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[–][deleted] 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Also keep in mind that it's not just 'transphobia' they're claiming to fire her for. They're also smearing her as anti-Semitic for comparing the current political climate to Nazi Germany in one of her Instagram stories. I don't agree with everything she's said on social media, and I can see how that comparison could offend someone. But the overall comparison of the brainwashing back then to the brainwashing occurring right now has some merit.

It reminded me strongly of how quickly people parroted that JK Rowling was transphobic, because the woke and the media said so. When in reality nothing in JKR's tweets or essay could be seen as transphobic (if you're a reasonable person).

Gina pointed out a parallel between how the Nazis brainwashed people into hating Jews and how people are currently being brainwashed into hating anyone for having the 'wrong' political opinion on something. I'm sure we aren't the only ones who see the irony that she's being fired because of the very thing she tried to fight against. People are 'cancelling' her because apparently some of her social media posts are reposts from QAnon. Maybe she is a huge racist/anti-Semite/otherwise bigoted but the comparison of the brainwashing that led to the Holocaust and the brainwashing that is leading to the eradication of free speech still stands.

[–]SkepticalHPS 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It’s hypocritical when Pedro Pascal, the lead actor on the show, has shitloads of political posts on his social media, but as far as I know he’s never been told to tone it down. He made Holocaust comparisons too, but in a “lib approved™️“ way so his career wasn’t ruined.

A lot of these types seem to have trouble coping when a woman doesn’t agree with their politics.

[–][deleted] 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. Pedro is also getting extra brownie points right now for being supportive of his brother announcing that he's a transwoman. A man, AND he panders to TRAs, particularly saying 'TWAW' when it's called for? He's basically un-cancellable based on those 2 things alone.