This is the first article I’ve seen that waited until paragraph two to mention her husband. In fact, half the time it’s in the headline.
She deserves to be more famous than he is. I would guess he would agree.
I forget what award show it was but I’m pretty sure Tina Fey and Amy Pohler brought her up and listed a lengthy resumé of all her accomplishments. Then transitioned to “And tonight we’re here to give her husband a lifetime achievement award.”
Nice.
There are three famous Clooneys. Two of them are married, one of them is the nephew of the third. When you think of them, you should think of Amal first, then George, then Rosemary. Sorry, Rosemary. Them’s the breaks.
When you think of them, you should think of Amal first
Then I guess she should have been in more award-winning TV shows and movies. Philanthropy doesn’t generally make one famous.
I think the topic is less about largesse and more about being badass at really, actually literally like totally, super fucking important work.
The majority of people sadly don’t care much about that work. What they reeeeally care about is the nipples on George Clooney’s Batman suit.
I don’t know. White Christmas? Batman & Robin?
Edit: White Christmas is a masterpiece.
I think you’re leaving out a few dozen or so extremely highly-rated and award winning George Clooney films. You could have mentioned films like Good Night, and Good Luck or O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Meanwhile, I would say most people associate White Christmas with Bing Crosby.
But more importantly, neither of them are human rights lawyers who argue in front of the ICC.
There are three famous Clooneys.
There’s also Nick
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Wasn’t Kate Middleton a lawyer before she became the Princess? Lots of great people’s accomplishments get overshadowed by public fame.
GOP Rep on Fox: Why isn’t Amal Clooney talking about Russia, China?
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For more than 20 years, Clooney has been involved in a number of diverse causes. She works at a prestigious London law firm specializing in human rights called Doughty Street Chambers and is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School in New York. She has been collaborating with Prosecutor Khan for three years, when he asked her to act as special advisor to observe the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region. In addition to creating the foundation that bears their names in 2016, the couple have made numerous donations through it, such as the $1 million they gave in 2017 to fight against racism and hate crimes in the United States, the aid project to provide schooling to 3,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon, arms control or hosting an Iraqi refugee fleeing the Islamic State in their own home. The lawyer has also worked on international cases, such as the long border dispute between Vietnam and Cambodia, on the return of Greek sculptures from the British Museum to Greece; and on the recognition of the Armenian genocide.
I don’t know, maybe because she’s fucking busy doing other important shit?
All the “but Russia” concern trolls seem to forget that Putin already has an ICC warrant out for him.
Do they want her to write another one or something?
Amal Clooney should be put on trial at the Hague along with her husband! Their crime? Being too damn hot for one couple.
20 years ago, sure. You don’t want to see either without makeup.
Unless something comes of this, the ICC is just showing the lack of teeth it has.
The ICC has 124 member states. If the charges lead to convictions, Netanyahu and the Hamas leaders would never be able to visit those nations under threat of arrest. At the very least it would curtail their ability to advertise their violence.
If the charges lead to convictions
I think you mean if the warrants are issued. There is a warrant for Putin, and that made him cancel a trip to South Africa. I agree with the rest of what you said. I hate how often people let, “Perfect be the enemy of Good.” It would definitely be better if the ICC had more members, but even in states that aren’t signatories, the court can have an influence on their leaders.
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Not to be that guy, but how long until the assassination attempts?
Netanyahu has an arrest warrant? Oh, this is great!
He doesn’t. The chief prosecutor of the ICC has put forward an application for a warrant, it’s up to the judges to agree and that can take months.
It has been requested, not issued yet
Nah mate, nothings even happened yet and they’ve stayed accusing half the galaxy of antisemitism
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I’ll support them not being massacred regardless of their social norms
Edit: You’d rather them die, I get it. Only retort you can muster, weak af
Sounds like you condone their social norms.
Weeeaaaakkkkk
Moving goalposts
No homie, just a consistent application of morals. I’m not going to support bigots who would kill and persecute LGBTQ over people who are more inclusive.
You’re the one advocating for bigotry not me.
Gay transgender man here to say ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY DO NOT support genocide in my name. Thousands of children have been murdered. This is a fucking deranged thing to say you’re doing for queer people.
Also like, a huge portion of the town I grew up in would be fine enacting all kinds of biblical murder-executions on me. I can’t go to public bathrooms in some states. Are you arguing for genociding everyone in those places too?
I’m not debating a genocide apologist. You have no morals.
