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rickman ago

It appears when Gunn was first criticised for some blog posts in 2012, the articles strangely ignore his paedophile tweets.

James Gunn Google results November 2012

These articles from 2012 bring up worrying questions. Why do none of them make any mention of Gunn's paedophile tweets and jokes? Why was Gunn allowed to get away with only apologising for his blog posts and allowed to continue working with the Marvel franchise? Why now, with these old tweets are they being brought up and why does his lose his job?

Makes me wonder if this is an example of the silence that surrounded Hollywood before Pizzagate, before Weinstein, before Spacey, before Schneider.

septimasexta ago

HOLLYWOOD BLEACHBIT:

"The moment he realized he was being set up to take a fall and that he was going to be punished for his own liberal opinions, he should have gotten out in front and discussed his past as a social media provocateur. He could have explained why he served up so many thoughts that are impossible to defend or even understand, how he has evolved as a person and artist and what it is like to live with a ticking time bomb like this that could have been used against him at any time, even though it was partly addressed several years ago when the weight of such words wasn’t as great as they are now." CAN YOU SAY PIZZAGATE? Dave Bautista Stands For Felled ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’s James Gunn As Free Speech Chill Sets Into Hollywood https://deadline.com/2018/07/dave-bautista-guardians-of-the-galaxy-james-gunn-amy-powell-1202430859/

Zorrilla ago

It's as though we're meant to think they're being oppressed by being made to feel afraid about talking about raping children. Also, this and another article I read, in the WSJ, try to make it seem that Gunn's tweets were no worse than other things people in the industry have been fired for, when in fact they're in a whole other realm of depravity.

IVIVI ago

Its gross. The people who support Gunn are sick. I see people supporting him on facebook and they have kids!

Who jokes about and thinks pedo jokes are funny? Pedos.

septimasexta ago

"he should have gotten out in front and discussed his past as a social media provocateur." WAS THIS A PAYING GIG? Who did he work for? What was the goal? Stats?

"How to Be a Social Media Provocateur" https://hbr.org/2008/03/bucking-the-system.html