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Meghan's Speech

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merlotgran Thu 04-Jun-20 09:23:07

I would have applauded this speech had Meghan been an A list celebrity in her own right and not used her marriage to a member of the RF as a leg up on to the platform she now occupies.

Now she's back in LA where she always wanted to be, she's in the thick of massive racist issues involving violent demonstrations. It seems it was ever thus in the USA.

I couldn't help thinking back to her self pitying comments about racism in the UK. Now we're caught up in the turmoil caused by an act of racist violence in her own country where she fled to 'escape' her unfair treatment over here. hmm

Grany Fri 05-Jun-20 10:30:58

Yes I think Meghan speech was really good something called for in turmoil of racism in US She should not be criticised for this.

And true pick on someone deserving of criticism like P Charles putting up rents on Duchy land.

I mean he pockets £20 million a year, landlords elsewhere allow their tennents to buy the land their house sits on not Charles he is living in feudal times like its his own private fiefdom.

But is the Duchy public or private that is the question? Or pick on Tories privatising our NHS to an insurance based system like USA we seem to be copying them.

GrannyLaine Fri 05-Jun-20 10:41:51

Anniebach

Calling posters ‘nasty, embittered old crones’ is so nasty, your
criticism of posters is far nastier than any criticism of Megan.

Absolutely agree Anniebach .
And I'm wondering what relevance the opinion that Meghan is an "attractive young woman" has to anything at all?

Oldwoman70 Fri 05-Jun-20 10:52:45

I do wonder why there is so much antagonism towards Meghan. Could it be that it would be directed at anyone who Harry married. Did people feel they "own" him and wanted him to remain as the "fun loving slightly naughty favourite" never grow up and have a family of his own? I have no idea whether I would like Meghan or not, having never met her but it seems there are many who have decided she is the epitome of all that is wrong in the world.

Anniebach Fri 05-Jun-20 10:53:27

GrannyLaine. Seems for trisher those who criticise her are envious of this ‘attractive,young woman’ .

For me ‘beauty is skin deep’ , what a person says and does that is important .

Megan is praised for her latest tv appearance for supporting
the black Americans, I have criticised her selfish interview when in S.A., this it seems is wrong and of no importance.

heath480 Fri 05-Jun-20 11:05:33

All I see is a woman who is desperate for attention.I haven’t listened to the speech,but have read it,all those silly phrases she has plagiarised.She hasn’t got an original thought in her head.

It was a private speech,yet it has magically been released to the media.Oh I wonder how that happened!!

Anniebach Fri 05-Jun-20 11:09:23

I am surprised she isn’t going to sue whoever released it to the
media ?

maddyone Fri 05-Jun-20 11:10:32

Posters expressing an opinion is not spewing hatred or bile. It appears some would like to close down free speech on this subject. The claim that we are all ‘embittered old crones‘ is truly nasty, especially towards people that are not in any way known to the writer, and to my mind that is spewing hatred and bile. Pan and black comes to mind.

trisher Fri 05-Jun-20 11:15:51

Oh I so agree Anniebach it is nasty isn't it. But that's the thing posters willing to say nasty things but not to accept them themselves. It's a choice between Mrs Do As You Would Be Done By and Mrs Be Done By As You Did.

Grany Fri 05-Jun-20 11:28:28

The thing is why pick on Meghan saying nasty things about her. You don't know her. She is her own woman made her own money before she married Harry. Good for them they left the RF They will probably do some good in their own right now that they have left, not like the ones left making sure they stay on the gravy train not putting a foot wrong for the 'firm'

ladymuck Fri 05-Jun-20 11:31:57

I don't know why she bothered really, she didn't have much to say. Just jumping on the bandwagon.

maddyone Fri 05-Jun-20 12:08:57

trisher
It is indeed, isn’t it just!

Rosalyn69 Fri 05-Jun-20 12:11:29

I’m a lot of things but a nasty embittered old crone is not one of them.

Anniebach Fri 05-Jun-20 12:50:28

We agree trisher you were nasty to posters because they criticised someone in the public eye, but being nasty comes
easy to you , you admit you have no problem with it

Anniebach Fri 05-Jun-20 12:53:36

You are mistaken Grany they are still taking money from the
royal family but giving nothing in return , dumped charities ,
snubbed the Queen, this naturally pleases you.

trisher Fri 05-Jun-20 14:19:12

Annie it's much more honest to recognise and admit you are being nasty than to hide behind the "it's reasonable criticism" argument.
I don't have a problem with dishing out what seems to be the constant theme of these MM threads. That of unjustified and unreasonable hatred of people you don't know. I just choose a different target.

Lucca Fri 05-Jun-20 15:10:39

Ladymuck and ladygracie. You know that for a fact do you ?

Anniebach Fri 05-Jun-20 15:12:38

I don’t choose targets trisher, no poster should be a target,
you believe they should , says it all

Grany Fri 05-Jun-20 15:27:24

How about the Queen with 10 million in off shore accounts.

trisher Fri 05-Jun-20 17:13:30

So MM isn't a target Annie? Oh come on she is exactly that. Posters don't know her but choose to criticise and dish out blame. Just as I did in general to other posters the difference being of course that I didn't make it personal.
maddyone I completely agree with you being rude about people that are not in any way known to the writer is horrible so why do people insist on doing that to MM?
As for free speech that's exactly what I am doing although it seems to have upset some.

Jabberwok Fri 05-Jun-20 17:20:34

She's not alone! What has the Queens finances got to do with the Sussex 's? Lucky she has really, else what on earth would they live on if PC suddenly put his foot down?!!

Anniebach Fri 05-Jun-20 17:21:44

You did make it personal trisher , I don’t want to feed your
need, so you carry on picking your targets

maddyone Fri 05-Jun-20 17:38:36

What about the Queen? I was obviously mistaken, but I thought this thread was about Meghan’s speech!

maddyone Fri 05-Jun-20 17:39:41

trisher
I was speaking of you.

maddyone Fri 05-Jun-20 17:42:59

Since you think it’s horrible to be rude about people who are not in any way known to you, why are you rude to people who are not in any way known to you?

trisher Fri 05-Jun-20 18:32:31

Oh maddyone of course I knew who you were talking about. But it is so funny that exactly the same argument can be used about other posters on this thread. Why am I rude to other posters? Well having read the perpetual and unrelenting criticism aimed at MM I finally got tired of it and posted something equally abusive and waited for the backlash, which of course came.