sales2099 said:
JWeinCom said:
And I'm asking you why that matters.
If 100 people think Harry Potter is a plot to convert children to Satanists and therefore JK Rowling should be cancelled, and 1,000,000 people think that JK Rowling has fucked up views on trans people and should therefore be cancelled, which group has the right to voice their opinion? If your answer is not "both" or "neither" then you have a very logically inconsistent position.
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Just curious how bad are her sentiments? I am legitimately not aware of the specifics. If her point of view is that “biology trumps brain” then to be fair that was the commonly held belief on gender for most of recorded human history. Frankly it’s still the most commonly held belief in the world today outside western society. Is it “fucked up” in that she was openly bashing them? Calling for violence against them? Dehumanizing speech?
I don’t agree with many sentiments on the other spectrum. But I don't advocate for anybody to be silenced. Because I’m an adult that shouldn’t be seriously triggered by other opinions. Unless it’s openly racist, fascist, calling for violence, etc. opinions should be respected on both sides.
On topic, it’s a shame the Mandalorian lost a great character. Gina is a beautiful, strong woman that exemplified on screen what modern women strive to be. Cancel culture is the worst.
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The part of her point of view that I object to is her citing and promoting deeply flawed studies, the upshot of which is that being trans is somehow contagious, and that your kids may catch it from other kids. In essence that trans kids peer pressure others into becoming trans which I think is pretty ridiculous, and also contributes to isolating trans people. Similar to the gay panic that she ironically speaks against.
As for whether it was the common or is the common view is pretty irrelevant. It was the common view for quite a while that black people are inferior to white, at least in the western world, but that doesn't mean it's a view that should be promoted, and if someone is promoting it, we should speak out against it.
There are plenty of badass women who can do their job without spreading dangerous conspiracy theories and other nonsense. The point of hiring Gina Carano instead of one of the many beautiful strong no name actresses out there was that she had name value. When that name value no longer helps you, she serves no purpose.