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Matt Damon is in hot water due to his controversial comments about sexual misconduct.

In a preview clip for ABC's "Popcorn with Peter Travers," Damon shared his thoughts about sexual misconduct as more and more celebrities come forward to share their stories. Unfortunately, the "Martian" actor's words seemed to lack sensitivity regarding the issue.

"I think we're in this watershed moment. I think it's great. I think it's wonderful that women are feeling empowered to tell their storiesand it's totally necessary," Damon said (via E! News). "I do believe there's a spectrum of behavior There's a difference between patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn't be conflated."

Minnie Driver did not agree with the "Jason Bourne" star's statement and expressed her thoughts on social media. "God God, SERIOUSLY?" she wrote on Twitter, along with a link to an article about Damon's statement.

"There are so many men I love who do NOT frame the differentiation between sexual misconduct assault and rape as an excuse or worse- our problem. Such bollocks.." Driver wrote in another tweet.

Damon and Driver co-starred in "Good Will Hunting" in 1997. The two dated, but when Damon appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1998, he denied that he had a girlfriend, which did not sit well with Driver.

"It's unfortunate that Matt went on 'Oprah'," Driver told Los Angeles Times. "It seemed like a good forum for him to announce to the world that we were no longer together, which I found fantastically inappropriate."

Driver is not alone in her objections to Damon's statement. Another user took to Twitter and wrote: "in 2018, Matt Damon should be cancelled."

Damon also shared his thoughts about Louis C.K., who recently apologized for his sexual misconduct. The "Bourne Identity" star admitted that he doesn't know all the details regarding the comedian's actions, but he thinks that C.K. deserves another chance.

"When he came out and said, 'I did this; I did these things; these women are all telling the truth,' I just remember thinking, 'Well, that's the sign of somebody who...well, we can work with that,'" Damon said (via E! News).

"The clearer signal to men and to younger people is [to] deny it, because if you take responsibility for what you did, your life's going to get ruined. I mean, look, as I saidall of that behavior needs to be confronted, but there is a continuum. And on this end of the continuum where you have rape and child molestation or whatever, you know, that's prison. Right? That's what needs to happen. OK?" he added.

In addition, Damon previously denied knowing about Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and assault. He also stressed that while he did work with the film mogul in several movie projects, he kept his distance from him.

"When you hear 'Harvey this, Harvey that'I mean, look at the guy! Of course he's a womanizer. I don't hang out with him," Damon said.
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I agree with him. I'm afraid to even talk to women now since I live in Portland with so many SJW lunatics
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A girl pat me on the ass at my work, once. I was violated, I'll have you know :(
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SJW's going apeshit at somebody using common sense and reason?

No way.
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Scorsese2002 posted...

Another user took to Twitter

LMAO

PepsiWithCoke posted...

SJW's going apeshit at somebody using common sense and reason?

No way.

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So the "backlash" is from his ex and some one on twitter?....ok...
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TheVipaGTS posted...

So the "backlash" is from his ex and some one on twitter?....ok...

How dare anyone disregard the opinion of some random guy on twitter!!!1

Ammonitida posted...

Scorsese2002 posted...

Another user took to Twitter

LMAO

Yeah, I like how this is actually a thing now. The fucking world we live in, man.

Usually whenever I get into an argument with someone like this who is all "mah feelz" and doesn't really respond well to reason, I just give up, like.. "You know what? You're right. There is no difference between a pat on the butt and raping a child. They're literally the same thing."
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whitelytning posted...

PepsiWithCoke posted...

SJW's going apeshit at somebody using common sense and reason?

No way.

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TIL a completely reasonable statement is controversial
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he has a point and i agree with it
but once again a spotlighted celebrity muddles up their sensible comment with poor wording...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12KHcSQiVz0
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Link HT posted...

TIL a completely reasonable statement is controversial

You know what makes someone upset? Kicking the shit out of that someone.
You know what else makes someone upset? Insulting that someone.
Therefore, a contemptible comment equals aggravated assault, because we should totally conflate those two.
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He should retweet Driver a picture of himself with his happy family and photoshop trollface onto his own.

Scorsese2002 posted...

"There are so many men I love who do NOT frame the differentiation between sexual misconduct assault and rape as an excuse or worse- our problem.

What? How could she have possibly taken his statement as in any way dismissing the the issues as just women's problem? He didn't even remotely imply that in any way at all. Lol
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Huh... he seems surprisingly articulate. I thought he was only capable of saying "Matt Damon"

Seriously, though, I don't get what the big deal is. Nothing he said seems unreasonable to me.
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NonDairyMiltank posted...

but once again a spotlighted celebrity muddles up their sensible comment with poor wording...

He didn't really muddle up anything. It's just his ex looking for a reason to be outraged.
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Hes not wrong.
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He's completely right. He's not defending harassers and assaulters, just saying that there is a sliding scale, as there is in our actual legal system. All sexual harassment is bad and should be fixed and stopped, but they're not all on the same level. From what I know about things, I'd consider Kevin Spacey to be way worse than Dustin Hoffman (unless more came up about Hoffman that I'm not aware of)
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SJWs only see everything in black and white.

it's almost 2k18

can we end this fad of CEmen getting outraged over articles of someone on twitter getting outraged over something
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I mean, we all know there is different degrees of sexual misconduct, but it's absolutely stupid to even bring it up when talking about the scandals in Hollywood right now. It makes onlookers think you are being an apologist, it makes victims feel like you are apologizing for their attacks, etc. There is no purpose and it just makes you seem like a petty douche.

They posted this article on a popular, super liberal page I follow on Facebook and most of the comments agreed with Matt Damon.
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minnie driver is practically the only person on the planet who dislikes matt damon. she will never miss an opportunity to snipe at him, so i ignore everything she says.

i half-wonder if the author of this ibt article (fyi--ibt is not a very good media source) is actually her under a different name.
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Matt Damon: "Matt Damon!!"
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Glad to see that Matt Damon is more reasonable and less of a virtue signaler compare to his buddy Ben Affleck
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The left has to be outraged every fucking day.
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Seems like he's right this time.
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What did he say that was wrong?

Predictably almost no one in this topic bothered to read through Minnie Driver's full statement to understand what exactly it is that Matt Damon said that she took issue with.

Hint: it's not SJW nonsense.
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pinky0926 posted...

Predictably almost no one in this topic bothered to read through Minnie Driver's full statement to understand what exactly it is that Matt Damon said that she took issue with.

Hint: it's not SJW nonsense.

I read it and yes it is.
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What a dumb thing to say, wonder why he's so defensive?

EndOfDiscOne posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Predictably almost no one in this topic bothered to read through Minnie Driver's full statement to understand what exactly it is that Matt Damon said that she took issue with.

Hint: it's not SJW nonsense.

I read it and yes it is.

I don't fully support what she's saying but at the same time, there's a lot of misattribution going on here. Matt Damon went on to roundabout defend Louis CK, which is where in particular things get shady.
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