Star Wars

[Badger]

This is exactly like 1984

[CatoTheElder]

This is exactly like 1984

You idiot, Jedi came out in 83.

[mj2sexay]

Who cares, she didn't say anything bad/wrong and the people calling for her to be fired need to get a freaking life.


If that's how she feels, whatever.

This. She didn't even bring up republicans or democrats, what have you. All the meme basically said was that the Nazis were successful in brainwashing a populace before people got herded into camps. Her post turned into somewhat of a clumsy prophecy.

I find 99.9 of the comparisons made to the holocaust to be universally freaking stupid, this is no different, the idea that this is fireable is absurd. 

[Badger]

First they came for the former women mma fighters in supporting roles on space western tv shows and I said nothing

[Johnny English]

This. She didn't even bring up republicans or democrats, what have you. All the meme basically said was that the Nazis were successful in brainwashing a populace before people got herded into camps. Her post turned into somewhat of a clumsy prophecy.

I find 99.9 of the comparisons made to the holocaust to be universally freaking stupid, this is no different, the idea that this is fireable is absurd. 

She didn't get fired for this tweet, dumb though it was. She got fired for a long history of saying and tweeting things that are completely incompatible with the brand image that Lucasfilm and Disney protect viciously. She already lost a spin off series because of her social media spoutings, she apparently wasn't smart enough to read the tea leaves.

[mj2sexay]

She didn't get fired for this tweet, dumb though it was. She got fired for a long history of saying and tweeting things that are completely incompatible with the brand image that Lucasfilm and Disney protect viciously. She already lost a spin off series because of her social media spoutings, she apparently wasn't smart enough to read the tea leaves.

That's exactly what the stated reason was for firing her, was this tweet.

What's completely incompatible with the brand image? Saying your preferred pronouns are bleep bloop? Why are you reaching to protect big daddy Disney when they're ideologically purging people except when said person happens to be unsympathetic in your eyes?

We've gone from thinking Colin Kaepernick has the right to protest at work, in front of a large in-person and televised audience to Gina Carano can't resort to Godwin's Law despite that being fashionable over the last half decade.

It's not about free speech, or market effects it never has been. Spew the "right" opinion or suffer the consequences.

[Badger]

Mj is right, at-will employment and "right to work" laws are ruining this country.

[CatoTheElder]

They’ve been working on firing her for months. Any recent social media activity may have accelerated it but ultimately I doubt it would have mattered.

[Johnny English]

That's exactly what the stated reason was for firing her, was this tweet.

What's completely incompatible with the brand image? Saying your preferred pronouns are bleep bloop? Why are you reaching to protect big daddy Disney when they're ideologically purging people except when said person happens to be unsympathetic in your eyes?

We've gone from thinking Colin Kaepernick has the right to protest at work, in front of a large in-person and televised audience to Gina Carano can't resort to Godwin's Law despite that being fashionable over the last half decade.

It's not about free speech, or market effects it never has been. Spew the "right" opinion or suffer the consequences.

Actually, I believe that she wasn't technically fired as she's not under contract with them. They said that they wouldn't be working with her again, which is a slightly different thing.

All corporations act like this to some degree. Disney happens to be rather more aggressive than most, but if you're one of the public faces of an organization and you use your public platform to express opinions that are controversial, at some point you're going to run foul of them. Lucasfilm isn't going to continue employing a disposable but high profile actor who is going to attach controversial views to a flagship franchise.

[Badger]

I don't know of anyone who actually cared about Carano's opinions to the point it was affecting their viewership habits.

[Johnny English]

I don't know of anyone who actually cared about Carano's opinions to the point it was affecting their viewership habits.

"I haven't personally seen this thing so it can't possibly be true."

[CatoTheElder]

I’m sure she’ll have a great career punching atheists in Kevin Sorbo movies.

[Badger]

"I haven't personally seen this thing so it can't possibly be true."

Well, I'm right, so...

[MBGreen]

I’m sure she’ll have a great career punching atheists in Kevin Sorbo movies.

I'm hoping she turns to porn.

[Badger]

Anyone with basic observational ability can see this was Disney deciding she wasn't worth a potential headache rather than some organized mass movement pressuring them to get rid of her.