Over the weekend, several rallies took place across the United States that called for President Donald Trump to release his tax returns. The protests come in response to Trump’s statement that he will not be releasing his taxes, breaking from a decades-long practice of sitting presidents releasing their tax information for full disclosure. However, it isn’t required that Trump release his tax returns.
Since he has opted not to, people across the United States have insinuated that he is hiding something from the American public. Among those in attendance at the rallies was Sarah Silverman. Silverman has a very combative approach when discussing politics. She gave a fiery speech containing her trademark foul language, calling for President Trump to “show us your f***ing taxes, you emotional child.” The irony of that statement coming from Sarah Silverman is hilarious. While I can understand certain citizens wondering why the president of the United States would break from tradition, what I don’t understand is why people think it’s okay to use their fame in a derogatory manner. Sarah Silverman is famous, right? I haven’t even heard from her in years until during the election.
There are so many people in this country who think that making demands will get them to their end game. Sarah Silverman has taken such an embarrassing approach while using her platform to express her political opinions. Her militant speech demonstrated that it’s definitely not the president who is the emotional child in this instance. Silverman’s irrelevant tangent continued with, “You like being a superficial bully? Here’s one for you: you are a three at best.” So in addition to insulting President Trump with good old-fashioned temper tantrum name-calling, Silverman decided to take a shot at his physical appearance. That confuses me, because I was under the impression that we should all be above attacking someone based on their physical appearance. If Silverman were a man addressing a woman in that fashion, there would be pink hat-clad women marching on Washington with their pitchforks.
At this point, it feels like many celebrities are provoking the president, hoping he will defend himself and give them something else to whine about. The behavior of Sarah Silverman does not accurately represent women who are liberal in their beliefs. There are ways to conduct business to keep a professional tone about issues that matter, and then there are the Sarah Silverman, Ashley Judd, and Madonna approaches—neither of which I would recommend for anyone.
The more these celebrities bring this type of negative attention and language to their causes, the more they discredit them. It’s almost impossible to reach a person with an opposing view using verbal attacks and intimidation. I can think of better ways for celebrities to use their influence to reach the president, and none of them require foul language and embarrassing appearances that leave the country wondering, “Who is Sarah Silverman?”
