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Gina Carano suing Disney and Lucasfilm over Mandalorian firing with help from Elon Musk
(www.theguardian.com)
She wasn't fired she wasn't renewed.
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2024
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Crybaby fascist Republicans: "Cake shops shouldn't have to do business with people they don't like!!!"
Also crybaby fascist Republicans: "Disney should have to do business with me no matter what I say or do!!!"
I can't wait to see Disney counter-sue these fuckers for this ridiculousness.
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The suit details that Carano was required by Disney to meet with a representative from the LGBTQ+ group Glaad after online behaviour that was seen as anti-trans, yet she refused. She was then asked to meet with a group of LGBTQ+ Disney employees but again refused and was fired soon after.
Girl…you were put on a Performance Improvement Plan. You didn’t complete it. You were fired as a result. It would happen at my job, too. They don’t want to give money to people who will make them look bad. Most places don’t. You probably signed a lot of paperwork agreeing to do or not do a bunch of shit and then you did it.
Was that like…your first job or something?
Edit: I read this on here right before the Gina article. Elon Musk is such a trash person and hypocrite:
Per Bloomberg, these California workers were fired in 2022 after they circulated a draft of an open letter critical of CEO Elon Musk. The letter stated that Musk's behavior in public was "a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment," according to a New York Times report.
It also contained an allegation that the company wasn't complying with its zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment. Although the draft letter didn't specify the exact allegations, it mentioned "recent allegations against our CEO and his public disparagement of the situation," per The Verge.
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Businesses should be able to fire anyone they want, but not ME!
I'm sad that a Lego set came with her minifig. I'm more sad an almost badass Star Wars chick fell to the dark side.
Why do all these fucking propoganda parrots think their maveriks? Bitch, you aint a radical thinker, you got fired for reposts.
Elon has super weird tits
We don't need to body shame Elon. There are scads of things we can behavior shame him on, and that has a chance of positively affecting the world (not him, he'll never see this, but someone out there might see this and reconsider thinking he's cool.)
I had forgotten what she was fired for and was taking her side in the headline right up till it said "with the help of Elon Musk." Then I knew she had to have done something really dumb. COVID misinformation is no joke kids. Not even once.
Comparing having a unpopular and ignorant opinion to being in a victim of the Holocaust is also not a good move.
But yeah antisemitic gonna be antisemitic.
First off screw Gina Carano.
People do have a right to say whatever they want, no matter how racist, homophobic, transphobic or sexist it is ..... it's just that most people can't afford to defend that level of stupidity, arrogance and ignorance in the court of public opinion or an actual court.
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Another former athlete turned tragic CTE case.
“The ability to speak doesn’t make you intelligent.”
She really doesn't want to be employed as an actor or anything short of a Fox or OANN pundit ever again hu.
“The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time,”
If you define the "acceptable narrative of the time" as "conforming with reality and minimal human empathy" then yes, that's accurate.
"Gina Carano will not be returning to The Mandalorian or the Star Wars galaxy after sharing a post on social media implying that being a Republican today is like being Jewish during the Holocaust."
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actively discouraged the COVID vaccine and iirc pushed the horse deworming medicine and bleach
“I was not in line with the acceptable narrative at the time”
Color me shocked she got public backlash when using her fame as a platform to spout anti-vax BS.
Don't think the house of mouse fucked up when they ended her contract. But sure let her spend muskrats money.
wanna bet at some point in the near future, she'll have a son with the name vjt8nH%95$bVmDW]?
Hmm, all I see is *****************.
I hope he leaves her with the bill when she loses
Nah, he's not so good with contracts. When he tried to shirk the Twitter bill, it cost him extra.
those lawyers really screwed him extra good. it was so funny.
Filing a nuisance suit against her former employer is a great way to boost her career, and teaming up with a scumbag like Musk helps clarify her ethics for anyone who’s unfamiliar with who she is. Outstanding move, Gina!
As much as I agree with you logically, and also disagree with what she did, we shouldn't encourage people to avoid lawsuits to address injustice they perceived. That's how we ended up with #metoo. So many on the entertainment industry not rocking the boat as it could damage their career. Some were blacklisted for speaking out, so it was a real fear.
If it was a real injustice the same logic would apply and we should take that into consideration when we consider damages for real injustices.
I agree completely. I had the same concern as I was writing my comment, which is why I was careful to specify that it’s a nuisance suit. (Side note: autocorrect saved my butt. I can never remember how to spell “nuisance”.)
She no longer has a career with mainstream studios.
Fascist bullshit is her career now. I assume she has another wackadoodle movie coming out soon. Or maybe she's the next mother of Elon's soon to be estranged children.
Aka the Sorbo Guide to the Entertainment Industry.
On the subject of Sorbo, apparently he had two small strokes during his time on Hercules and that's part of why he went off the rails so damn abruptly.
In other words they're following a playbook written by the brain-damaged, literally. By all means, go on.
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Why sue? Doesn't she make enough money with her residuals from the Hunter Biden bio-pic?
As much as I enjoyed her character, her side drama wasn't worth it. :(
Her character was fun, but I didn't think she handled the "deeper" scenes where they tried to fill out her character.
I loved the show, though, and thought she had potential for future seasons. I don't miss her not being on the show, and knowing she's a nutjob erases any sympathy I'd have for her getting Mandy'd.
Oh no, her right to not suffer the consequences of her actions was infringed. She should be allowed to say whatever she wants and no one should be able to get upset, they have to accept it, it's not like other people have rights, only her.
Disney has a lot of conduct clauses in their contracts. Or at least they used to years ago when a couple friends worked for them.
I performed at Disney World in my high school chorus and my contract had conduct clauses.
It also gave them the right to use my image and voice "in perpetuity and throughout the universe."
Oh man, how many images of high schoolers etc. does Disney have the license for? That's an AI training treasure trove right there.
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Oh look, another Peter Thiel vs. Gawker situation. Except Disney has much better lawyers than Gawker did.
Let's see who blinks first. I'm guessing it won't be Disney.
And also that the Hulkster actually had a case. Gawker repeatedly refused to comply with court orders to take Hulk's tuna can video down.
This is just a wanna-be martyr who got fired because she couldn't keep her goddamn mouth shut about her stupid conspiracy theories and ride the Mouse's cash train. But hey, watching Muskie burn even more money is always entertaining, so fucking let it rip.
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Musk vs The Mouse
Mouse Musk
eau de toilette
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