals miss, is that Hollywood is being exposes for the pompous hypocrites that they are. You ignore that fact and go on the attack against republicans why? Oh that's right, because you are one of those partisans you were talking about. Too funny.

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You totally read things into Rapid's his post what weren't there. He gave an example of what partisanship was and you took it literally. I suggest you read posts thoroughly before going off on a partisan rant.

RabidAlpaca said:

After skimming this lengthy and wandering rant I think you might be projecting your own biases and inadequacies on a much larger group of people that had nothing to do with this. People like you are personally responsible for the division we see in our country today. You stereotype and insult entire groups of people based on your interactions (or non-interactions) with a few people.

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No more like 30+ years of seeing through their hypocritical lies. Finding out they get paid more money for a 30 second commercial than I make all year. Oh and the commercial is asking me to donate money to a charity when they cannot donate their time to make the commercial. Their 2 faced hypocritical actions need to exposed. We could fill the library of congress with their 2 faces hypocritical actions over the last 50 years.

calamity said:

Republicans still get a lot of money even though their Speaker of the House was buggering little boys in the butt. So, maybe the Dems have higher moral standards than Repugs.

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This is all of Hollywood. I don't think the Democrats can afford a blow like this.

apdst said:

This is all of Hollywood. I don't think the Democrats can afford a blow like this.

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Hollywood and blow. lol. good one.

code1211 said:

Are you seriously limiting the team members to just those two?

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No, Code, those are just two for an example. What I mean is that all the news networks pick a side to be on and they stay on it. That makes news a team sport. We all need to watch more than one news network to try to figure out what is really going on.

Fletch said:

I have always thought of the Hollywood crowd as pompous hypocrites, this only further demonstrates that. And no, I don't think everyone in Hollywood is a sexual predator like Weinstein, but from what I have heard, lots of people knew of his antics and either kept quiet about it or enabled him, all the while lecturing us in flyover country about how bad we are and how good they are. There is a comparison I could draw that might help you understand how some of us feel. Think of it in terms of a right wing, Bible thumping moralist who gets caught sleeping with his secretary. Weinstein is the left wing version of that. And he is likely just the tip of the iceberg.

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The comparison I'd draw is Ted Haggard. Is it fair that because that guy got involved in a gay sex scandal that "evangelicals" are a bunch of closeted homosexuals and hypocrites?

Emily L said:

No, Code, those are just two for an example. What I mean is that all the news networks pick a side to be on and they stay on it. That makes news a team sport. We all need to watch more than one news network to try to figure out what is really going on.

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Agreed!

I have Sirius radio and do a little driving in my job and life.

During the election, it was amusing to listen to FOX and CNN and compare the coverage of the various stories, the stories that were covered and the tone of the presenters.

FOX was non-stop "Elect Trump"! CNN was non-stop "Elect Hillary"!

Listening to the choreographed discussion panels was enlightening as the same topics were presenting from the opposite sides.

POTUS Radio on Sirius seems to reside more in the middle of the political spectrum. Also has far fewer commercials. That by itself is a recommender in my world.

poweRob said:

The problem in all this is that Lady Justice isn't blind and never has been. She see's green. And when you have the hush money to throw around, you don't have to worry about justice.

This went on for an extended period of time because Weinstien was paying people hush money which contractually bound them to never speak of it or they'd lose that money, their careers and then some. And in that coerced silence, it was occurring again and again.

I just hope that the contractually bound commitment of these payoffs gets overruled by the courts so these people can speak out more freely.

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If people accepted hush money and signed a contract? That sounds like a legal transaction to me. Or an act that was at least retroactively legalized.

zimmer said:

Looney Clooney in the crosshairs.

Quite wonderful to see the hypocrites exposed.

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It is good that there will be some cleansing in hollywood. Hopefully will spill into the Washington and into White House. Maybe Ivanka can come forward and say daddy touch me in my funny parts! Granted no surprise there, I mean president has admitted he wanted to have sex with his daughter and he walks into the underage girls dressing rooms...so it won't be a very big stretch for him.

I think what would be interesting is to see how republicans will make a excuse for him...Or perhaps Ivanka asked for it.

But I am glad women are speaking out.. This things has been going on far too long with too much immunity for the rich and the powerful!

Diving Mullah

joG said:

If people accepted hush money and signed a contract? That sounds like a legal transaction to me. Or an act that was at least retroactively legalized.

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It's a "get out of jail free" contract only afforded to the rich. That's not justice.

Excon said:

1. ? How does an unsubstantiated accusation equate to being a hypocrite?

2. Clooney's response was available from a number of sources when you posted this.

3. She sounds unhinged.

In follow-up tweets, Marquez accused actor Eriq La Salle and a crew member Terence Nightingall of being "p--sy grabbers," and claimed cast members Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle and Julianna Marguiles had been racially insensitive on set. When a fan asked her to further elaborate on the alleged harassment, she wrote, "Sexual(p--sy grabbing)&racial.Mexican jokes EVERY day.Happened to all the women.They chose 2b victims. I fought! #Blacklisted."
George Clooney Denies Blacklisting 'ER' Costar Vanessa Marquez​

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Hollywood is overflowing with PC activists willing to throw darts at the right on everything. When you throw darts or rocks... and you do it at every turn, and you believe you not only believe you’re morally superior, but you are public about it... you better be squeaky clean.

They’re far from it.

Here we have Hollywood now, at this moment, involved in a circular firing exhibition. Every day we read about people saying there are a lot of Harvey’s. Basically claiming Hollywood is diseased.

These people had a chance to walk the talk... for decades... and they kept yap shut.

All these buddies of Harvey didn’t know? ROTFLOL... rrrrrright!!!

Here is an insider who starts her piece with several examples of the cesspool known as Hollywood.
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason: I Knew About Harvey Weinstein. You Probably Did, Too (Guest Column) | Hollywood Reporter

PS. Where are the ***** Caps and the women marching against Hollywood abuse? Where is the gathering and speeches? They protest words (but defended Clinton 20-years earlier)... and now, as with Felonious Bill Clinton, we have actual sexual abuse as ritual, right of passage, sport, and exploitation... as an industry norm.

I thought the Socialists of America Partei (SAPs) created laws to protect women? I guess these laws aren’t meant to ensnare big SAPs like Clinton or the SAP donors. So it is when you’re a SAP.

It’s time for these same women to don their PC headgear and strut their stuff.