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I think he was sending her messages. And she's young. She made a topic about it a while ago. Him and others

After the Eliza incident... sus

So we're saying ENZC is a bust now?

*left holding the bag*

When Disney cut ties with actress and former MMA competitor Gina Carano on February 10, it looked to many like a sudden move in response to a single social media post. According to a new story from The Hollywood Reporter, though, Carano's exit from the Mandalorian and Disney was months in the making.

Exactly two months earlier, on December 10, Disney unveiled a whole host of Marvel and Star Wars content, including ten new Star Wars shows. Among those was Rangers of the New Republic. At the time, we and many others assumed Rangers was a vehicle for Carano and her character Cara Dune. Carano appeared in seven episodes of The Mandalorian across the show's two seasons, and her story arc in the second had her picking up a Rangers of the New Republic badge, seemingly contemplating a new path for herself.

Indeed, that was exactly what Disney had planned, and THR says her agency, UTA, was negotiating for a pay raise for the actress, who was reportedly pulling in $25,000 to $50,000 per episode of The Mandalorian. Carano was meant to be part of that presentation, but an anonymous source told THR that Disney pulled her off the presentation. Sources say that Disney had repeatedly warned Carano even before the February 10 tweets Disney described as "abhorrent and unacceptable." Carano had previously posted tweets mocking mask wearing during the coronavirus pandemic, promoting misinformation about voter fraud, and expressing transphobic views. Those tweets led to the initial warnings, while her February 10 tweet comparing American conservatives to Jewish people just before the Holocaust is what sealed Carano's fate. The decision was reportedly made by Lucasfilm executives, going higher than Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau.

A few Disney stars have flirted with disaster in recent months. Black Panther star Letitia Wright retweeted a video questioning the safety of the coronavirus vaccine in December, and deleted her Twitter in response to the blowback from the post. It's hard not to think about James Gunn here. Disney had fired Gunn in response to offensive tweets he'd posted nearly a decade previous and had already apologized for before they were resurfaced by right-wing activists and personalities. In that case, Disney moved quickly in response to the tweets, only to re-hire Gunn a year later to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Since Disney pushed her out, Carano has announced a partnership to produce a film with Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire, stating that she has "only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before." The future of the Cara Dune character is in question, though THR says that its sources suggest recasting is likely. Season 3 of The Mandalorian is a ways off, likely hitting in 2022 after the Book of Boba Fett series announced as a stinger to the Mandalorian's Season 2 finale, so Lucasfilm and Disney have plenty of time to make a decision.

Someone respected posted a negative article about HCMC. Stock is dropping, still holding strong

Gina Carano has been fired by LucasFilm after yet another "social media scandal," if one can define "social media scandal" as very deliberately posting blatant anti-Semitism on a public account, including a meme comparing experiencing any sort of pushback on her own conservative politics to being Jewish and living in Nazi Germany. These posts were just the latest in a long line of public aggressions, both micro and macro, from Carano, who has had a long history of making deeply inappropriate and downright offensive posts against vulnerable minorities, and then immediately falling into defensive self-victimization: It's not the groups she's mocking or blatantly attacking that are being hurt by her actions, it's her, and actually, the people reacting to her posts in a negative way are the real bullies here.

If this sounds familiar, it should. By now, we all know the words to this song.

It's a pattern we've seen before, time and time again. Even outside of the pop culture bubble, the endless cycle of abusive, abhorrent public behavior and then crocodile tears and feigned ignorance has become an entire "brand" for many people on social media--and it's a lucrative one. This particular style of engagement relies on the tried-and-true bad faith argument wherein a case is made full of blatant and obvious falsehoods and misrepresented facts, dressed up in such a way to bait arguments from people who spot the issues and try to push back against them. The argument then serves as a social megaphone, boosting the falsehoods and deliberately misrepresented facts to bigger and broader audiences, stripping them of context, creating straw men for others to argue against that derail the issue even further. Petitions get made. Youtube videos are filmed. The cycle continues.

Pearl-clutching fans and commentators will cry out about "cancel culture" and "conservative politics" being the root of Carano's excommunication when the reality is that Carano is experiencing the consequence of flagrantly inappropriate public behavior. This isn't a secret, nor is the concept all that difficult to grasp--anyone who's had a job with any sort of public-facing component from minimum wage customer service to actor has had some experience with the idea of expected behavior and conduct to represent an employer. Even high school athletes are subject to consequences for misrepresenting their school's values, and they're not on anyone's payroll.

Carano's firing was the only correct move Disney could have made following her behavior--and it's one that was a long time coming. As much as it would be great to say the corporate juggernaut is actually extremely socially conscious and has a strong moral compass, that simply isn't reality. The bottom line is that having someone on their payroll who is, apparently, ready and willing to disregard any sort of professionalism is a liability, full stop.

But the extremely obvious logic--that maybe, just maybe, a public-facing person shouldn't post memes about the Holocaust (to name just her most recent offense)--doesn't matter. What matters is that from now until the end of time, we're going to keep having this conversation.

The most insidious part of this cycle we seem to be stuck in is the fact that it works. The bad faith argument scheme has a payoff. Carano has already spun her "cancelation" into a movie deal. Countless influencers and politicians have used the same tactics they always use to boost their own platforms and garner themselves a bigger audience by suddenly having a very emotional and passionate response to the loss of a "strong female hero" in the Star Wars universe. The theater of websites like Twitter and Instagram is in full effect, letting the conversation fuel the algorithm which fuels the conversation, and so on and so forth.

And suddenly, it's no longer a simple matter of a hired professional behaving badly and being canned for it, it's an attack on "free speech," a devastating blow against pop culture, a soapbox to stand on to help boost and amplify even more bigotry and hatred.

The only way to win in these scenarios is by not playing. But until then, we'll keep doing this dance, hearing this song, and watching the play performed the same way it's always performed with a rotating cast of characters over and over again.

Simmer down, kid.

You would put infectious disease doctors out of work, but how would this put 99% of others doctors out of work?

Not at the moment, but I've had accounts in the past. I subscribe for just a month, download and archive everything that I want, then cancel the subscription. It's true most content I like can be found for free on tube sites, but it's not always in the best quality. 480p isn't going to cut it.

What did Brie Larson ever do?

Republicans forgave trump for trying to take over da US capitol by force on jan 6th

democrats can forgive cuamo for dis tbh

To think people were on this guy's dick at the beginning of the pandemic just because he wasn't orange lol

Ever just lay one on the seat? Me either...

I'm not that far into it but I can't stand Asia

Tell me your reaction.

Did you drop it?

What are you watching it on?

Anime titties.