Somewhere, Joseph McCarthy is smiling. On Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 7:54 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
> My 23 yo son has been keeping us informed about this the last several > months. From what I can gather her views are reprehensible. My advice to my > son, which he has mostly seemed to follow, is to separate her politics from > her work (we discussed the limits of this distinction, pending her comments > on the Capital Assault). For the second half of this season, we (wife son > and I watched Mando together every week) took to referring to her as “The > Trump Lover” (necessary because we regularly have to pause the show to > explain what us happening to my wife). > > On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 at 4:41 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I’ve been following Gina Carano’s career since she has a mild Reno >> connection. She lived here for a short time and her father is a casino >> co-owner and gaming executive. About a month ago a story showed in the >> Google feed on my mobile web browser about “The Mandalorian” cast >> supporting Carano and wanting her to continue as Marshal Care Dunne. The >> story didn’t say why Carano was being attacked. >> Then this last week, there was another story that explained the >> #fireginacarano movement. She retweeted one tweet that said Democrats want >> people to wear masks over their eyes as well so they don’t see what is >> going on. She was a critic of Black Lives Matter rioting but was silent >> about right wing protests. She liked tweets that said America does not have >> systemic racism but has a violent, leftist extremism problem and that said >> you are more likely to be assaulted for being a Trump supporter than you >> are to be assaulted for race. She liked a tweet with about five white >> civilian males holding assault rifles. She was also accused of being >> transphobic, but I didn’t see the basis for that allegation. >> Carano’s Twitter feed lately has been all cotton candy and bubble gum. >> She gave an interview on the Federalist Radio Hour podcast where she said >> she still doesn’t know where she stands politically. That’s shallow >> introspection. >> She complains she went through a smear campaign and wasn’t asked for her >> perspective. But she was giving her perspective on Twitter. “So did I >> become a punching bag? I became a punching bag.” She also said she’s never >> been political. She said she started speaking out because there was a large >> group of people being silenced and being forced to play woke. “I decided to >> say something and it got me in trouble.” >> One story said Jon Favreau saved her job on “The Mandalorian.” She’s also >> been in both Deadpool movies. Disney is talking about being against >> violence and extremism, I think that could cost Carano her Mandalorian gig >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzKHHgosOaQv6qdA07K9aZf-%3DvFAbijN9nZ_fAuG6re0g%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzKHHgosOaQv6qdA07K9aZf-%3DvFAbijN9nZ_fAuG6re0g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Br_V21b8E4tJGKNZPEEuLADdGHA5iv6c5ADWzBx1JG3A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Br_V21b8E4tJGKNZPEEuLADdGHA5iv6c5ADWzBx1JG3A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4d-Y0TeoLzfveCQk5PKQi7FLAuWOOoHZD9n4n879LkEEg%40mail.gmail.com.
