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 Just Tony wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:
Random thought: if James Gunn knew that working for Disney would potentially open him up to higher scrutiny, AND he had admitted to and apologized for the previous tweets and the behaviors attached to them, why didn't he delete those things back when he started filming GOTG? It'd seem that if something you posted was not indicative of your mindset/moral compass/whatever, you would get rid of those posts. Letting them stand says more in the court of public opinion than any other statement you could make.

Perhaps because he had owned up to and apologized for the tweets and Disney were OK with that position.

Then I'm perplexed as to why Disney would suddenly NOT be okay with that position. If they were genuinely okay with that sort of dirty laundry hanging out on the back porch somewhere, pointing it out shouldn't have made a difference.

One has to assume that Disney were afraid of the Trumpist hate campaign. There wasn't any other public furore around the matter.

I didn't realize Trump's base dictated policy at Disney. Seems kind of knee jerk to me, unless there was more "dirt" to dig up. I mean, lets face it: he was a Troma director, the jokes on his social media are CHILD'S PLAY compared to what THAT studio produces.

Trump's base are trying to dictate lots of areas of policy around the government, justice system, international relations, family life and companies and business.

All of which continues to have 0% to do with any of this KK.

Seriously, drop it. This isn't even remotely about Trump. Stop trying to make everything about Trump.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
All of which continues to have 0% to do with any of this KK.

Seriously, drop it. This isn't even remotely about Trump. Stop trying to make everything about Trump.

Except that it's VERY clear that the reason that Cernovich called out Gunn's tweets was because Gunn is a vocal anti-Trump figure within Disney. Cernovich, on the other hand, is very much pro-Trump, and it doesn't take much to realise why he tried (and succeeded) to undermine Gunn's position.

I'm all for making things less about Trump, but this isn't one of those times. Whether Trump himself had a hand in this or not (I find it incredibly hard to believe that he would have), it still relates to him.

Yeah, this isnt about Trump, but is definitely about a Trump Supporter, and sabotaging Gunn for a reason counter to that viewpoint, which this particular Cult of Personality has been gaining increasing power to perform.

And that Social Media is a cancer easily utilized by the wrong people.

Since I think we've covered this topic fully I'm going to lock this thread.

Also, regarding Trump / politics in general, where possible please stick to discussing these topics in the dedicated US Politics thread in OT, rather than in the Geek Media forum. We specifically set up this forum to keep it separate from all that, so bringing it in here kind of defeats the purpose!

If there are any developments regarding Gunn / GotG / etc please PM me to reopen.