Liberal Writer: Firing Actors for Being Conservative Is Another Hollywood Blacklist

Somebody help Jon Voigt!

She wasn't fired for being conservative. She was fired for comparing Republicans to Jews in the Holocaust.

Pretending it's about her being a conservative is a standard and way too obvious way to dodge responsibility.

She's not blacklisted. Disney doesn't want their brand to be tarnished by online ramblings of a knuckledragging bigot. I'm sure there are plenty of projects developed by Antonio Sabato Jr, Scott Baio, Tim Allen, Kevin Sorbo, etc, which should have no problem giving employment to someone who's a constant stream of the vile far right diarrhea spilling onto social media.

Her giant mole is going to hold back her career. She should look into having it removed.

Shrieking rightwingers recoil at anyone daring to tell them to shut up. Fragile little snowflakes.

They should replace her with Chloe Kardassian. They favor.

Political party affiliation is NOT a protected class. Republicans are a huge liability nowadays. They’re all two minutes away from spewing the N-word all over Twitter at any given moment.

It’s amazing that a self-proclaimed progressive wrote this. Christ.

Kathy Griffin liked the article.

I didn't see the author, was it Van Jones?

She has a new movie project with far-right commentator Ben Shapiro. His company is making movies with conservative audiences in mind.

what did she say? just cut and paste it, please.

R11 Poor Gina! Unemployed for a whole 14 hours!

The actress raised hell by sharing a TikTok post comparing the current divided political climate in the U.S. to Nazi Germany.

"Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views,” she wrote.

Firing actors for their horribly incendiary, bigoted words is exactly what should happen.

Firing actors who are simply conservative should not happen.

The latter doesn't.

The former should happen more often.

Exactly R15 Plus of course she has what few "facts" she does spew, wrong. It's a holdover from Tr**p - just say whatever vile shit comes to what passes for a mind. No, because that bigotry, along with corruption and greed is what has hollowed out and dealt a body blow to democracy.

Chait is odd and I don't find him a "liberal" writer at all; he's an attention whore posing as something better. It's the most illogical and maddening kind of whataboutism, like they're using today ata teh impeachment to compare a largely peaceful series of demonstrations to an insurrection at the seat of Government, trying to overturn a valid election with a coup, complete with lies and violence and attempted (and real) murder. It doesn't equate.

is her comment taken as anti-semitic?

[quote]"Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views,” she wrote.

Why doesn't someone ask this moron who were the ones "beating" people like Liz Cheney and the Republicans in GA for not doing Trump's bidding. Who told Raffensberger's wife she should be raped to death? Was it the Dems who brought the threats to those REPUBLICANS? No, it was Trump supporters. Brian Sicknick wasn't beaten to death by Dems, nor were the POs who lost fingers or an eye.

Raffensperger*

There should be legal protections to outlaw blacklisting in the entertainment history. There’s nothing more essential to America than free speech. Congress has the power to protect the free speech of people employed by companies engaged in interstate commerce.

What she said wasn't any more offensive than liberals who compare Republicans to Hitler. Most moderates would condemn people in their own party who make such comparisons, however neither would call for their cancellation. What she said was no way a justification for the Holocaust. She was just using an extreme example to get attention. She even took down the post afterwards.

[quote] the most illogical and maddening kind of whataboutism, like they're using today ata teh impeachment to compare a largely peaceful series of demonstrations to an insurrection at the seat of Government

By that standard, the Capitol Riot was mostly peaceful because out of the hundreds of thousands who showed up to protest, only a few people died.

So Disney fires her for "being offensive to Jewish people" and she is then hired - within hours- by the most famous Jewish conservative commentator in the country?

Her actual words were not so terrible. A bit silly, but hardly cancellation-worthy.

R23 It's because her post, while stupid, was not anti semetic.

God, people like R21 are fucking tiresome.

More stupid fake victimhood. Why do so-called progressives keep playing into this conservative martyrdom complex? Such bullshit. She DESERVED to be fired.

If I posted what she posted, I'd be fired, and my bosses are Republicans.

Now do Colin K. The same people whining about her were fine with Colin being fired - and that would include the president who CALLED FOR IT.

Shove "free speech" up your ass, because you're too stupid to understand what it even means. Colin K. was an actual victim of it because the president himself was calling for his termination. When did Biden call for this one to get fired?

A lot of you liking each other's idiocy aren't even bright enough to understand what this is about or you're just too lazy to see it. I'm also 100% sure that many of you defending her were fine with Kevin Hart getting fired from the Oscars for his "free speech."

Republicans are the modern-day Nazis trying to claim the victimhood of yesteryears' Jewish people.

They're projecting. They're gaslighting. They're lying. They're deflecting.

And R21 is a fucking moron buying into their bullshit.

How many people who post on DL have referred to the Niemöller poem during the last four years, comparing what happened to the Jews in the Holocaust to recent events? It’s literally the same thing that Carano did.

She got warned a bunch and just kept fucking pushing it. Now she's a professional Rob Schneider with a manlier face.

She got "warned a bunch", r31? Warned for what? Being a conservative?

R4, that's not a mole. It's something that her character wears to signify her origins.

IT’s NOT THAT SHE IS CONSERVATIVE. NOBODY CARED ABOUT THAT.

IT IS BECAUSE SHE WAS SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION ANS FAKE NEWS. SHE WAS LYING TO HER FOLLOWERS. SHE WAS INSTIGATING DIVISION. SHE IS A LIAR AND HAS NO ETHICAL COMPASS. NO COMPANY HAS TO PUT UP WITH THAT DESTRUCTIVE GARBAGE.

R30, are you one of Trump's idiot lawyers? CONTEXT. Did you even pay attention to WHY Mia quoted it? Who in the hell came for Trump supporters? They're the ones telling everyone they have guns and they're coming for us. They're the fucking reason interns and elected officials at the Capitol were hiding under god damned desks. They're the reason people are DEAD. They're the ones who screamed "Jews will not replace us" along with going after every other non-white group.

We're not talking about silencing people over a difference on tax cuts. Why are you people playing stupid? Are you trolling or are you genuinely stupid?

You can have a political opinion and leave it at that. You don’t have to spread lies. You don’t have to say Hillary is a child molester.

It’s in bad taste for one thing, and if you’re a public figure doing that then you should prepare to be fired.

Is it pronounced Jaaina?

[quote]Chloe Kardassian.

Oh, my.

#BoycottDisney+ was trending all yesterday. Is this why?

.Most conservatives always state that athletics should shut up and dribble. Well Gina should shut up and act. Free market has spoken and the bitch got fired.

Meant athletes

R15 correct it for you

Firing actors for [bold]speaking out [/bold] their horribly incendiary, bigoted words is exactly what should happen.

Firing actors who [bold] keep the said words to themselves [/bold] should not happen.

The latter doesn't.

The former should happen more often.

[quote] .Most conservatives always state that athletics should shut up and dribble. Well Gina should shut up and act. Free market has spoken and the bitch got fired.

Saying they should shut up is not the same thing as saying they should get fired. Most athletes or actors actually get brownie points for stating politically approved opinions, which take no courage whatsoever.

Conservatives like Patty Heston don’t seem to have problems finding work. Maybe it’s because she doesn’t make politics her life?

Seth Rogen and even Armie Hammer actually got a boost in popularity when they engaged in Twitter feuds with conservatives. It's really only one conservatives that risk cancellation by speaking their minds.

R44 That's Patricia Heaton. She is an old school conservative who isn't sexy and doesn't get cast in big budget productions so nobody cares what she thinks.

Waaahh! Conservatives should face consequences for their shitty behavior!

R43 Disney doesn't not owe Gina employment. They can fire her for stating dumb stupid shit. It is not courage to be an idiot since she ruined her career before it actually really started. Making fun of people wearing mask is dumb since hundreds of thousands of people have died from covid. Well now she can be the right-wing queen on daily wire dollar tree produced movies. How do someone go from worldwide fame to niche market. Congratulation bitch you played yourself.

R12

This is what she wrote- can find anything problematic? Pushing a dangerous narrative that encourages violence towards anyone because of their political beliefs should be denounced vehemently. This summer the Democratic Party encouraged the Burn/Loot/Murder crowd.

Biden has branded half of the country as potential terrorists, and supports legislation that would make George Orwell vomit.

When the tide turns, and the mob decides to target “radical” liberals, I won’t shed a tear as they lead you to the guillotine.

[quote] "Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views,” she wrote.

R40, unless their name is Tom Brady, then FOX News is fine with them having an opinion because it leans right. Everyone knows he's a huge Trump supporter...has he been cancelled? That's the part these idiots can't explain. Brady hasn't been cancelled for merely supporting a pos like Trump.

R49

It's hard for me to understand that you cannot recognize just how much of a cartoon you sound like.

Enjoy being ostracized from the civilized world.

Pedro Pascal hasn’t been fired yet.

When two employees engage in substantially similar behavior that violates company policy, and only one person is terminated, the company usually loses in court.

Unless they fire Pedro Pascal as well, she will receive a significant settlement.

Pedro Pascal is a bigger star and he has developed enough good Will in Hollywood. Gina on the other hand is not really well known. I have not really heard about her until she started stating dumb shits.

R42

I don’t see the dozens of A-list celebrities that have encouraged violence towards Republicans being canceled or castigated. You are obviously blind to the double standard you embrace.

If Disney doesn’t fire Pedro Pascal for engaging in similar behavior then she will make more money from the settlement of the lawsuit than she would have ever made as an actress.

No, dumbass. It's always okay to punch Nazis. It's not "the same". There's no equivalency. So fuck all the way off with that bullshit.

R52. Winning for been a dumb bitch. Maybe she should take your advice so she can lose in court or you could represent her in court. Right wingers are really dumb.

R53

Lawyers and employment courts will not see it that way.

Just because he is more famous doesn’t shield him from scrutiny during this kind of lawsuit. He compared Trump supporters to Nazis, while she had a much more nuanced take on the dangers of “othering”.

Datalounge seems to be filled with people willing to murder Republicans because they disagree with them on political issues. That kind of sociopathic behavior always ends in violence.

R56

You are the perfect example of a Democrat who is so fucking stupid they don’t even understand simple concepts like unequal application of employment law.

[quote] She wasn't fired for being conservative. She was fired for comparing Republicans to Jews in the Holocaust.

Except she didn’t do that. Read the actual post she made and the quote she featured, stop playing this stupid game of social media telephone.

these industries fire people because they are a liability. They're not saints here. They do not want to get sued. That writer is not understanding this.

R59

Why bother? These brainwashed nimrods are too stupid to actually investigate what really happened.

When the violence starts, Democrats will have no one to blame but themselves.

R54 maybe your bitch should have shut the fuck up and act. R57 employment courts don't care about whataboutism. They will base the case on if her words can cause harm to others. It is that simple deplorable. R58. You are not bright at all and it will explain why you are a tiresome right-wing cunt. Free market has spoken and they gave the bitch the link envelope. R61 you sure told us rambo . What are you going to do let me guess bitch like always. I guess since you can't storm the capitol you will just whine like a punk online.

[quote]Enjoy being ostracized from the civilized world.

Gina comes from the Trump supporter world. You using "civilized" in your defense of her ilk is like claiming you want a drug free world as you defend a meth lab. Fuck off

Sounds like she is going to get a nice settlement, Pedro Pascal is trending now, if they don't fire him, I don't see how Disney can avoid the lawsuit.

The Mandalorian was a huge hit with the gamer crowd, who are 99% conservative. Disney might lose a huge chunk of the show's audience for this.

If she gets a settlement , she'd better invest it wisely 'cause her future employment will be reduced to Ben Shapiro's produced movies and Kevin Sorbo's online shows (i.e. "I'll work for a solid meal")

R64. 😂 the delusion is thick. Pedro is not getting fired. Nice try deplorables. Y'all can't get anyone fired even if y'all tried.

R62

Thank you for providing such a perfect example of the ignorance of Democratic Socialists.

You obviously don’t have any understanding of employment law.

Unless Disney fires Pascal then this shit show is just going to get more entertaining.

[quote]It’s amazing that a self-proclaimed progressive wrote this. Christ.

I'll be surprised if Bill Maher doesn't make the same complaint tonight on his show. He complains a lot about "cancel culture."

R59? Cut the shit. Trump supporters -and that is what she is- are trying to paint themselves as victims and claiming that it's Dems who are turning on them. Trump and his supporters PROJECT - that is what they always do. She is no exception.

I have no problem isolating a "neighbor" who thinks being a certain race or religion alone should get you banned from this DEMOCRACY where our god damned constitution states you aren't supposed to discriminate based on religion. She is a supporter of someone who was and is a BIRTHER. I don't know what bullshit you people think you are "defending," but it is in no way "civilized." There is nothing innocuous about Trump. He is a liar, a bigot, a racist, a fascist and scum. He isn't even a "Republican."

And BTW, assholes: That she is working with Shapiro says it all. Ben Shapiro has been cited by literal terrorists as an inspiration for their having murdered dozens of people in Quebec and NZ, so fuck off with your attempts to normalize these people. These are far-right Fascists. that is what she is trying to defend and trying to paint herself as a "victim."

If what she said offended Jewish people so much, how is it possible that she got hired within 24 hours by a Jewish-owned company?

She got hired by Jews For Hitler. But, keep trollin'

R68. Please enlighten me on how employment laws work because Gina did not get the memo. Why hasn't she taken her grievance to court. 😂 instead she wants to terrorize the deplorables with her impressive "acting" while working with Ben shapiro.

R63

I wasn't defending Gina or conservatives. I was doing the opposite.

I was replying to R49 aka "HardcoreLiberal". Look at the post that I was replying to. That poster is not an actual liberal.

R71? Because Ben Shapiro doesn't mind anti-semites as long as they carry water for far-right Israel. Don't be dense. Pay attention. Shall I link to a picture of Ben Shapiro with white supremacist Steve King? How about Laura Loomis with Marjorie Taylor Greene? There is a link between white supremacy and far-right Zionism, starting with Breitbart.

Lot of words to say absolutely nothing r70. Perhaps work on composing a brief, succinct argument rather than a rambling diatribe.

I apologize, R74

R71

She was fired because she pointed out an uncomfortable truth. Democrats are willing to destroy the lives of anyone who disagrees with their political objectives. The violence this summer was just an amuse bouche.

Nothing that she said is remotely anti-Semitic, but it directly challenges the progressive ideology of authoritarian totalitarianism as a way for them to consolidate power.

R64

You really think that you're more qualified to assess Disney's legal liabilities than Disney's army of lawyers.

And you don't see how that's flat-out delusional?

The story is really nothing - They were not bringing her back to the Mandalorian - they said so -

R76, what a weak response. I don't doubt you're the type of idiot who thinks this is a "freedom of speech" issue, so I'm not surprised you couldn't follow what I said.

R77

No worries. Everyone misinterprets something on message boards occasionally and Datalounge's format is less than ideal for organizing conversations, IMO

R76

Reasonable? Coherent? Cogent argument? These people are mental midgets who believe they are superior to everyone else.

Removing these freaks from polite society would be a good start. Collectivists are either stupid or evil. Since they refuse to acknowledge the massive failures of Socialism during the 20th century, I believe evil is more accurate.

They ignore the hundred million plus people murdered to advance socialism by Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, etc.

Did she make anti-trans remarks because she knows people say she looks like a man?

R80

The legal settlement will probably take up most of the budget for the Mandalorian.

The actors in question are not being "conservative". They are being anti-fact, anti-democratic insurrectionists.

R83. Projecting much.

Is that the new alt-right meme du jour, R83? (Yawn...)

R87

I’m not the one justifying a political ideology that has a death toll in the hundred million range.

Socialist government policies are the equivalent of mass murder, but you are just too fucking stupid to understand basic economics so you can pretend that you are morally superior.

R76, there's your "coherence" @r83 - your buddy.

R83, R89

Democratic socialism is not authoritarian communism. Bernie Sanders is not Pol Pot. You are divorced from reality.

You must have dropped out of those econ and political science 101 classes at beauty school.

Firing and cancelling lying fascists is the best thing you can do. Actually, it is your civic and patriotic duty to do so! 🇺🇸

R30 well the world eventually had to come for the Nazis in order to end them coming for everyone else,, so think about this in the context of the modern day conservative movement. Look around at the other people attending your demonstration: if you see white supremacists in that crowd, someone should be coming for you.

R78 is fucking delusional. No. That's not even remotely what happened or what is happening. You are as divorced from reality as any Trumpster. You should seek help. Psychiatric help.

Spreading propaganda is it's own sin. You don't have to explain further. She was spreading dangerous lies and propaganda and therefor dangerous to the corporation. Who needs someone who is so dangerous on set? She is a liability.

You can always tell you are dealing with people with NO MORALS when they think that lying, gaslighting and spreading dangerous propaganda is the same things as having a political opinion.

If you can't tell the difference, then you have no integrity.

Oh, we're back to the old routine: right wing trolls emerge as the weekend starts! I missed you guys - like a cold sore!

NO ONE is stopping her from saying anything her free speech has not been abridged, but the private corporations paying her are under no obligation to continue doing so if they do not like her representing their brand. Corporations ARE people, people!

[quote] the progressive ideology of authoritarian totalitarianism

- R78, dumbass; please show us the 'progressives' who invaded the Capitol building with guns, intent on killing senators and overthrowing a democratic election. We'll wait.

R97 Glen Greenwald made an interesting point the other night. The corporations and social media companies don't want to ban people because it goes against their business interests. They have no moral principles whatsoever. They aren't the ones who are pulling the strings. That's something that should be concerning to everyone.

R99 Business interests don't cave to public pressure, they cave to the will of the totalitarians. Twitter's plummeting stock price indicates that the public will is at odds with big government.

R100

Compulsively playing the same deranged game of Clue over-and-over again, "It was Professor AOC with the Candlestick in the Ballroom! She did it!"

Rightwing lunatic. Considering how much you rejects from Deliverance love capitalism, you might want to try understanding how it works at a basic level. Business interests do, in fact, cave to pressure from their consumer bases. Because... get this... business interests like making money. It's actually the only thing they care about.

[quote] Business interests do, in fact, cave to pressure from their consumer bases. Because... get this... business interests like making money. It's actually the only thing they care about.

That's exactly the point I made. I then went on to say that social media organizations were not acting in their financial interest because they were acting in behest of big government. Notice how they don't censor Chinese propaganda.

Right wingers are trash. Don’t waste your good senses arguing with them. They will only bring you down try to confuse you and then blame you for firing them.

No time for the “im going to gaslight you to death” routine. Cancel and keep moving.

[quote]Glen Greenwald made an interesting point the other night.

This is literally never true.

R46 What are you talking about? She's sexy.

The new hero of the left. The irony.

R103

Collectivists are generally stupid. They still believe that socialism actually works, so they should be involuntarily institutionalized as dangerous to civilization.

Carano has been targeted by the transtapo ever since she did the "beep, bop, boop" post which was funny shit. This was not because of the Nazi post because she never said that Republicans were who she was talking about (even though, knowing her politics, we can infer). This was directly because the transtapo wanted her gone and they got their wish.

Carano should not have been let go just as Kathy Griffith should not have been blacklisted. You cannot be for one but not the other. And I'm as liberal as they come.

Communism > Nazism

Lol if great actresses have a hard time getting roles why should this big fat conservative nazi fascist bitch get a pass?

R109 why pick a side? Just admit they’re both bad.

R106, the old idiot of the right. Has poor lil actor lady been brought up to a congressional panel, cited for contempt of court or jailed for not naming her MAGA pals? No, they're openly calling for sedition and spreading fantastic lies about COVID and elections. They're free to say whatever they want, along with delusional twit R106.

Yet they forever play the victim card about 'the left.'

What a tired, cliché-spewing idiot is R106.

This nobody 'actress' served at the pleasure of her employer, the most traditional and small-c conservative company in Hollywood. She signed a contract that contained language forbidding bringing Disney and its brand into disrepute, this disrepute being defined solely by her employer. This role was her chance of a lifetime, and she threw it away because she simply could not resist spewing political idiocy on Twitter. End of.

That said, I feel sure we will all look forward to seeing Carano and Ben Shapiro on the stage accepting their Oscars on Academy Awards night 2022.

As soon as Disney is the US Government she'll be right!!!

^ The Disney Corporation is worth $130 billion. It is more wealthy than EVERY country in Africa.

The Disney Corporation demands complete obedience.

R112 That’s a lie. Cancel culture has also come after those who are silent like those who choose not to speak out against their costars or those who tweet apolitically when they are supposed to tweet about blm for example.. Those who choose to be outspoken just figure the mob will come after them eventually. They don’t have to be dragged in front of committees in order to be publicly shamed.

[quote]Nothing that she said is remotely anti-Semitic

It's not just what she wrote - she included one of the most horrific images of the time in her post.

The treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust came from centuries of antisemitism targeting a minority group. It is in no way comparable to the treatment of conservatives who make up almost half of the voting public. There is no way that slagging off right wingers on Twitter will get anywhere near the hatred that led to the Holocaust. Exploiting the worst crime of the modern era to make a pathetic political point may not be motivated by antisemitism, but it's still offensive.

Again, idiot R106 aka R116,

[quote] the mob will come after them eventually.

What mob? Oh, that's right; YOUR mob.

Dumbass delusional MAGAt.

R116

Sugar, you are spewing your rightwing idiocy toward an audience of mostly GAY MEN--one of the most left-leaning demographic groups there is.

You think that you're going to drum up sympathy for your conservative friends on here?

You are out of your goddamned mind.

READ. THE. ROOM.

You are not welcome.

R119 I’m a proud gay man and have the same right as you to express an opinion even if you don’t like it.

[quote] The story is really nothing - They were not bringing her back to the Mandalorian - they said so -

She was about to get her own spin-off Star Wars show before Disney found out late last year her social media presence. Apparently her involvement with the show was terminated immediately but they decided to wait for that one big blunder that would be the reason to publically fire her. And they got it with her idiotic 'Republicans are hunted like Jews' post.

It seems she's been living in the right-wing propaganda bubble. She really thought it's perfectly fine to post hateful crap on social media.

R108, she was making fun of people wearing masks and posting other right-wing meme stuff, it has never been only about "the transtapo" going after her. BTW, it's annoying that being critical of certain aspects of trans politics these days is immediately seen as being a far right attitude. Because there most certainly should be more open conversation about certain trans issues. I do totally believe that people are fluid in many ways but eg pushing gay teens to change sex just doesn't seem right.

Boris the OP "doesn't see" because he's a willfully blind sociopath.

Despite never having a counterargument, this is the three billionth thread the OP has started or invaded trying to reduce Trump's violent attacks on innocent people, crimes, the overthrow of the U.S. government and brainwashing his trash followers to "just a difference of opinion."

These are real, physical attacks against innocent people Shitler and his white trash army of suckers want to legalize. They want more Americans dead of COVID-19, as well.

Boris thinks he can just ignore the facts and they'll go away. In reality, voters are just going to keep ignoring Republican candidates.

It's not an "opinion" that Donald Trump's trade wars cost the U.S. economy 1,800 U.S. factories BEFORE the pandemic. It's not an "opinion" that Trump cut taxes for corporations manufacturing overseas. It's not an "opinion" that Trump lost more U.S. jobs than any president in history, a staggering 4 million NET LOSS of U.S. jobs from 2017 - 2020, including 300,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs lost as a direct result of his failed trade war with China BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. These are all FACTS.

It's not an "opinion" that Donald Trump's neglect enabled the coronavirus to kill 470,000 Americans. It's not an "opinion" that Donald Trump has taken million$ from the Russian mafia, including his campaign money, after decades of criminal rackets and promoting Russian political propaganda since the 1970s. It's not an "opinion" that Trump's business partners routinely kill anyone who challenges them in Russia, or lock them up and steal all their property as Putin is doing this minute. It's not an "opinion" that Trump approved of Russia paying bounties to Taliban terrorists to KILL U.S. TROOPS in Afghanistan. It's not an opinion that Trump ordered the U.S. Postal Service to dismantle mailboxes and sorting machines to suppress the mail-in vote. These are all FACTS. Harmful, innocent people-killing, economy-destroying. democracy-crushing FACTS.

So don't let these redneck liars try to reduce all these atrocities to just "a difference of opinion" or "controversy." It's violent treason and persecution. They're evil, fucking liars obeying a psychopath unconditionally.

The false Holocaust analogy isn't even the worst of what ALL Republican voters have done for the last 5 years. Carano thinks she can publish libel and slander online freely, which is ignorant of her and all her cheerleaders falsely equating it with "free speech."

Carano got off easily —‚ she should be locked in a cage and permanently separated from her parents, like she did to those Mexican toddlers. But with a hefty fine for publishing libel.

Yes, R120, aka all the other asinine replies you've made; and we have a right to show you for what you are; a delusional rightwing turd, paranoid about some fictional lefty "mob" coming to get you, when an actual mob on your MAGAt FAGAt side killed people. Do go on. Freedom of Stupid Speech and all.

That's such bullshit. Trump voters aren't conservatives, they're fascists.

R3 I'd forgive a lot of Sabato and Baio had made a fuck video together when they were young and pretty. But alas, no - so screw them both.

I am a liberal, but she is entitled to her opinion. If she can do her job well, her personal philosophy should have nothing to do with her job. YOU know this as well as I do!

Get real, r20.

Republicans of all people don’t believe in job protections!

Moreover, actors by definition aren't some desk jockeys squirreled away in some anonymous office. They are the public faces, literally, of their employer.

Social media have changed the world of employment.

R32 She was warned about writting stupid things on twitter. It's obvious Disney didn't want the controversy.

They didn't fired for previous "scandals" even a big part of the audience of the show wanted her gone but she seems to feel the need to provoque people constantly online. She got what she was asking for, as simple as that

R126 you are liberal but you type deplorable. Yeah right.

She's right and her point was proven by the reaction to her statement.

Will you please start thinking critically?

R126 You don't seem to understand a thing. They fired her because she was bad for business, as simple as that.

And this is not a case of Disney overreacting. In the little time she is on the show she created (because she created most of them) a lot of controversies. They didn't fire her for the stupid pronoums scandal (she didn't deal well, but she has the same right to define herself as whatever she wants, the same right trans people have to use the pronoums they chose), but this was just the last stupid thing she did.

If you are unable to do your job without creating problems for your bosses you are going to be fired, it's as simple as that.

the fans wanted her out, so she was an easy target and she makes it even easier

R130. Maybe you should take your own advice and find out the facts before you embarrass yourself. You did not research to see how horrid her comments were before you started defending her. Liberal.

"I am a liberal but (insert some right wing verbal diarrhea here...)"

That old chestnut AGAIN??

Rare is the conservative who's a good artist. And then there's the risk of negative PR of they are given to making stupid remarks, our have done so in the past. Not a good investment. A risk not worth taking. That's hardly a blacklist.

That's because arts are rarely conservative. They are about pushing limits, watch the world with different eyes.

I remember an article about the problems conservative readers have to find good fiction (fiction that is in line with their view of the world). On genres like noir or scifi is not that rare to find conservative writers but on literary fiction the closer you get is a Marilynne Robinson who is more spiritual and religious than conservative.

On films is a different story, a lot of mainstream films have a pretty conservative message

By firing her Disney made a financial decision.

Should Disney hire Hitler to make a movie?

[quote] the fans wanted her out, so she was an easy target and she makes it even easier

What a load of bull. Deranged people on Twitter are not "the fans". The public reaction to her firing has been mostly negative to the point where even liberals are criticizing it. Her views are not controversial and shared by nearly half the country. So I don't buy this excuse that Disney did this because it was what the fans wanted.

Disney risks alienating more viewers than they hope to gain by firing someone for their political beliefs. The new Star Wars trilogy sucked because of their political pandering, yet they kept forcing it down the fans throats to the point where there was huge backlash.

How damned stupid are celebrities? Posting political stuff is like an instant IQ test

If they want to do it, they're risking their jobs. They are gleefully risking a job that could earn them MILLIONS. One misconstrued post can lose tens of millions of dollars for a project

If these celebs can't read the "temperature of the room" and still INSIST on post inflammatory things, they are looking for a fight with half of society. No employer of any type should have to deal with someone like that. From either side

When they applied, screen tested, auditioned for the job, they didn't mention that they would be spending their free time agitating with half the country over politics. Had they have made that disclaimer during the audition, contract signing, I'm sure they wouldn't have been hired

I live in a small town and don't post any political stuff under my own name.

I love the conservatives telling on themselves by claiming hateful anti-Semitic ideas are conservative values.

And the conservatives obsessed with calling out anti-Semitism on the left cheering Carson and Shapiro’s partnership. Like this useless asshole:

[quote] She got "warned a bunch", [R31]? Warned for what?

Clumsy use of the English language

[quote] How damned stupid are celebrities? Posting political stuff is like an instant IQ test

Doesn't George Clooney and his wife and Princess Harry do the same?

R49 the people who voted for Trump branded themselves. They looked at everything he is and did and said yep, that's fine with me. If after 1/6 people continue to both align themselves and support him, there aren't leaving much wiggle room for the rest of us to make other conclusion.

This doesn't seem that hard, people are not born conservative/liberal/moderate and can opt out of that at anytime change or evolve in point of view., not so much with ethnicity. Her comment is the same as conservatives who kept comparing the loss/temporary locking of their social media accounts to real lynchings. Stop it, it's not that hard to understand the difference.

'they aren't leaving much room for the rest of us to make other conclusions'

People are trying to do what Mitch McConnell did in his post-vote speech today, have their cake and eat it too. You can't both align yourself and pretend not to understand the full implications of what Trumpism is when things go wrong.

r49 is the most try-hard hypocrite projectionist EVER.

That's why he lost all power in Washington. Keep "winning". Boris! It's all about yours and Trump's psychopathic delusions.

[quote] Doesn't George Clooney and his wife and Princess Harry do the same?

NO, they do not. You're a piece of shit

Some of you are really dense. She made shit on twitter a lot of times, she was warned and she kept doing it. They got tired of her bullshit and she was fired. As easy as that

At least Jonathan Chait isn't a hypocrite. That's rare in his business.

R147 He is not an hypocrite, he is simply not a liberal at all

R148 he says voter id is voter suppression. Definitely a liberal.

R119 the irony. The same people saying that cancel culture doesn’t exist are telling a gay man that he isn’t welcome at a gay site.

So OP - I guess turnabout is fair play and you should just shut up about it?