http://hotair.com/archives/2016/12/21/dunham-my-abortion-comment-was-from-my-delusional-girl-persona-you-know/
Clown nose on ... clown nose off. After commenting in a podcast that she wished she'd had the opportunity to have an abortion, Lena Dunham sorta-kinda apologized on Instagram for her "distasteful joke" last night. Her explanation? She was inhabiting a character - a "delusional girl" character - not speaking as herself:
DUNHAM: I truly hope a distasteful joke on my part won't diminish the amazing work of all the women who participated. My words were spoken from a sort of "delusional girl" persona I often inhabit, a girl who careens between wisdom and ignorance (that's what my TV show is too) and it didn't translate.
{Didn't "translate," eh? Well, that's because you are a multi-personality disordered looney tune who careens from ignorance to stupidity to lunacy. No ... neither you or your show ever make it even remotely close to wisdom.

}
That's my fault. I would never, ever intentionally trivialize the emotional and physical challenges of terminating a pregnancy.
Well, except for the fact that she just did, "delusional girl" character or not. That's the beauty of the invisible "clown nose," worn by more talented comedians like Jon Stewart. They want their comedy to be taken seriously right up until they screw up, at which point they get to say Hey, it's comedy, lighten up! That still negates Dunham's contention in this semi-apology. Turning abortion into a joke in order to strip it of "emotional and physical" implications was exactly the point of Dunham's schtick. ...