A has-been Hollywood entertainer tried to be clever and smart with her quips by insulting the president of the United States and paid dearly for it.
Lena Dunham incurred the wrath of the internet with a comment she made about President Donald Trump on Twitter last 25 September. In response to a thread by Travon Free, a writer for the late-night show "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee", Dunham compared Trump to Dylann Roof.
"Not only is he a racist but he's a racist with untreated mental illness," she tweeted. "So under diff circumstances he’s Dylann Roof."
Roof, a white supremacist, was convicted of 33 charges, including federal hate crimes, for opening fire at a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015. He murdered nine black worshippers.
And she was wrong on all points. Most of the reactions in her feed were vicious.
"If you would use your platform to reasonably talk to people, especially ones that disagree with you, things would be much better," one wrote. "Wow possibly the most ignorant thing ever tweeted," another said.
Another pursued the same line of argument, tweeting, "Yeah those racists love dating biracial women like Trump did for 2 years! You’re an elitist b*tch. Just go away!!"
And it got more personal. "Examples? Proof? How, in the teeny tiny place you call a mind do you justify your slurs? Middle America LOATHES you because you LIE," one said. She was also called a "complete moron," accused of "anti-American liberal lunacy" and labeled Casey Anthony and Jerry Sandusky under different circumstances.
Several chose to turn things around and allude to the controversy around Dunham’s 2014 memoir, "Not That Kind of Girl". When the book was released, certain passages spurred accusations that she sexually abused or molested her sister.
Her most recent attack on the president—she has been quite vocal about her loathing for a man she said "wants to paint himself as a white (orange) savior" — turned into an attack on Dunham. The examples are too numerous to include — many appear only after clicking on the "Show additional replies, including those that may contain offensive content" button — but here’s just one instance: "Mental illness, like you molesting your sister then making $$ off the story. You are mental and a piece of garbage."
Now, who wants to be called Dunham's friend? If you are one, be ready to answer the following replies: https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/912438869332680704
Lena Dunham incurred the wrath of the internet with a comment she made about President Donald Trump on Twitter last 25 September. In response to a thread by Travon Free, a writer for the late-night show "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee", Dunham compared Trump to Dylann Roof.
"Not only is he a racist but he's a racist with untreated mental illness," she tweeted. "So under diff circumstances he’s Dylann Roof."
Roof, a white supremacist, was convicted of 33 charges, including federal hate crimes, for opening fire at a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015. He murdered nine black worshippers.
And she was wrong on all points. Most of the reactions in her feed were vicious.
"If you would use your platform to reasonably talk to people, especially ones that disagree with you, things would be much better," one wrote. "Wow possibly the most ignorant thing ever tweeted," another said.
Another pursued the same line of argument, tweeting, "Yeah those racists love dating biracial women like Trump did for 2 years! You’re an elitist b*tch. Just go away!!"
And it got more personal. "Examples? Proof? How, in the teeny tiny place you call a mind do you justify your slurs? Middle America LOATHES you because you LIE," one said. She was also called a "complete moron," accused of "anti-American liberal lunacy" and labeled Casey Anthony and Jerry Sandusky under different circumstances.
Several chose to turn things around and allude to the controversy around Dunham’s 2014 memoir, "Not That Kind of Girl". When the book was released, certain passages spurred accusations that she sexually abused or molested her sister.
Her most recent attack on the president—she has been quite vocal about her loathing for a man she said "wants to paint himself as a white (orange) savior" — turned into an attack on Dunham. The examples are too numerous to include — many appear only after clicking on the "Show additional replies, including those that may contain offensive content" button — but here’s just one instance: "Mental illness, like you molesting your sister then making $$ off the story. You are mental and a piece of garbage."
Now, who wants to be called Dunham's friend? If you are one, be ready to answer the following replies: https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/912438869332680704
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