Following the Republican Party's landslide election victory, director and actress Justine Bateman said Friday that she has been “walking on eggshells” for the past four years, calling the period “un-American.” spoke.
“I think the past four years have been an almost excruciating period. Very un-American in that every question, opinion, like or dislike was kept to a very narrow list of 'permitted positions' for evaluation.” It was a period of Acceptance,” Bateman posted on X.
Bateman, who has appeared on hit TV shows Family Ties and Desperate Housewives, added that she had no idea that such a situation was “an American environment”.
“Family Ties” actress Justine Bateman has slammed the past four years under the Biden administration as “un-American.” (NBC/Desiree Navarro)
“This environment was unlike anything I had encountered before in small groups (churches, private clubs, denominations) but in a national blanket. It was suffocating. “Common sense was discarded and intellectual debate was demonized,” she said.
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She went on to say that “the actions and speech of a 'permissible position' are 'permissible.'” Complete intolerance became almost a religion, with a person's professional and social life almost constantly threatened and anyone who said otherwise ruined it as a warning to others. ”
“Their destruction was published on social media's 'Town Square' for everyone to see.”
Bateman's comments came after President-elect Donald Trump secured a landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Election Day, winning all battleground states and securing the Electoral College and popular vote.
Harris congratulated Trump on the phone Wednesday morning, then gave a concession speech at her alma mater, Howard University.
President Trump's second presidential election was held at the same time. Republicans win the Senate Gain a majority and gain more seats in the House of Commons.
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With the Republican victory, caused a lot of discussion There is a need for self-reflection within the Democratic Party, including Representative Harris Walz, about what led to the outcome, especially considering that Republicans have not won both the popular vote and the electoral college in over 20 years. For example, Sen. Bernie Sanders (R-Vt.) accused Democrats of abandoning the working class.
The Republican victory has sparked much debate within the Democratic Party, including Democratic Party representative Harris Walz, to reflect on what led to President-elect Donald Trump's victory. (Bill Priano/Getty Images)
Bateman added that the country has been stifled by any “forward” movement as the past four years of suppressing speech have shut out “independent thinkers and cultural and intellectual innovators.”
“This is a #MeMeMeToo moment, where every effort was made to draw attention away from ourselves rather than recognizing how we contribute to the whole. In this era, following the crowd is the most important thing to do. “It was a time of trying to control people who didn't want to. They had their own ideas about what needed to be done,” Bateman said.
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“When you starve a society of people who are called upon to be independent thinkers and cultural and intellectual innovators, you deprive that society of forward movement,” she continued. “Those who sought to impose that control were labeled 'sexist,' 'racist,' 'homophobe,' etc., when free thought and questioning were nothing of the sort. By threatening others with hateful labels, he maintained a position of a kind of “venue watcher''.''
“But subsequent crowd psychology has given rise to these social beliefs, often in the absence of supporting evidence,” she says, pointing to the book “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and Crowd Madness.'' Said.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 9: The Hollywood Sign on Mount Leon in Los Angeles, California (Photographed on September 9, 2024). (Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images) (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
“I am not an extreme person, but I believe in common sense and believe that everyone should have the freedom to live as they wish, as long as that freedom does not interfere with the freedom of others to live as themselves. “I'm one of a million people, and that's just life,” she concluded.
Bateman's statement continued as follows: a few other famous peoplemany of whom supported Harris for soul-searching after the decisive Republican victory. “The Big Short” director and staunch progressive Adam McKay has announced that he is leaving the Democratic Party for the Green Party or the Working Class Families Party.
