This inspired a literal LOL:
Love Lena Dunham calling her Twitter trolls "deranged neo-cons telling you you should be buried under a pile of rocks." #GoldenGlobes
— Kate Aurthur (@KateAurthur) January 11, 2015
Some may think "Lena Dunham has no idea what the word 'neocon' means." But I have a foot in both the political and the entertainment worlds, so I pay special attention to the horrible ways in which the neocons troll her. It's really pretty disturbing. I mean, here's Bill Kristol just tonight:
Yikes! Of course, the taunts have gone on for years now.
I had forgotten that Mike hated Dunham's critically acclaimed 2010 directorial effort.
Even Das Boot has taken it to the HBO star:
My friend Noah, perhaps having picked up a few tricks from those who troll neocons, got right to the point:
Gotta love that passion!
So hey, you know, cut Lena Dunham some slack. She's not just using "neocon" as an empty, meaningless epithet. She has literally been viciously trolled by our leading neocons for years now. (Or maybe not.)
Hopefully unnecessary update:
@SonnyBunch you realize most people are going to think those Tweets actually exist
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) January 12, 2015