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>Good guy director gets fired after far-right pundit digs up past he repeatedly apologized for
>Tumblr thinks this is okay
New rule, starting now. Anyone making a snarky comment about this gets unfollowed because that’s gross
>28 year old my little pony fan thinks I value their opinion on someone getting fired for making rape jokes
hahahahaha here I was, legit hoping this discourse wouldn’t show up on my blog but, there it is. wow.
#1) The person who dragged up the pedophilia jokes about James Gunn is none other than far-right blogger Mike Cernowich. You know, the guy behind fucking #PIZZAGATE.
#2) James Gunn already apologized for previous behavior. Like, several years ago. In 2012. Before #MeToo. Before ANY of this. And his behavior since then proves a marked change.
#3) In fact, James Gunn’s behavior changed so radically that he became the target of Mike Cernovich. Because Gunn’s been pretty outspoken about our current president. Which didn’t sit well with President Pizzagate, not one bit.
#4) So Mike Cernovich finding and released all the old tweets during SDCC was NOT a coincidence. This was targeted to Disney, to see if Mike can wank himself over forcing the biggest major conglomerate to make a marketing decision in order to get ONE GUY rightfully furious about Trump out of the business.
#5) Look, I think James Gunn’s tweets are pretty damn horrible. But to put it on the same level as someone like Harvey Weinstein is disingenuous.
#6) We’re not winning any wars with the mentality of “problematic people are forever doomed for having once done problematic things, even if they’ve changed.” And like stated above, James Gunn is NOT another Weinstein. I’ve said homophobic things in the past, and I’m A LESBIAN for fuck’s sake!!
#7) Dave Bautista isn’t the only one who’s on James Gunn’s side in this. The entire GOTG cast is on his side.
#8) In the end this isn’t just about GOTG. This isn’t about Disney. This isn’t about James Gunn’s career (he’ll bounce back). This is about Right-winger trolls weaponizing accountability. And it’s fucking gross.
This isn’t about Disney. This isn’t about James Gunn’s career (he’ll bounce back). This is about Right-winger trolls weaponizing accountability. And it’s fucking gross.
I tend to ignore almost everything about celebrities and Hollywood, but this happens much more often and much closer to home.
Fascists will dig up an old flaw or fabricate and accusation, people who already hated that person to begin with will eagerly spread it, and before anyone puts a stop to it, the process has acquired an emotional momentum that is incredibly difficult to interrupt because you can hardly say the words ‘But wait let’s really look at this’ without becoming part of ‘the enemy’.
Sometimes we also do this within our own community. Someone will pick up an old tweet or post, maybe not even realizing that it’s 6 years old and has long since been dealt with, and that post will start circulating and creating a destructive emotional mob. And we can do the same in offline communities, when a rumor from another city where a person previously lived drifts to us for example.
The state has employed these tactics against activists too, spreading rumors that someone is an informant, undermining someone’s reputation within their community before locking that activist up or worse.
Be aware of this process. Be less eager to be part of driving someone out of town, especially if that person is a frequent target for fascists (or terfs, exclusionists, anyone who plays dirty), especially if that person has a marginalized identity, especially if the accusations seem out of character for the person.
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