Singer Madonna defends 'blowing up the White House' remark

By Sharon Bernstein

REUTERS

 

Madonna performs at the Women's March in Washington U.S., January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files

 

REUTERS - Pop singer Madonna, who said in a profanity-laced speech at Saturday's Women's March in Washington, D.C., that she had thought about "blowing up the White House," said on Sunday that she was speaking metaphorically.

 

Madonna's speech, which was criticized on social media, led some television networks to abruptly stop their live feeds of the march, which drew hundreds of thousands of people in demonstrations across the United States to protest the election of Donald Trump as president.

 

"I am not a violent person," the singer songwriter said on Instagram. "I spoke in metaphor and I shared two ways of looking at things — one was to be hopeful, and one was to feel anger and outrage, which I have personally felt."

 

The 58-year-old led the crowd on Saturday in chants of, "Yes, we're ready" to take on policies promoted by Trump, who alienated many women during the election campaign with comments' about rivals' attractiveness and promises to outlaw or diminish abortion rights.

 

Trump's comments in a decade-old video declaring that women would allow him, as a celebrity, to kiss and grope them without their consent further outraged many women.

 

But Madonna preceded the chants with coarse words for critics of the march.

 

"To our detractors that insist that this march will never add up to anything, fuck you," the pop star said. She then repeated the expletive.

 

Her words drew immediate criticism on social media. On Youtube, where the speech was posted live and in recorded formats, several users called the singer "evil."

 

Others expressed outrage over her comment that she had thought about blowing up the White House. On Twitter, some users demanded that she be investigated for making terrorist threats.

 

Turnout for Saturday's march was unprecedented, as organizers took credit for mobilizing 5 million marchers worldwide.

 

Official crowd estimates for the Washington centerpiece of the demonstration were not available, but turnout in the nation's capital clearly exceeded the 200,000 projected in advance by organizers, filling long stretches of downtown Washington around the White House and the National Mall.

 

(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, Calif.; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-01-23

A tart is a tart, no matter how she speaks and what she sings...

for the women how made her fame and money whoring herself naked and provocation

throughout her years has no right to speak, a moral compass she's not,

and beside all the choice words were already spoken in the

What do you think of Madonna telling Trump to "Suck a D***?" topic.

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

A tart is a tart, no matter how she speaks and what she sings...

for the women how made her fame and money whoring herself naked and provocation

throughout her years has no right to speak, a moral compass she's not,

and beside all the choice words were already spoken in the

What do you think of Madonna telling Trump to "Suck a D***?" topic.

 

While you may not approve of her route to fame, she has every right to speak her mind. Unfortunately, that right and the exposure she knows that she can garner, carries responsibilities, and it is the very nonsense that she spouted that is used to denigrate the left and distract attention from the many thousands of peaceful people who want to vent their outrage at the sick joke that is President Trump. Madonna should have known better than to allow her childish comments to divert the commentary away from what was actually happening on the ground.

1 minute ago, RuamRudy said:

 

While you may not approve of her route to fame, she has every right to speak her mind. Unfortunately, that right and the exposure she knows that she can garner, carries responsibilities, and it is the very nonsense that she spouted that is used to denigrate the left and distract attention from the many thousands of peaceful people who want to vent their outrage at the sick joke that is President Trump. Madonna should have known better than to allow her childish comments to divert the commentary away from what was actually happening on the ground.

 

Well said

Shes a real Tart should be Arrested for The Threats to teach the Aging old Dyke a lesson

 

I see she continues to be a classy shining example to our teens and sheep that for what ever reason continue to follow her. Oh and to Madonna right back at ya sister!!!

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

A tart is a tart, no matter how she speaks and what she sings...

for the women how made her fame and money whoring herself naked and provocation

throughout her years has no right to speak, a moral compass she's not,

and beside all the choice words were already spoken in the

What do you think of Madonna telling Trump to "Suck a D***?" topic.

Whereas a guy who speaks about grabbing women by the p***y is a basically honorable gentleman.

She should be in jail sucking lemons with lying Hillary

Just now, uptheos said:

She should be in jail sucking lemons with lying Hillary

Or with Mike Flynn, who disclosed classified intelligence to the intelligence services of foreign nations without authorization.

Please don't wish such a horrible thing on Mike 

2 minutes ago, uptheos said:

Please don't wish such a horrible thing on Mike 

I don't know. Considering that he lives in an alternative reality, he might not even notice.

Just now, ilostmypassword said:

I don't know. Considering that he lives in an alternative reality, he might not even notice.

 

Sucking lemons might not be too bad

...a washed up !@#$%^&* by any other name...always would do anything for a buck...nothing has changed....

 

...except maybe what she charges now has lowered considerably......

 

...other response.....Who....???

She has made  threat against a symbol of the American gov, a normal person doing the same would be investigated by the FBI and possible charges....lock up the old hag in a cell next to hillary 

Crazy Bit**.... arrest Her!

16 minutes ago, ilostmypassword said:

Whereas a guy who speaks about grabbing women by the p***y is a basically honorable gentleman.

And a standing president inserting a cigar in p@ssy of a young woman who was working for him and wasnt his wife is honorable ?

 

The same ex president who was "checking out" a new presidents wife in front of his own wife honorable ? 

predictable provocation is simply boring...

1 minute ago, Savilesghost said:

And a standing president inserting a cigar in p@ssy of a young woman who was working for him and wasnt his wife is honorable ?

 

The same ex president who was "checking out" a new presidents wife in front of his own wife honorable ? 

I must Google the word honorable again. Seems like it has lost its meaning over the decades. Like alternate truth could it mean alternate debauchery. 

1 minute ago, hdkane said:

predictable provocation is simply boring...

We got you the first time. 

1 minute ago, hdkane said:

predictable provocation is simply boring...

 

I'm not provoked by anything on here, are you easily provoked?

1 hour ago, RuamRudy said:

 

While you may not approve of her route to fame, she has every right to speak her mind. Unfortunately, that right and the exposure she knows that she can garner, carries responsibilities, and it is the very nonsense that she spouted that is used to denigrate the left and distract attention from the many thousands of peaceful people who want to vent their outrage at the sick joke that is President Trump. Madonna should have known better than to allow her childish comments to divert the commentary away from what was actually happening on the ground.

 

They can't help it - craved fame and adulation, and the wealth and privilege that goes with it. And will do anything to try to maintain it.

 

However, would you have also supported protesters against Hilary if she'd won? 

30 minutes ago, ilostmypassword said:

Whereas a guy who speaks about grabbing women by the p***y is a basically honorable gentleman.

 

Politicians don't seem to worry about honor, ethics, morals or about doing "the right thing" when exposed anymore. Hang on to the trough and power at all costs is the mantra.

 

You don't really think Mrs or Mr Clinton are the remotest bit honorable surely, do you?

6 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Politicians don't seem to worry about honor, ethics, morals or about doing "the right thing" when exposed anymore. Hang on to the trough and power at all costs is the mantra.

 

You don't really think Mrs or Mr Clinton are the remotest bit honorable surely, do you?

As an American friend stated he is not a Trump supporter, but he believes the lessor of the two evils was elected President 

44 minutes ago, Savilesghost said:

She has made  threat against a symbol of the American gov, a normal person doing the same would be investigated by the FBI and possible charges....lock up the old hag in a cell next to hillary 

 

 Hilary isn't that the one that Donald Trump said of ‘Second Amendment People’ Can Stop Hillary Clinton From Curbing Gun Rights. I wonder what he meant by that.

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

A tart is a tart, no matter how she speaks and what she sings...

for the women how made her fame and money whoring herself naked and provocation

throughout her years has no right to speak, a moral compass she's not,

and beside all the choice words were already spoken in the

What do you think of Madonna telling Trump to "Suck a D***?" topic.

 

Please be respectful of the new First Lady, Melania.

It was obviously not an actual threat. 

It's also obvious that trumpists would be out to jail her.

That's what authoritarians (from the left AND right) like Putin (who arguably owns trump now) do ... try to KILL all dissent. 

 

 

Also predictable is the vile MISOGYNY apparent in the attacks by trumpists on the great entertainer MADONNA. 

Edited January 23, 20179 yr by Jingthing

Trumpsters are unnecessarily clutching their pearls. I'm sure Trump isn't bothered by such language. After all, at his election rallies (not protests, election rallies) he happily encouraged his supporters to shout "Trump they Bit**"

 

C'mon, PC snowflakes, thoughen up.

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

They can't help it - craved fame and adulation, and the wealth and privilege that goes with it. And will do anything to try to maintain it.

 

However, would you have also supported protesters against Hilary if she'd won? 

 

Hilary, Donald - different flavours of the same corrupt class of people whose primary goal is to maintain the status quo. Hilary is no more left wing that Teresa May - she just wears the left wing badges because that is her gimmick.

Edited January 23, 20179 yr by RuamRudy
initially replied to the wrong post

2 hours ago, uptheos said:

She should be in jail sucking lemons with lying Hillary

 

Excuse me, she didn't lie, it was just "alternative facts".

A whole lot of hot air over some over boisterous locker room boasting between two guys which is totally commonplace. These liberals women are making me more conservative with their persistent complaining against a President who hasn't done anything yet. Madonna is hardly an example of equality between the sexes.   And if anyone thinks women never utter profanities or speak crudely in the bathrooms around the world then you are living in a dream. These demonstrations were mistimed and nothing but an excuse to protest. Funny how the outrage doesnt extend to the horrendous abuse of women's rights in muslim countries or in the West where a blind eye is turned to areas practicing Sharia law but a few words uttered in confidence later betrayed bring out millions. Something tells me that people have ceased to be able to balance and compare problems and injustices.