Rose McGowan Rips Meryl Streep A New One

Meryl Streep decided to call out Harvey Weinstein as “disrespectful.”

Oooooh! Heavy hitter! Those are some FIGHTING words, Meryl! You go, you feminist icon, you!

Rape is super “disrespectful,” obviously…. but Rose McGowan had a little something to say…

No, Meryl, IT’S A FUCKING CRIME. You are such a lie # ROSEARMY Meryl Streep on Harvey Weinstein allegations: It’s ‘the most gargantuan example of disrespect’ – USA TODAY https://t.co/3E2oiCauME

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) December 8, 2017

Slightly incoherent, but you get the point.

It seems relatively dishonest to dismiss the gruesome allegations against Weinstein, as well as the shady way he and Lisa Bloom went after his victims as “disrespectful.”

According to Daily Mail:

Streep spoke about Weinstein, and the other sexual harassment scandals gripping Hollywood, at the Massachusetts Conference for Women on Thursday.

She called the allegations against Weinstein ‘the most gargantuan example of disrespect’ permeating every industry.
McGowan appeared to take issue with Streep’s language, saying in a tweet on Friday that it should have been stronger.
‘No Meryl, IT’S A F****** CRIME. You are such a lie # ROSEARMY,’ McGowan said.

This isn’t the first time that McGowan has criticized actresses for their response to the Weinstein scandal.
Weinstien was brought down on October 5, when the New York Times published a piece about how he had paid to keep sexual harassment allegations quiet for years.

He was fired from The Weinstein Co. three days later.

In the aftermath of the first Times article, many actresses started speaking out about the allegations against Weinstein, standing by the victims like McGowan who were brave enough to come forward and tell their stories.

Here’s the thing. I took it as her being upset that Meryl dismisses rape as “disrespectful.” She also called it “shenanigans” during that same speech.

Many on Twitter seem to think she meant she was calling the allegations THEMSELVES “disrespectful.”

You need to cross-reference your sources, the full quote is “The thing abound Harvey Weinstein is that he is sort of the most gargantuan example of a kind of disrespect that permeates every industry, every enterprise,” https://t.co/HhsohQ04Er

— Thibaut Nicodème (@TalysAlankil) December 8, 2017

My understanding is that she means his behaviour is disrespectful, not the act of making an allegation. Of course his behaviour is also a crime, but the two things aren’t mutually exclusive.

— WhimAndTonic (@WhimAndTonic) December 8, 2017

Wow that could have been worded better. It sounded like she said the allegations were disrespectful and I was rather surprised…. but she actually said it about his behaviour…
Phew!

— Nicole (@rabbitholer) December 8, 2017

That’s not what Meryl meant at all. I also really don’t think that’s what Rose meant… though now that I read the tweet again I do understand the confusion. As I said, it was a bit garbled to begin with.

I don’t think that’s what she meant BECAUUUUSE if you read carefully, She’s saying, “No, it’s a crime” – in direct response to the “it” being disrespectful. Rose McGowan would OBVIOUSLY not call her own allegations a crime.

CRITICAL READING, PEOPLE.

And thus is born #FAKENEWS.