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Lena Dunham calls for men to denounce Harvey Weinstein
Entertainment Weekly ^ | October 9, 2017 | DAVID CANFIELD

Posted on 10/09/2017 5:47:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The ‘Girls’ creator wrote an op-ed for the ‘New York Times’ in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations against Weinstein

Lena Dunham has called out men in Hollywood for their “deafening silence” in the wake the sexual harassment allegations made against Harvey Weinstein.

In a New York Times op-ed, the Girls creator and star claimed that while Weinstein is the most “powerful man in Hollywood to be revealed as a predator” and his alleged behavior is “a microcosm of what has been happening in Hollywood since always and of what workplace harassment looks like for women everywhere.”

“A liberal-leaning industry, we have been quick to condemn Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and, yes, the president. We do not accept sexual abuse as ‘locker room talk,'” she wrote, citing President Donald Trump’s defense of his graphic, sexist comments in a 2005 Access Hollywood video. “So why the deafening silence, particularly from the industry’s men, when one of our own is outed as having a nasty taste for humiliating and traumatizing women?”

While actors Seth Rogen and Mark Ruffalo and directors James Gunn, Scott Derrickson, and Kevin Smith have spoken out about Weinstein in recent days, much of the criticism against the former executive has been expressed by prominent women in Hollywood, including Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, Judi Dench, and Julianne Moore. Late-night comedy shows hosted by men avoided the topic on Friday, and reports surfaced that Saturday Night Live cut Weinstein references from Weekend Update and a sketch because they weren’t playing well in dress rehearsal. (John Oliver did take on the Weinstein allegations during Last Week Tonight on Sunday.)

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Is it sexist to call Lena a bimbo?
1 posted on 10/09/2017 5:47:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Translation: She ****** his **** once and is regretful.


2 posted on 10/09/2017 5:49:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I just hope that she’s not related to Jeff.


3 posted on 10/09/2017 5:49:35 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn How To Search. Ask Me How.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sure.

It’s not like he raped Lena’s sister.
At least not “Rape-Rape.”


4 posted on 10/09/2017 5:50:05 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If Weinstein seduced Lena, I would denounce him immediately! For bad taste, if nothing else.....


5 posted on 10/09/2017 5:50:16 PM PDT by alstewartfan (We have no money but we stay afloat. The Jellyfishes don't scare us. Al Stewart from Red Toupee)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I love it when leftists attack other leftists.


6 posted on 10/09/2017 5:50:52 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Lock her up!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Is it sexist to call Lena a bimbo? “

Just a garden vriety hag to be. The years will not be kind to this specimen.


7 posted on 10/09/2017 5:51:12 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry, I think you’re wrong. Harvey’s standards were too high to include Lena.


8 posted on 10/09/2017 5:51:45 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (White is the new Black.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lena, I will do you one better.

I denounce both you and Harvey!


9 posted on 10/09/2017 5:51:45 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No, but it is insulting to self-respecting bimbos to compare them to her.


10 posted on 10/09/2017 5:52:10 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I just hope that she’s not related to Jeff.

Didn't know he had any female puppets in his repertoire.

11 posted on 10/09/2017 5:53:38 PM PDT by ssaftler (What's an NFL?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I thought harvey was a despicable halfweed, but now dunham is making me reexamine...


12 posted on 10/09/2017 5:53:59 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m waiting for someone to attack Lena for not attacking Weinstein before. She’s so high and mighty that EVERYONE knew he was a crook and yet she said nothing and I’m willing to bet tried to get in his good graces too.

She’s a hypocrite and needs to be called out on it.


13 posted on 10/09/2017 5:54:58 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Considering that she’s an admitted child molester, she’s awfully judgemental.


14 posted on 10/09/2017 5:55:19 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lol. How about women denouncing him? How about everyone?


15 posted on 10/09/2017 5:55:32 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“So why the deafening silence, particularly from the industry’s men, when one of our own is outed as having a nasty taste for humiliating and traumatizing women?”


Why Lena’s deafening silence on President Clinton’s behavior, much worse than President Trump’s?

This is another illustration that “the issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution”, women’s rights, racism, yada, yada, all are thrown under the bus when it is convenient to push the agenda.

And what is the agenda? Gaining power to force everyone who disagrees with you to do what *you* want. No limits.

They think themselves gods.


16 posted on 10/09/2017 5:57:11 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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“I denounce Harvey Weinstein.”

There, Lena, happy now?

...(I also denounce child molesters such as yourself).


17 posted on 10/09/2017 5:58:19 PM PDT by pcottraux ( depthsofpentecost.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Actually I would bet she’s just wishing he’d hit on her


18 posted on 10/09/2017 5:58:37 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

She’s just upset Harvey never killed a potted plant for her.


19 posted on 10/09/2017 5:59:01 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: EvilCapitalist
I love it when leftists attack other leftists.

Yep - my post-election schadenfreude glow is renewed. :-)

20 posted on 10/09/2017 6:01:14 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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