Let me be blunt. You know someone or see someone talking comicsgate bullshit, and you do nothing about it at this point? You need to go fuck yourself. Preferably with sandpaper. Stop tolerating the trolls that make this kind of bullshit happen.
This is why a lot of us were concerned when James Gunn was fired.
Think what you like about Gunn, but his firing was a test balloon for this – a trial run by the fascists to see if “this person made me angry on the internet while leftist” could be made into a firing offense in entertainment, full stop. And now it has.
Marvel won’t be seeing any money or civility from me unless they apologize and fix their shit, that’s for sure.
He appears to have been fired over these tweets specifically. If you don’t want to go off site, or they aren’t loading for you, some of the “vulgar” and “disturbingly political” quotes include:
– Civility is for normalcy. When things are normal and working as intended, civility is part of maintaining balance. But when that balance is gone, civility does not help return it but rather, destabilize it further. Because your civility gives them cover for evil.
– True! And thank you, sir. Not that this makes my opinion any more valuable — but it’s no less valuable, either, and folks should realize I’m allowed to both have it and share it.
So, here it is. Only a few months later and the James Gunn firing’s precedent has been applied. If you upset the right wing, no matter how politely you do so, they will create a problem, and then make that problem your responsibility, so that you can be fired.
This story is about my friends MIL, and her wedding. Strap in guys, this is a wild ride in which I did THE THING that got me banned from any of her family functions. (Plus a few threats of dismemberment and bodily harm)
A good friend of mine from university was getting married! They had been a couple since Junior year of college, through her 2 years in the peace corps and currently her return to this continent. 6 years in total. She had been to all manner of family functions and always came back with a strange story about how she thinks her MIL secretly hates her. But she being a very quiet and sweet person pushed those thoughts aside.
Why is like 86% of readily available Star Wars merch covered in pictures of Darth Vader or stormtroopers or Kylo Ren? Do I want to support the Empire/Sith/First Order? Do I want a waterbottle marred by imposing masked figures of darkness? No! I want to be refreshed as I drink my 6-8 cups a day from a waterbottle bearing the proud, inspiring, brave visages of beings who fought for the light! I want to sip ice cold H2O from a container proudly displaying Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ki-Adi Mundi or Satele Shan. When I think about grabbing a Coke from the vending machine, I want Quinlan Vos and Mace Windu side-eyeing me from the plastic container on my desk at work, judging me for my unhealthy life choices. I need Han, Leia, Padme, Poe, Finn, Luke, Rey and every single member of Rogue One to be plastered on anything that says Star Wars on, in, or around it. We must take down the empire of Empire propaganda! For the Jedi! For the Republic, the Rebellion and the Resistance! For my whiny, pedantic nerd needs! Who’s with me?!
“Lie close,” Laura said, Pricking up her golden head: “We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?”
A wolf goes for a walk in the woods and meets a dog for the first time
I don’t even live in Texas but honestly we need politicians like Beto
What’s so great about Beto?
Doesn’t take any PAC money or big donor money period. Left or right. Won’t be beholden to big money interests.
Already pledged to support Bernie’s Medicare for All bill should he win
Legalization of Marijuana, expunging records of nonviolent drug offenders.
He wouldn’t have voted for Kavanaugh, and he would have voted for the Violence Against Women reauthorization.
Expanding of LGBTQ rights.
Public works projects like extending broadband access to rural areas and funding for the rail project between Dallas-SA-Austin-Houston.
Bringing back and protecting the voting rights act.
Increasing money for the VA.
Finding healthy solutions to immigration and the boarder, just like his home town El Paso a boarder town that’s one of the safest cities in the country
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