People of prominence oftentimes use their fame and clout as a vehicle for addressing anything they view as unjust. Besides his prowess in a ring, it’s one of the things that made the late Muhammad Ali beloved around the world.

Of course, that isn’t always the case. Ali paid the price in the form of jail time, and many have been vilified for using their platform to speak their minds. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick got plenty of flak for protesting the national anthem before football games this season.

The most recent is Meryl Streep’s speech after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at Sunday’s Golden Globes. Without naming him, she addressed President-elect Donald Trump — specifically what she deemed his bully tendencies. Streep brought up the instance of Trump mocking a disabled reporter, which is just as deplorable today as it was when it happened.

One part of the speech jumped out as jarringly hypocritical, though. Streep, discussing Trump’s stance on immigrants, said “Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners and if we kick them all out, you’ll have nothing left to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts.”

That’s the same kind of rhetoric Streep and others criticize Trump for. Beaufort County is akin to so many other areas that turned out in strong support of Trump back in November. There’s a large population of hardworking middle-class people here — people that enjoy sports like football and MMA, which Streep seemingly looks down upon.

There’s clearly a disconnect between Streep and the typical Trump supporter. Much of her speech did a fine job communicating her beliefs about the president elect, but then she slid in a comment — one that added nothing to her argument — that proved exactly how out of touch she is with the very people she was trying to reach. Whether or not she meant to sound condescending of leisurely activities like watching MMA and football, perspective is everything.

One must carefully approach situations like this, especially those as sensitive as presidential politics have been. Streep’s speech goes to show how one comment can discredit what otherwise could have been well-thought-out and moving discourse.