Reaction to Steve Martin's Tweet about Carrie Fisher is why Trump won

How many "liberals" do you think were actually offended by what Martin wrote? I don't personally know a single one who was. It doesn't take many people to raise enough of a ruckus to send the Internet into panic mode.

There is unfortunately a segment out there that doesn't think that any comments about a women's looks, favorable or unfavorable, in any context, can be made. I wonder if they ever stopped to think how the population of the world got to seven billion, or whatever the heck it is right now.

Steve Martin complimented a woman whose looks impressed him ---which is the first thing anyone notices the first time they encounter someone -- by claiming that her intelligence and wit and yadda blah blah et cetera were so amazing that those qualities came to dominate his perception of her. That some people can't get beyond the "beautiful" part even to the end of the first sentence of his Tweet is one indication that we're doomed. Most "liberals" share my reaction.

I think Carrie Fisher would've liked his tweet just fine. Liberal lady here.

Not sure if I'm more disappointed about the complaining liberals or that Steve Martin caved in and deleted the tweet.

Hopefully he will say he did it because of the graceless twits sullying up a well intentioned tribute to the recently deceased with hysterical garbage.

Since we are generalizing that all liberals are too sensitive and upset by these little things and of course ruining America. I suppose it is equally fair to label all conservatives as racist, mysogonistic, homophobic and mostly uneducated. That okay with you?

Seems fair to me wrote:

Since we are generalizing that all liberals are too sensitive and upset by these little things and of course ruining America. I suppose it is equally fair to label all conservatives as racist, mysogonistic, homophobic and mostly uneducated. That okay with you?

lol... mysogonistic?

Progressives have been labeling conservatives as such for many years now. The whole thing came to a head this past election with the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party calling Trump's supporters "deplorable" and "irredeemable".

Finally conservatives (and some libertarian-leaning liberals) are fighting back. It's about time!

Seems fair to me wrote:

Since we are generalizing that all liberals are too sensitive and upset by these little things and of course ruining America. I suppose it is equally fair to label all conservatives as racist, mysogonistic, homophobic and mostly uneducated. That okay with you?

No, it is not okay with me. I never made any generalizations. I clearly stated "the complaining liberals" not "liberals". You are one of those liberals (assuming you are liberal) that twists words in order for you to be offended.

Your conservative attack makes no sense because I am not conservative, nor is racism, misogyny, homophobia, or uneducation more present in conservatives than liberals. For example, liberals are significantly less educated than conservatives. Assuming you are a liberal, you are one of those liberals who does not know the facts and is ignorantly attacking conservatives for something that applies more to liberals.

000 wrote:

It seems that some folks wake up and look for things to be offended by.

I agree, it's irritating.

Particularly those people who wake up and look for offended people in order to become offended themselves.

qwttv wrote:

000 wrote:

It seems that some folks wake up and look for things to be offended by.

Yes, they are called "liberals."

I am a liberal.

I had no problem with Martin's tweet.

You are an idiot.

Lee, Bruce wrote:

000 wrote:

It seems that some folks wake up and look for things to be offended by.

At what point in the day were you offended enough by that fact that you came on Letsrun to complain about it.

Good observation of obvious hypocrisy. I'm sure "000" doesn't even see the irony of his post.

Repubtards wake up daily looking for a reason to be offended. This thread is proof.

trollism wrote:

000 wrote:

It seems that some folks wake up and look for things to be offended by.

I agree, it's irritating.

Particularly those people who wake up and look for offended people in order to become offended themselves.

Zing!

It is worse in Canada!

Politically Correct (PC) Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) in Canada are far worse than in the U.S.

At least in the U.S. you have Trump now, who will destroy those PC SJWs.

In Canada there is that POS Justin Trudeau who calls himself a feminist but then attends a segregated mosque where women are kept upstairs or behind the men!

He stands in these mosques and gives speeches about how great muslims are. While muslims are planning to bring sharia law to Ontario!

Bad Wigins wrote:

More trolls wrote:

Social media called out Steve Martin for implying that beauty is what matters most for females

To a young man, it is, at least in the sense that it's the first thing he notices. And then he finds out her other attributes later. Typically you see somebody before you talk to them and find out what they're like.

This is entirely natural and an inborn trait of humans. Beauty is a likely sign of fertility, youth and health, a ticket to reproductive success. Society ignores this when it condemns it.

Yes B. Wigins, but don't you see that if we can somehow engineer our culture to train people to overcome these inborn traits, we will be able to stop the perpetuation of the misogynistic patriarchy that has always oppressed women? Everything humans do and think is because of how their culture has programed them be. If liberals can exert total control over the meaning of words and how people talk, then we will be able to finally reach the democratic utopian ideal where there is no war, or poverty, and no one ever ever ever has their feelings hurt. We were so close, but now the racist and misogynist power structures within patriarchal society have pushed back by electing that rapist silver spoon buffoon. That is why it is more important now than ever before to hunt out every hint of misogyny and shame the speaker into submission.

Even pretty liberals like to hear that they're hot....

Are there actually any attractive SJW's?

Is this why there are no attractive people in Portland.?

Who knows but seems unlikely what she went thru after The Force Awakens that she would have loved the tweet but I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Carrie Fisher wasn't really all THAT beautiful looks wise. Martin was probably remembering the gold bikini more than anything and hence why he took the tweet down vs trying to explain it.

Seems fair to me wrote:

Since we are generalizing that all liberals are too sensitive and upset by these little things and of course ruining America. I suppose it is equally fair to label all conservatives as racist, mysogonistic, homophobic and mostly uneducated. That okay with you?

Good post.

If you think anyone is waking up "looking for things to be offended about", maybe try thinking about all the things you take for granted and the ways you're born with privilege. Once you do that, your eyes just get opened to what it's like for others. Sure, maybe some people can take it too far, but the intention is a good one.

Stick with eharmony wrote:

000 wrote:

It seems that some folks wake up and look for things to be offended by.

^this....

Further proof liberals are ruining America

Your music and singing are ruining America.

Steve Martin clearly suffered vision deterioration at a young age.

Fisher was "just kind of there" as far as looks go.

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