Floex wrote:Tafdolphin wrote:I'm very angry about this: it was a direct response from the alt-right to his constant hating on Trump. It was revenge. BUT, after seeing those tweets, Disney had no choice. This wasn't the ArenaNet firings, people have been fired for much less.
I'm angry entirely at Gunn. Why the strawberry float were those tweets still up on his account in 2018? They should have been deleted immediately after he got Guardians.
What do you mean they had no choice? Disney hired him AFTER these tweets were made, he’s apologised for this 6 YEARS ago. Should he have deleted these tweets? Sure but then you’ll have people saying ‘oh he’s trying to hide his past’.
There’s no such thing as second chances anymore in the social space. And you’re entirely angry at Gunn? Really? You’re being played if you think that’s the case. The right are playing the left against each other and this is just another small example of that.
Every time a Trump tweet is found contradicting something he said recently, do we all sit back and say "He's allowed to change his mind!!"? No, we mock him. When Roy Moore was accused of soliciting underage girls many years ago, did we say "Oh, that was ages ago he's probably changed!"? No.
So, when it's discovered that a left-wing director made paedophilic and incestual jokes, can we hold him to a different standard simply because we like him? No, he needs to face up to the same consequences. If he doesn't the whole system of accountability falls apart.
This was a victory for the alt-right, forcing a prominent left-wing director into disgrace. But they did it with his own words, accurately. Gunn should be strawberry floating incensed with himself.