Current Events > Nobody tell Disney that Robert Downey Jr. used crack 20 years ago

(+) Yeah! (+)

They might fire him, and frankly he's a damn good Iron Man.
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crack's okay though but joking about rape and pedos isn't
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He has a noted recovery story and has been honest about his past drug use.
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Downey's record was more public but the posts were there for years. It's not his fault no one checked until now.
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StarKnight23 posted...

The posts were there for years. It's not his fault no one checked until now.

They were checked

He addressed them six years ago but didnt delete them until two days ago
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Companies have every right to fire you for your words and actions unless you're a liberal
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Being a former drug addict is a little bit different from making pedophilic comments.
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masticatingman posted...

He has a noted recovery story and has been honest about his past drug use.

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I could understand if someone claimed he raped (or tried to rape ) but making a very bad joke is worse than being a drug addict?

And of course once again the PC crowd knew about his character but did nothing until they got called on it.
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RDJ's history is so common knowledge now. I remember when he showed up in a music video by Elton John.

My best friend used to be a heavy drug user too. His favorite actor is RDJ and even feels a bit inspired by him.

StarKnight23 posted...

I could understand if someone claimed he raped (or tried to rape ) but making a very bad joke is worse than being a drug addict?

And of course once again the PC crowd knew about his character but did nothing until they got called on it.

False.

RDJ is a FORMER drug addict.

dameon_reaper posted...

StarKnight23 posted...

I could understand if someone claimed he raped (or tried to rape ) but making a very bad joke is worse than being a drug addict?

And of course once again the PC crowd knew about his character but did nothing until they got called on it.

False.

RDJ is a FORMER drug addict.

So RDJ can make changes but no one else can?
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Tony Stark bump
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Well yeah, they have executives who have done horrific things but if you say an offensive joke that's grounds for dismissal.

Welcome to the regressive left.
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clinton cheated on his wife in the oval office, and lied under oath.

democrats - " oh please incels, it was only a bj. grow up! "
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Doe posted...

Companies have every right to fire you for your words and actions unless you're a liberal

Gunn is liberal though???

Like, the only reason this got dug up is because some cretin got buttmad over him criticizing Trump.
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dameon_reaper posted...

StarKnight23 posted...

I could understand if someone claimed he raped (or tried to rape ) but making a very bad joke is worse than being a drug addict?

And of course once again the PC crowd knew about his character but did nothing until they got called on it.

False.

RDJ is a FORMER drug addict.

You're always an addict. That's one of the first things they teach you when you're trying to recover.
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IMNOTRAGED posted...

Doe posted...

Companies have every right to fire you for your words and actions unless you're a liberal

Gunn is liberal though???

Like, the only reason this got dug up is because some cretin got buttmad over him criticizing Trump.

Exactly. People on the left who in the past have been insistent about the (absolutely correct) notion that companies have a right to fire people for saying shit. Even Gunn himself has agreed to that in the past. But now that it hit this guy suddenly it's too severe. Similar thing with the Guild Wars 2 fiasco. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
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"Oh look, Robert Downey Jr is filming a shoot-out with police scene."

"I don't see any cameras."
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I hadn't thought of this angle.

Will the cast of MCU movies get all stepford wifey now? I mean, will they all have to appear to be all wholesome (who cares if they got secret orgy-dogfights with crack dispensers as long as it secret?) and they'll all be white and come from Disney kid's shows?

StarKnight23 posted...

dameon_reaper posted...

StarKnight23 posted...

I could understand if someone claimed he raped (or tried to rape ) but making a very bad joke is worse than being a drug addict?

And of course once again the PC crowd knew about his character but did nothing until they got called on it.

False.

RDJ is a FORMER drug addict.

So RDJ can make changes but no one else can?

No, in fact, I disagree with Gunn's dismissal because Gunn actually apologized over it years prior. My argument was not to lay it on RDJ. The man actually got his dues for what he did. If you don't call them dues, then no one must have really been around in the 90s.

Bump
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Awesome posted...

clinton cheated on his wife in the oval office, and lied under oath.

democrats - " oh please incels, it was only a bj. grow up! "

I mean I think the stormy Daniels thing was a load of horseshit.

The main takeaway from that story is how Cohen got fucked trying to cover for Trump and not that he had sex with a pornstar.

I just can't bring it in me to care about super rich guys who cheat on their wives.
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