Lena Dunham Attacked For Supporting Hillary Clinton, Not Bernie Sanders

[big_dog]

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Source: Starpulse/Variety.com 3/22/2016 11:13am

The last thing Lena Dunham imagined was being the target of backlash for supporting a fellow feminist. Dunham, 29, a devout Clinton surrogate for the 2016 Elections, has been taking heat for her social media and public support. However, fans on Instagram expressed their anger at her choice for president, and some of it have been hostile, to say the least.

The Girls star opened up recently about ongoing hostility-filled attacks from so-called Democratic voters for throwing her support behind Hillary Clinton instead of Senator Bernie Sanders, who many say have done more for women than the former Secretary of State, according to Variety.

Dunham usually receives a barrage of toxic comments on her Instagram feed after she posts images of her on the Clinton campaign trail. On most occasions, she ignores the negative attacks from Internet trolls. However, things boiled over last week when one haters' comment ruffled her feathers: "Bernie Sanders had done more for feminism than Hillary Clinton ever had." According to Salon, Lena "lost her freaking mind."

"The idea that you’re gonna tell me that the woman who stepped into the White House when I was 6 years old and made me think it was possible to live the life I wanted and say the things I believed has somehow not done enough for women is so offensive to the core of my being.



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[arcane1]

1. "Celebrity Gets Instagram Comments They Don't Like" is breaking news now?

[ciaobaby]

3. My thoughts exactly !

[arcane1]

8. I know I always go to "Star Pulse" for Latest Breaking News

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. It really is getting to be pretty pathetic. On a day with real late breaking news,

for stuff like this to show up as LBN reflects poorly on judgment here these days.

[arcane1]

16. It's long past time I put this OP on ignore, for polluting LBN with drivel.

[FailureToCommunicate]

17. I can think of several here you may want to add to your list.

[beam me up scottie]

49. ^^^ THIS ^^^

[Maedhros]

2. Support a corporatist, take the heat for it.

We're all accountable for our actions.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

6. Blame the victim for being bullied.

Wow.

[frazzled]

25. No, it's never right to attack people because of

whom they are supporting. It's just ugly and wrong. Support whoever you support and make your case for them, but don't bully, attack, demean people who think differently.

[ananda]

31. Tell that to Clinton and all the Clintonistas here!

Sanders has been falsely attacked for things he never did or said,
and so have his supporters .. both by Clinton and her supporters!

Corporatists all seem to be bullies to me. They want to ram things
down our throats and expect us to give way to it -- things like the
TPP, privatizing SS, losing our jobs or wage security to people
overseas ... and so on.

[frazzled]

36. I think maybe you need to tone down the anger

Anger is not a good response. Now I exit this conversation.

[Beacool]

42. Projecting much?

[phazed0]

4. Damn the issues or facts... "I saw her when I was 6, so no worries!" nt

[beastie boy]

5. Obviously, it's Lena's fault

Not the stupid jerks who keep harassing her.

[MADem]

19. I'm a bit saddened at some of the dismissive comments, but not surprised.

I think we can do better here at DU. I'm puzzled why we don't.

Dismissing the fact that Dunham gets harassed by assholes on the internet doesn't "help" Sanders at all. The smart move is to say something like "They don't represent us" not "She's a whiner/this is not breaking news/I hate Lena Dunham."

[Cryptoad]

7. Takes courage to do whats Right

[big_dog]

9. indeed

[Kittycat]

30. Then maybe fight for the men that Hillary will send off to war.

is this GDPee or LBN?

[jalan48]

11. But what's the latest news about the Kardashians?

[closeupready]

12. Lena Dunham - Yuck.

[redruddyred]

13. i have lots of hostile things to say about lena dunham

mostly for generating enough hype around her show that i eventually became curious enough to see the first two episodes

fuck you lena, i want that hour and a half of my life back.

supporting hillary is further evidence of her obvious bad taste.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

37. I watch Vinyl but turn it off when Girls comes on.

Vinyl may be a crummy show, but I am absolutely more interested in the 70s record industry than a bunch of back stabbing girls.

[redruddyred]

52. is that what it is?

i thought it was coopting a sociopolitically vital theme (millennials are fucked) and trashing it beyond recognition

no wonder all the old folks do is complain abt us. apparently lena fucking dunham is the Voice Of My Generation

[PatrynXX]

14. I woulda defended her until it hit over the WTF moment

BS comes with the territory but yes Bernie has actually done more for women than Hillary. from a Legal standpoint. although the Stand by your man thing I remember in the 90's aggravated alot of feminists back then. It was a private matter and I'd much rather stayed out of it. I don't consider her a feminist . Not all women are feminists and yes there are Male Feminists, how is that so hard to understand I don't know

[Android3.14]

18. Ding-ding!!

We have a winner.

Well put.

[SunSeeker]

24. LOL Yeah, here's an example of something "Bernie has actually done for women":

Which of course makes this pale in comparison:

[redstateblues]

32. Is that the same Bernie Sanders that's running for President?

Wow - I hadn't seen that

[SunSeeker]

39. Oh yes. Yes it is. Back when he liked being called "Bernard Sanders." nt

[Renew Deal]

15. To be fair, everyone gets attacked for supporting someone other than Bernie

There shall be no dissent.

[valerief]

20. Oy vey! And we should care why? Never mind. Trashable thread. nt

[JackRiddler]

21. LBN abuse.

Gossip sheet covers one of its usual celebrity subjects. She is complaining about the comments section on her... Instagram page. Her Instagram page! These comments are not even mean to her, but damn it she does not agree.

Total abuse of LBN to electioneer on the bogus "mean Berniebros" meme, and distract from real news. Even as GDP material, this is trivial. An embarrassment.

[big_dog]

33. a lot of women listen to her

Bernie supporters could be a little more tolerant on this

[JackRiddler]

46. I'm sure there are women and men who are her fans.

This is true of many celebrities. I'm tolerant of whatever she says. I am intolerant of hte abuse of LBN by you, big_dog. This is about your choice, not hers.

[Lizzie Poppet]

22. Butthurt C-list celebrities are LBN now?

[JackRiddler]

47. No.

[redruddyred]

23. in addition to being insultingly untalented

dunham can't parse text

"bernie is better for woman" is in no interpretation within the english language "hillary hasn't done enough"

bernie is sure the hell better for millennial woman who didn't have rich, wellconnected parents to jumpstart their career. or go to uni or learn a trade. or float their apparently quite expensive healthcare needs, which is quite a luxury indeed.

is it abuse if i insinuate that she should go jump off a high building? i'm not saying it to her face. please die and disappear forever, lena, i'm sick of reading your stupid opinions.

[MurrayDelph]

26. I don't get why people are unclear

on the concept of "Primary."

Vote for whomever you prefer in the Primary. And don't be a jerk to those who prefer someone else.

Vote for whomever the candidate is in the General. And don't be a jerk if it's not your first choice.

[bravenak]

27. I believe everything she is saying

Since people have decided to bother me on twitter, find my family members through facebook and harass them over a comment I made, deleted and apologized for, I can safely say that the swarming a bullying is absolutely REAL. I have no idea if people thought that finding my relatives and harassing them over a comment that I made ON ANOTHER SITE was a good idea, or that it would make them look good and my family members hate me, but ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

Leave people and their family ALONE!! Stop investigating every single supporter of Hillary's and bullying them! It DOES NOT MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD. IT IS WHY YOU ARE NOT WINNING!! I will be contacing authorities if even one more of my family members is contacted and let them decide on a proper course of action. Harassment is a crime.

[AtheistCrusader]

40. Is it just me

or is it becoming a repeat occurrence that parties unknown, but also somehow certainly Bernie supporters, keep trying to make you 'stop supporting Hillary', by doing things that would never in a million years actually convince anyone to stop doing something, and in fact, would likely result in any targeted person doing the opposite, twice as hard?

It seems to be becoming a theme.

[bravenak]

45. I am just tired of it

I really do not care about this election anywhere NEAR as much as I care about my family. I just want my family left alone.

[AtheistCrusader]

50. In all seriousness.

There are only two ways to silence trolls like that. Actual law enforcement activity (difficult but not impossible, depending on circumstances.) and by not giving them what they want. No response. No complaints, no acknowledgement of their activity at all, and they go away.

Saying what you just said publicly is giving the sort of person who would do that, exactly what they want.

[bravenak]

56. I am putting them on ignore and contacting officials as complaints come in

But now people who were contacted just want to solve it themselves so, that's what I'm worried about. I do not want my family doing what they are doing, and looking for the culprits, to take things into their own hands. That is dangerous. My family is NOT LIKE ME. They will not use words, so I have to contact the law to protect the actual bullies. Not everyone brushes stuff off like I do and moves on.

[Kittycat]

28. Breaking. Kim Kardashian votes for... Who cares? Not breaking news.

Put it in the GDPee.

[orpupilofnature57]

29. A REAL pop star moment, Bernie is more of a feminist than Hillary Ever Was . n/t

[Purveyor]

34. Who the hell is Lena Dunham and why should I care? eom

[bunnies]

35. Was just going to post exactly this. nt

[hollysmom]

43. she has a show on TV or had,I think she ended it.

but she also has a habit of claiming to be the victim of some negative comment.
A lot of people liked her show it did some newsworthy breakthroughs, but I did not enjoy the 4 episodes I selected to watch, so what ever. Probably a generations thing.
she likens herself to being a feminist, but not the kind I was when I worked having to deal with bosses with pornmo on their office walls, lower wages, no respect, lost opportunities, and a co-worker who told you he had a right to rape you because you were working in a man's job.
No she is a pre-emptive feminist who claims everything negative said about Clinton is gender insults and stuff like that. And if you don't support Clinton you are not a feminist.

[desmiller]

38. Someone give her some BenGay. Free throw to the trash

*swish* nothing but net.

[basselope]

41. I guess the truth really got under her skin.

[Legends303]

44. No matter who you support

We should learn have the decency enough to treat each other with respect while debating policy.

[JackRiddler]

48. Indeed we should treat each other with respect.

We might also treat the concept of "LBN" with respect.

[fbc]

51. Lena Dunham, the infamous child molester?

I don't think Bernie needs that kind of support.

[Beacool]

53. It's probably the kids that support Sanders.

I would expect someone with an ounce of maturity not to waste time bashing someone for not supporting their candidate.

[LannyDeVaney]

54. I hope Ms. Dunham doesn't read these comments. Sickening.

When a female speaks up for another female in a powerful role, with an influential voice - and is mocked and attempts are made to silence that person.

Truly sickening, and frankly it has no place in the Democratic party.

[Chemisse]

57. Locking

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