https://twitter.com/Roger247/status/727372039636455424
Now this is funny.
Last night while making a pretty funny joke about Madonna’s awful outfit at the #MetGala in New York City, conservative Stephen Miller (@Redsteeze) drew the ire of Marie Claire executive editor Lea Goldman who accused him of body shaming the aged pop star.
First up, here’s the joke that set Goldman off (The woman on the right is Melisandre from “Game of Thrones.” In the first episode of this season, it was revealed that once she takes off a magical necklace, she transforms from a hottie into an old lady):
Madonna with necklace. Madonna without necklace pic.twitter.com/N58ulGJBIg
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 3, 2016
Funny, right? Not to Goldman:
https://twitter.com/lea/status/727306517163167744
A back-and-forth ensued between Miller and Madonna’s champion:
This is how members of media attempt to create Twitter mobs over jokes they don't like. Get lost. https://t.co/ZJJ74zgoT0
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/lea/status/727315621952798721
Because Madonna is an empowered feminist she needs an entire magazine to rescue her from Twitter jokes.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 3, 2016
Goldman then complained about “trolls” coming after her, ignorant of the fact that she started it:
https://twitter.com/lea/status/727316034240286723
You tweeted me first. https://t.co/mezf3DOno5
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 3, 2016
I shit you not this is where the executive editor of a magazine who tweeted me out of the blue claims misogyny and online bullying.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 3, 2016
Now for the good part. Our feminist hero has engaged in the very same behavior she accused Miller of, albeit against some random woman in line at a pharmacy.
From April 2013: “I feel bad for these pants.”
https://twitter.com/lea/status/320983978603593729
Conservatives quickly pointed out her hypocrisy:
.@lea Things I've never done: Taken pictures of strangers and posted them online to shame them to my Twitter followers.
You sick fraud.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 3, 2016
Feminism is powerful magazine editors shaming random people on the street without any power behind their back. https://t.co/So7edFbK0P
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 3, 2016
Pot. Kettle. https://t.co/U9MSgfNvqr
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) May 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/AppFlyer/status/727331215800451073
https://twitter.com/soyouknowwme/status/727330922136117248
She took a picture of a stranger to humiliate them but is totally mad about a crack at Madonna. https://t.co/sTidMVPXhf
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) May 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/727330972639830017
@lea @JimmyPrinceton This is what women with power do to other women? Shame them…you get the picture. wow
— Jessica Heddings (@JessicaHeddings) May 3, 2016
@redsteeze @DocWashburn @lea I guess it's not ok to make fun of older women, but just fine to make fun of fat women.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) May 3, 2016
@lea body shamer. This is actually rude tho. She's not a celebrity who puts herself out there, this is a private citizen u mocked.
— LeahBlizz (@leahblizz) May 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/MitchBehna/status/727339469267849216
Ruh roh. Looks like @lea has some apologizing to do to Mr. @redsteeze. h/t @GayPatriot https://t.co/iEwo4M02iF
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) May 3, 2016
Shaming women with power i see. Smh https://t.co/o4WXTSikpJ
— Isaac (@isaacwmiller) May 3, 2016
Fake feminist or hypocrite? #both https://t.co/qmiBMirYeU
— Jared Guardipee (@jaredguardipee) May 3, 2016
This is what skinny girls do 2 women of size. Shame them. Abt their bodies & clothes. I c u. https://t.co/hu8vZqzdQS https://t.co/pGeAloGL9B
— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) May 3, 2016
Maybe she can explain why her invasion of this woman’s privacy and shaming on the Internet is appropriate but Miller’s joke about a rich celebrity is not?
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