Don't want to be venomous about it, ( or about anything) myself. Sometimes a smiley isn't sufficient to defang a statement.
As the mask issue is not even the thing and everybody agrees on it anyhow... it's not a problem on my side.
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Don't want to be venomous about it, ( or about anything) myself. Sometimes a smiley isn't sufficient to defang a statement.
As the mask issue is not even the thing and everybody agrees on it anyhow... it's not a problem on my side.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
-- William Shakespeare: As You Like It
And, I'm not anti-mask, as I already suggested. What I am is: every choice has a consequences, and every consequence has choices. Which, if you look at the argument I raised, that's exactly what I was suggesting: that the whole issue was a little broader than how some people might present it.
Personally, I think Gina should have "kept her mouth shut" about politics and focused on being a good role model, which she was to many young girls and women. She could still be conservative and not hide that fact, and that alone would have gotten her message across without constantly poking the beehive. The left is NOT the only side with people lacking humility.. Though I do think that on average, the left does have the bigger brains.
Have you actually looked at her quote? Out of curiosity, I checked it out. Basically, what she said was that some people were "poisoning of the well" against others today. She suggested that this also happened in Nazi Germany to dehumanize people and, therefore, legitimize violence against them. That's not racist, that's a sad fact. She mentioned the Jews, who were, in fact, demonized by the Nazis. That's a very sad fact. That demonization was used to justify violence. Another extremely sad fact.
The outrage seems to be that she dared suggest it was conservatives that were the target of today's dehumanization and how dare she make such accusations in this day and age!! This day and age? This is a tactic that has been used by all ever since we first formed into tribes. And the wise man knows it will continue to be used into whatever dystopian future does await us.
No one is 100% right. That's the whole point of our Republican Democracy. Or is it Democratic Republic?
We're supposed to argue and meet in the middle. And while I can pose my opinions strongly, I know they're exactly that: opinions. Too many people confuse the facts with opinions. I also know that if I never test and challenge them, I'll never have a reason to change them.
Yes I looked at that quote. It didn't offend me any, nor do I believe that she had any intention of offending anyone, but as others have pointed out, it really is unwise to appropriate the holocaust for anything less than genocide against a people, and I really don't think Republicans are facing genocide. Of course Pedro Pascal can inference the holocaust and not get any blow back, but that's liberal Hollywood for you.
Personally I wish professionals in the spotlight would just use their Twitter to share professional things, like how their day is going on the set, rather than using it as a political platform to shove their politics down our throats. I don't need tv & movie stars telling me what to think or how to think it, be it a liberal star or conservative star. FWIW, liberals "started it", so I can see why conservatives in Hollywood feel the need to even the scales, but I'm kinda sick of all of it TBH. I watch shows like The Mandalorian and play games like ED and SE to escape this screwed-up world for a few minutes each week.
Speaking of, this topic has exhausted me, so I take my leave. Y'all have fun!
Kleptocratic plutocracy.
In a functional democracy, caving to argument to moderation fallacies isn't desirable.
Compromise is sometimes required, but it's often not a good thing. The middle position between beneficial and harmful is not an optimal position.
He seems to be getting considerable blow back from some outlets that have completely missed the problem people had with Carano and her significantly more spurious comparison, as well as those who think she was dropped for any one thing she said or did.
As long as Morbad gets to determine what is beneficial and what is harmful, what could possibly go wrong?
Ooops, I said I was going to quit this debate. Stop quoting me!
Is that an argument against the idea that a compromise position will frequently not be the right one (irrespective of what one belevies right to be)?
Stop quoting me!
No u!
Yeah, I think this is the bigger issue. Recent tech has made people..."lax in considerations?". People used to keep the garbage in their brains inside, now it just spills out all over the place. I suppose there's a case to be said that it's better to know what a person really is thinking rather than what they're pretending to be but holding your tongue can be held to be as a having a measure of respect and it seems there doesn't seem to be much respect going 'round anymore.
Yeah, I think this is the bigger issue. Recent tech has made people..."lax in considerations?". People used to keep the garbage in their brains inside, now it just spills out all over the place. I suppose there's a case to be said that it's better to know what a person really is thinking rather than what they're pretending to be but holding your tongue can be held to be as a having a measure of respect and it seems there doesn't seem to be much respect going 'round anymore.
All my garbage is nicely curated and preserved in boxes like the Indiana Jones warehouse. No social media, thanks.
Since people are only talking about what bad things someone said on Twitter, i'd like to make a change of direction.
I saw Pedro Pascal in Prospect (Edit: initially wrote Extinction, watched both, got confused with film names) last night. Decent film. A little strange. Good acting by Pedro though.
I saw Pedro Pascal in Prospect (Edit: initially wrote Extinction, watched both, got confused with film names) last night. Decent film. A little strange. Good acting by Pedro though.
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Didn't mind that film. A little low budget tho.
I'm a dog. I am always wrong.
Hence, no social media for me. Except, toxic game forums.
Hence, no social media for me. Except, toxic game forums.
Lots of animals have social media accounts now tho. My niece's cockatiel has more followers than I do!
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I get that and it is not without merit but sometimes those people are able to use their exposure to talk about things that maybe politicians or the media are not when they should be. It does 'raise awareness' (a phrase I despise) on some issues that need it.
With great power comes great responsibility.
The more bonkers celebrities would be better off employing someone to tweet for them, but that's not really how bonkers works
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Disney Minus
Disney is a pile of dog poo, I don’t even know where to start!
The latest goof ball is the warning label on the muppet show
Disney: we fired Gina
Swedish chef: vert da feuk!
They want strong women but not really, because only as a commercial gimmick, she is a strong, beautiful and intelligent woman who won’t bend the knee, good for her, other actors wrote silly comments and nothing happen, so they need to get off the high horse and get a reality check.
I’ve actually check Gina out because I didn’t know much about her and she is one tough cookie! and my daughter loves her that’s enough for me!
If you take a moment to analyze what Gina said, there was nothing really wrong with it. Distilled to it's simplest elements, she said: "people were dehumanized in the past to justify actions against them". And, sadly, it's true. The more specific example that she gave, that caused all the co-called outrage, was, just as sadly, true. But, no, cancel her! She's speaking out against the narrative!
Much ado over nothing... except for those who have a political agenda.
Much ado over nothing... except for those who have a political agenda.
What she said was not offending or hate speech or anything at all, it was just an analogy.
what she could have used instead was the poem from Niemöller
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the [cannot be mentioned so replace with whatever]
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a [insert]
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
I'm not ready to close the door on the Mandalorian just yet, but I respect everyone who is. I did "cancel" my Disney+ subscription, in that I turned off auto-renew (I ordered an entire year in advance to save cash), hoping Disney gets a notification and actually takes note. We'll see what I do when renewal hits in December. Right now I'm enjoying what is good, which was Mandalorian Season 1&2, Clone Wars & Rebels, Wandavision, and the rest of the Marvel stuff coming this year - all the stuff done by cool people like John and Dave (who are not responsible for Gina's firing).
But once Disney+ turns into the CW, and sadly it's looking like they may go in that direction, then I'm out. It'll all probably depend on who wins the civil war - Kathleen Kennedy or Jon Favreau.