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Post by Schiggy on Jul 21, 2018 3:10:25 GMT
I thought a couple were genuinely hilarious, then after that I laughed from shock because of how outlandishly stupid/silly they are, then as I read more and more they either just made no sense and got a bit too descriptive/imaginative/him literally saying he likes children in a sexual way.
I have a depraved sense of humor myself, but that's a pretty extreme theme for (supposed) jokes to go on for as long as it did. They sounded like confessions after a while.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jul 21, 2018 4:28:35 GMT
I’m not going to defend anything Gunn wrote. Yeah, it’s not *my* humor, but there’s still a line, and statements like that (even as a joke) is too far. But can we honestly say none of us have so much as said one regrettable thing in the past? If it were that Gunn was still the same person, that would be something. But if anything, this should have been addressed as a warning. Maybe a statement, some penalties, and then see what happens from there. Then again, because of this, the work environment could’ve been hurt, so maybe this was a no-win scenario.
But as bad as Gunn’s comments were, the hypocrisy of the woman-beater who called him out (who reportedly divorced his first wife for being too feminist and bringing in more money than him), he’s the worst. So someone said something mean and nasty about my pwesident, which millions of people are! What, are you gonna dig shit up on them one by one? And speaking of which, you hypocrite, what Gunn said was bad, but have you forgotten about your orange overlord? HE OPENLY BRAGGED ABOUT SEXUALLY ASSAULTING WOMEN! So if you’re gonna hold one side to task, how about you take a long hard look in the mirror, and figure out what’s wrong with you?
But hey, I’m just a snowflake, after all. It’s not like he’s biased, and stubborn, and unwilling to hear the other side of the conversation. Totally rational.
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Post by Film Socialism on Jul 21, 2018 4:38:36 GMT
small brain: james gunn should get canned for these tweets
regular brain: james gunn shouldn't have gotten canned for these tweets because he's matured since then
big brain: james gunn shouldn't have gotten canned for these tweets because disney and the public at large has always been painfully aware of his crude background and this is an obvious PR move
exploding brain: james gunn should get canned because he is one of the worst creative minds in hollywood and this is as good a reason as any
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Post by cherry68 on Jul 21, 2018 5:15:58 GMT
Reading this thread, I had the impression that he wrote his disgusting tweets when he was an underage boy.
So I checked his age. He's 52. No way he could claim he was young and immature when he wrote them.
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Post by Archie on Jul 21, 2018 5:46:04 GMT
wtf
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Post by stabcaesar on Jul 21, 2018 5:47:56 GMT
I'm here for any bad press this garbage franchise would get so yay I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 5:53:31 GMT
small brain: james gunn should get canned for these tweets regular brain: james gunn shouldn't have gotten canned for these tweets because he's matured since then big brain: james gunn shouldn't have gotten canned for these tweets because disney and the public at large has always been painfully aware of his crude background and this is an obvious PR move exploding brain: james gunn should get canned because he is one of the worst creative minds in hollywood and this is as good a reason as any one up: who cares
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 21, 2018 13:37:38 GMT
Reading this thread, I had the impression that he wrote his disgusting tweets when he was an underage boy. So I checked his age. He's 52. No way he could claim he was young and immature when he wrote them. I want to be absolutely clear: old doesn't mean mature. I know too many assholes that say stupid crap like this all the damn time and they're older than Gunn. I just took a mandatory class for work, and 50% of the room was old guys making crude jokes of this nature (including the two teachers). The other half was the younger folks saying "can we get done with this pointless class now and get back to work?" I think it's disgusting. But firing someone over comments that were made before you hired him is hypocritical. You're saying that it didn't matter then but does now, or you're saying that your investigative team failed miserably before. Forcing a guy to lose his job is an action that should perhaps be taken, but there are other alternatives at your disposal. I just don't like firing a man for something that he did while he wasn't in your employ.
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Post by CookiesNCream on Jul 21, 2018 21:31:20 GMT
Well, Gunn didn't think all that stuff will come back to bite him one day. It's quite the unfortunate revelation nevertheless and Disney's decision is somewhat quite understandable in their predicament.
Yeah, the other side probably wouldn't have any problems being super hypocrites about this moment if Gunn were to hold a right-wing ideology instead.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 21, 2018 21:50:34 GMT
The fact that he had previously acknowledged and a apologized for these tweets and Disney still hired him makes his firing now a lot more problematic.
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Post by quetee on Jul 21, 2018 22:14:30 GMT
The fact that he had previously acknowledged and a apologized for these tweets and Disney still hired him makes his firing now a lot more problematic. it's stupid.Disney should have handled this differently.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 22:22:43 GMT
Yeah, him getting fired is stupid and an obvious PR move but I can't help but lol at this guy being a grown man when he tweeted all that shit. What an awkward weirdo
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jul 22, 2018 21:27:27 GMT
I wonder if any other cast members will speak out in support of Gunn...
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jul 23, 2018 17:50:14 GMT
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Post by quetee on Jul 23, 2018 18:07:16 GMT
Well, I doubt that helps. I guess now it becomes a game of guessing who's next.
This whole thing has gotten out of control and if you have been anti trump then you need to take the time and delete your tweets or hire someone to do so cause this will happen again.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Jul 23, 2018 18:14:30 GMT
This article puts best how I percive this ridiculous moment
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Jul 23, 2018 18:19:40 GMT
if you have been anti trump then you need to take the time and delete your tweets or hire someone to do so cause this will happen again. What?
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Post by quetee on Jul 23, 2018 18:20:30 GMT
This article puts best how I percive this ridiculous moment I read and agree with article but what is the solution? Just ignore it? Disney should have released a statement first before being reactionary. How should this stuff be handled in future? It's out of control.
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Post by quetee on Jul 23, 2018 18:21:35 GMT
if you have been anti trump then you need to take the time and delete your tweets or hire someone to do so cause this will happen again. What? I didn't stutter.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jul 23, 2018 18:25:31 GMT
Why is every article about this talking about the alt-right?
It's not something where there's one group to blame. There are many fingers that need to be pointed a varying points on the ladder before you even think of pointing at internet trolls.
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Post by quetee on Jul 23, 2018 18:30:31 GMT
Why is every article about this talking about the alt-right? It's not something where there's one group to blame. There are many fingers that need to be pointed a varying points on the ladder before you even think of pointing at internet trolls. my problem with this whole thing is that if an.issue has been addressed and the company still hires you and then why fire you if they already knew the issue?
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jul 23, 2018 18:32:35 GMT
Why is every article about this talking about the alt-right? It's not something where there's one group to blame. There are many fingers that need to be pointed a varying points on the ladder before you even think of pointing at internet trolls. my problem with this whole thing is that if an.issue has been addressed and the company still hires you and then why fire you if they already knew the issue? Exactly. Like I said, there are far bigger things to look into before people just up and blame the trolls again.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Jul 23, 2018 18:42:44 GMT
This article puts best how I percive this ridiculous moment I read and agree with article but what is the solution? Just ignore it? Disney should have released a statement first before being reactionary. How should this stuff be handled in future? It's out of control. No, not ignore it, it has to do with people not doing their job before hiring someone and see if it fits the profile they want, I wonder how many people in Disney co. will be perfectly suitable today if they do a little search, by today standards Walt Diney himself would've been fired for being amoral, misogynist and violent., etc however he had talent, I have more fear of those who do the buseness without any talent.
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Post by quetee on Jul 23, 2018 18:49:05 GMT
I read and agree with article but what is the solution? Just ignore it? Disney should have released a statement first before being reactionary. How should this stuff be handled in future? It's out of control. No, not ignore it, it has to do with people not doing their job before hiring someone and see if it fits the profile they want, I wonder how many people in Disney co. will be perfectly suitable today if they do a little search, by today standards Walt Diney himself would've been fired for being amoral, misogynist and violent., etc however he had talent, I have more fear of those who do the buseness without any talent. There would probably be like 5 people standing. You can't predict the political climate. Disney knew James and Roseanne background and still hired them and the thing is they.still didn't delete old tweets cause they didn't think it would be an issue. Of course now it is an issue cause people with agenda are going back.through tweets and trying to get people fired. Roseanne's problem is the fact that she didn't change her behavior. The video she released was insane.
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Jul 23, 2018 19:01:35 GMT
I don't care if you stuttered or not. What kind of stupid nonsense is that?
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