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‘Hypocrites!’: Internet slams Disney for firing Gina Carano after Susan Sarandon’s similar ‘abhorrent’ post

Gina Carano said in 2021 that she was canceled by Disney as she did not fit their political narrative

Actress Susan Sarandon’s recent Twitter post has sent the internet into a frenzy with a lot of Twitter users calling out the double standards of Disney with regard to disgraced actress Gina Carano and her controversial statements.

Sarandon’s post about the Holocaust reads, “It didn’t start with gas chambers. It started with one party controlling the media. One party controlling the message. One party deciding what is the truth. One party censoring speech and silencing opposition. One party dividing citizens into “us” and “them” and calling on their supporters to harass ‘them.’ It started when good people turned a blind eye and let it happen.” Twitter is now demanding that Sarandon too be called out and canceled. 

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MMA fighter-turned-actress Gina Carano has talked about how she was fired by Disney’s production company LucasFilm because she “wasn’t going along with the [studio’s] narrative.” This came after she was dropped from the cast of The Mandalorian for holding ‘abhorrent’ views.

Carano’s firing from the cast of the Disney+ sequel to Star Wars came after an Instagram post she shared on 10 February, where she likened the Nazi’s behavior towards Jews as the same as hating someone for their political views. It is common knowledge and a very dark part of history that Nazi Germany physically abused and killed a lot of Jews as part of a mass genocide.

According to The Scotsman, the now-deleted post on Instagram had a caption that read, “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors.... even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don´t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”

Twitter reactions have strongly suggested that Carano be forgiven if Sarandon gets positive treatment for posting very similar views. One Twitter user said, “Gina Carano got fired by Disney for making this point, ironically by the very people who need to heed this warning the most.” Another Twitter user said, “So Gina Carano was viciously attacked and canceled for posting THE EXACT SAME THING while the left is seal clapping for Sarandon.” One other user directly addressed Disney about their apparent double standards and asked, “Hey, @Disney: you cancelled Gina Carano for saying these exact words. Will you be removing any Susan Sarandon roles or content from your platforms? If not, why not?” A fourth Twitter user commented on the issue as well, saying, “So when are Quentin Tarantino and Susan Sarandon getting canceled for spreading the same statement as Gina Carano? Just curious. FYI: The answer should be a resounding 'never' and an apology issued to Gina.” Another Twitter user used some dark humor to add into the ever-increasing demands that Disney apologize to Gina Carano by saying, “In a stunning move Susan comes out in favor of both the Republican Party and Gina Carano in a single tweet.” "You have got to be fucking kidding me. Here’s the SAME post reposted by Gina Carano. HYPOCRISY." "That is a valid point that Gina Carano made years ago and got harassed for it... This world is twisted and full of double standards."

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