13 Feb '21 05:51>
https://www.google.nl/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/feb/11/gina-carano-fired-from-the-mandalorian-after-abhorrent-social-media-posts
So she, star of star wars’ “The Mandalorian”, twittered:
“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbours … even by children … Because history is edited, most people today don’t realise that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbours hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views.”
And this got her fired?
Well, not exactly. In November she’d already tweeted that there was voter fraud and mocked people wearing masks during a pandemic.
So, taken into context I can presume two things:
The polarisation she is twitting about is how republicans are treated (although that is not exactly clear cut): comparing being a republican to being a Jew in Nazi Germany.
She’s a hypocrite. First she creates polarized political attitudes about health matters and then whines about whipping up hatred.
And Disney dropped her.
Twitter was up in arms against her (and my opinions on twitterers are public).
Then “people” (influencers... WTF??? And Star Wars fans) are up in arms screaming: “Cancel Culture!!!”
But, to dispose of the thread title, which I only used to drag your sorry arse into this discussion, let’s focus on two questions, I’m really interested in from a professional point of view:
Is a company, like Disney, correct in firing someone, if they project their opinions and the company doesn’t like it?
And:
Is government (local or not) acting correctly by sacking employees (civil servants) if they voice political opinions which are extremist, conspiratory or undermine the political agenda?
Very interested to hear your takes on this.
So she, star of star wars’ “The Mandalorian”, twittered:
“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbours … even by children … Because history is edited, most people today don’t realise that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbours hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views.”
And this got her fired?
Well, not exactly. In November she’d already tweeted that there was voter fraud and mocked people wearing masks during a pandemic.
So, taken into context I can presume two things:
The polarisation she is twitting about is how republicans are treated (although that is not exactly clear cut): comparing being a republican to being a Jew in Nazi Germany.
She’s a hypocrite. First she creates polarized political attitudes about health matters and then whines about whipping up hatred.
And Disney dropped her.
Twitter was up in arms against her (and my opinions on twitterers are public).
Then “people” (influencers... WTF??? And Star Wars fans) are up in arms screaming: “Cancel Culture!!!”
But, to dispose of the thread title, which I only used to drag your sorry arse into this discussion, let’s focus on two questions, I’m really interested in from a professional point of view:
Is a company, like Disney, correct in firing someone, if they project their opinions and the company doesn’t like it?
And:
Is government (local or not) acting correctly by sacking employees (civil servants) if they voice political opinions which are extremist, conspiratory or undermine the political agenda?
Very interested to hear your takes on this.