Can we have a Gunn subforum until Disney rehires him? Pleaaseee?
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Variety Rumor: Disney Considering Reinstating James Gunn
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Can we have a Gunn subforum until Disney rehires him? Pleaaseee?
It's this kind of bullshit Disney will be fighting against by reinstating him:
Good? We need to get to the place where one photoshopped word doesn't bring the world to a stop.
I like your scoops but I don't like your fearmongering.
I honestly think this is way bigger than Gunn, that's why it bothers me so much. It scares the fuck out of me how easy people fall for false narratives like this, and this is just one grain on a sea of bullshit like that that keeps happening over and over again. When people will learn to fact check what they read and hear?
I'd wager 99.99 percent of us would never have seen this if you didnt link it.
Mana is acting like Alex Jones. The fearmongering he's doing is incredible and trying to pressure everyone to hate Gunn in here without results, then brings an image photoshoped by 4chan and tries harder with false narratives of MCU members unfollowing Gunn only for Evans and Cheadle to shot down that narrative.
What's next mana? RDJ saying that he hates James Gunn only for Downey himself to come and say it's bullshit?
What's next mana? RDJ saying that he hates James Gunn only for Downey himself to come and say it's bullshit?
Pipedream here but if this leads to more and more prominent figures leaving twitter, maybe they'll rethink their stance on letting alt right trash roam free with misinformation and blatant racism.
But this has already been posted in the other thread too, doesn't warrant a new thread. :/
Did you get banned "for bringing up BS" or did you get banned for the way you brought it up? Sorry, but in most cases like yours where people continue whining and acting like a victim about bans and favouritism, some mirror-oggling is in order. Rarely are those bans because people "just brought up some BS" and often because they did something else wrong/ban-worthy which they conveniently leave out of their complaints.
I'm not going to defend Mana for the stuff he's posted in this thread but the extreme comparisons are a bit too much.
Technically it's more than a day old. >.>
Also, can we please lay off ManaByte ? He fell for one piece of fake news that he couldn't really doublecheck, there's no reason to dogpile on him right now.
It's not new news, just someone else's take on current news.
Yeah. Honestly this thread should be the catch all for this stuff. We already had a few threads before this and we don't really need more considering this one is already still being used.
My mistake. I genuinely thought it was a new video and that it was news worthy. Either way, great video by Jeffries.
Being spammed by a few assholes doesn't mean 1,000s or even 100s of people care.
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Until Iger returns from vacation (this weekend I think?) there won't be any new news about this most likely.
Please remember to keep sourcing in mind when you are posting things here. It is very easy to word to spread about something, even if it is incorrect/false.
Try to avoid posting things specifically to rile up and call out fellow users as well. Get things back on track.
Try to avoid posting things specifically to rile up and call out fellow users as well. Get things back on track.
Didn't Mana even say it couldn't be verified in his OP regarding the "unfollows". He's simply saying what going on, not preaching gospel. Give the man the benefit of the doubt.
We're gonna keep going back to it for a long time. Because apparently the only thing that matters is that both got fired for offensive tweets.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Or you can not quote me and be snippy.
I used her as an example for a point I was making that was not related specifically to Gunn and if he should get his job back.
Thank you.
Oh, c'mon. My mentions are a mess every few days because of GamerGate, and my tweet on Gunn went viral in a way that actually drew Cernovich into tweeting about me. I live this world. You're extrapolating into hyperbole because you're getting a concentrated feed of hate from a group of people who are remarkably good at making their small world *feel* big. These are bad people with bad intentions, and you're getting blinded to reality.
Thank you. For being in the mix and explaining it to people who don't seem to know better.
I think it's because it's difficult to fact check every bit of info you get, especially when people get info that's hard to fact check like knowing that the people that have supposedly unfollowed Gunn never followed him in the first place or that the screencap of the tweet of Gunn sharing the video link claiming it to be something obscene was actually a Rick Roll linking to a girl choir doing a cover of a song. The people originally spreading that info or latching onto it early know that it's easy to fabricate the narrative around it and boost it with their own followers/army exactly because it's difficult for the average person to research the validity of the claim, then once they are able to get a person with any credibility buying into the narrative and sharing it with others means that it gets to propagate outside of the circles of disinformation.
I think the silver lining to the situation so far, is that many have seen through the bullshit, despite how difficult it may have been with so much attempts as disinformation, and hundreds of thousands of fans have shown support through the petition despite people claiming nothing would happen or that it wouldn't send a strong enough signal (which is exactly what the people trying to control the narrative around Gunn want the average person to do if not believe their false narrative, they want them to simply accept it) and many actors, directors, and people in the industry have also recognized what is really going on and all spoke out in support or to dispel false narratives and rumors that they were being roped into by their silence. If no one said anything after the Gunn firing or didn't try to clear up the misconceptions, that would have been the worst outcome. The cast coming together and sticking their neck out to support Gunn and rehiring him and everyone voicing their support at the very least has shifted the discussion to the support he has got, the examination of a zero tolerance policy and social media outrage, and what any of this means for the industry. There are still lots of sensible voices that don't accept that narrative specifically against Gunn as the end of the story.
First one that came to mind, figured to be one that to average person, NOT OF ERA, would appear to be similar on the surface.
That's it. Nothing more.
BTW, you ignored my last response to our previous conversation and you didn't quote me now, I'll take the hint. :)
Have a super day!!!
While it's true these people are going to continue to generate crap over Gunn, let's also consider they're going after Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg as well, nobody at any studio is safe from being pulled into this.
Yeah, it's almost like people knew that would happen immediately after it was announced. The moment their "movement" was verified by Disney the shit was going to hit the fan, there was no stopping them from going after absolutely anybody who is even slightly vocal against Trump. All this from a guy who was charged with rape.
This is a great post. I hope others are able to not just read it, but take the message to heart. It's incredibly important to stay viligant and grounded to reality in an era where communication with almost anyone is a tweet, post, or message away.
I read it. Didn't feel like it was worth arguing any longer.
You too.
That's debatable.
If she showed herself to be truly remorseful by admitting to her mistakes and understanding why she was wrong, pledged to be different and, over time, never made the mistake again? Sure, I would say that would more or less be rehabilitated. Just like, say, an addict who admits to and recognizes their addiction, decides to work on becoming sober and manages to stay sober from that point onward would be considered successful rehabilitation.
I feel like you're making some very fallacious arguments here.
Not sure what point you're trying to make? What's more amazing to me is how a few retweets out context and in bad faith can empower fringe groups to the point of being able force a corporate juggernaut into making rash, knee jerk decisions.
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Still with the Roseanne comparisons, eh?
Did you happen to catch her Hannity interview? She's still as big a piece of shit as ever. That tweet is exactly WHO she is. There is no comparison.
Did you happen to catch her Hannity interview? She's still as big a piece of shit as ever. That tweet is exactly WHO she is. There is no comparison.
It's still not a good comparision. It's an awful comparision and it really kills any point you try to make.
Exactly.
Yeah cuz it's totally impossible to support him regardless of the movie's he made. SMH. How about we aren't chumps that are being duped by the Alt right over poor taste edge lord jokes. Treating shock jock jokes as if comparible to actual bigotry or sexual assault. Your posts read so disingenuous on this topic.