Lena Dunham quits Twitter, demanding they create a safe space

Published February 4, 2016 4:40am ET



On Tuesday afternoon, Lena Dunham discussed her decision to (once again) quit Twitter. God only knows how long the Internet will be free from her pro-Hillary Clinton, pro-Planned Parenthood, pro-abortion, and anti-Republican tirades.

But, this time, she may actually be off for good. That’s because, as Breitbart reported, such a discussion occurred Tuesday at a forum hosted by MORE magazine. Dunham spoke about the abuse she suffered when she herself checked her account:

I’ve been fairly public about that fact that I no longer check my own Twitter. I found that the hostility, particularly the hostility towards women and the expressions of violence were too much.

She also mentioned:

Many internet media platforms — social media platforms — have to be putting more barriers in place for what is ultimately the violent harassament of women. And just because it’s not face to face, doesn’t mean it’s not extremely dangerous emotionally, doesn’t mean it couldn’t transfer to something really kind of terrifying in the real world.

And oh there’s this too:

Hey you may think that I have a fancy celebrity life where I’m hidden from this kind of thing but I to am experiencing violent bullying in the internet and it affects me also.

Oh the feels. Dunham also lamented how she had to censor herself, which, may have been a good idea when it comes to comments equating Republicans with Nazis, and also her even accusing a man of rape, who, you guessed it, is a Republican.

But here’s where it really gets rich:

I think that until new codes of conduct are in place, I’m not going to be able to return to looking at that platform freely.

I think it’s important to remember that threats are more than someone saying I’m going to come to your house and I’m going to hurt you. Insulting someone’s appearance, insulting someone’s religion, or their race, you know, all of that to me constitutes a threat and I think we can make changes to how we control that dialogue on the internet without threatening our First Amendment rights.


Not only is Dunham making demands now (in typical young spoiled liberal fashion), she has quite the confusing grasp on the First Amendment. These “rights,” which she speaks of, are indeed “our[s],” but they don’t protect celebrities like her (or anyone) from being offended by words. In fact, if they actually protect exercising their right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression, even if Dunham is hurt by it.

And why is it women who Dunham only cares about? Oh, right, because it’s Lena Dunham. It’s all cringeworthy, but none of it is a surprise.