{"id":133114,"date":"2021-02-15T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T14:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=133114"},"modified":"2021-02-15T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T14:58:14","slug":"liberal-writer-compares-gina-caranos-firing-to-hollywood-blacklisting-communists-fans-start-petition-to-get-her-rehired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-writer-compares-gina-caranos-firing-to-hollywood-blacklisting-communists-fans-start-petition-to-get-her-rehired\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Writer Compares Gina Carano\u2019s Firing To Hollywood Blacklisting Communists; Fans Start Petition To Get Her Rehired"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberal-writer-compares-gina-caranos-firing-to-hollywood-blacklisting-communists-fans-start-petition-to-get-her-rehired%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=133114&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GC-2-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A liberal writer at New York Magazine is comparing Disney\u2019s recent firing of conservative actress Gina Carano to when Hollywood blacklisted suspected communists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the late 1940s and 1950s, Hollywood studios \u2014 under pressure from the right \u2014 promised they would not \u2018knowingly employ a communist,&#8217;\u201d Jonathan Chait wrote. \u201cThis blacklist eventually became notorious, especially in Hollywood, which came to lionize its victims in several films. And yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish the blacklist policy from the emerging current treatment of right-wingers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chait highlighted the post from Carano that sparked accusations of anti-Semitism, which compared the current political state in the U.S. to Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe post in question, which triggered a social-media firestorm that quickly led to her firing and loss of representation, was not anti-Semitic by any reasonable definition,\u201d Chait wrote. \u201cThe post simply argued (uncontroversially) that the Holocaust grew out of a hate campaign against Jews, which it then likened (controversially) to hatred of fellow Americans for their political views. \u2026 There is no hint anywhere in this post of sympathy for Nazis or blame for their victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chait argued that a \u201cfairer and more liberal society\u201d is able to separate the political views of an individual and the position of that person\u2019s employer. The piece states that those in the entertainment industry should be able to work in the industry regardless of which political leaders they support.<\/p>\n<p>The piece comes as thousands of Carano\u2019s most diehard fans have started a petition to get Disney to rehire her for the \u201cStar Wars\u201d TV series, \u201cThe Mandalorian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/fired-mandalorian-star-gina-caranos-fans-petition-disney-star-wars\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>A new Change.org petition started by fans calling for Lucasfilm and Disney to give Carano her part on the show back and to keep politics out of their artistic decisions going forward.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The petition states that the \u201cfiring celebrities over their political views has been happening way too often, and once again, Hollywood has struck down another conservative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat she said may have been a little extreme, and I can even see why some people may have been offended, but her tweet was not made to incite violence or to express discrimination or hatred of any sort to any particular group,\u201d the petition\u2019s author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/walt-disney-disney-rehire-gina-carano\">writes<\/a>. \u201cAnd now, once again, a beloved actress has been fired for speaking her mind. This petition is for the executives at Disney. Please, why can\u2019t you just leave politics out of the industry and press on? \u2018The Mandalorian\u2019 is a fantastic show, and Gina Carano\u2019s portrayal of Cara Dune is a joy to watch. The Mandalorian wouldn\u2019t be the same without her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the fans of \u2018The Mandalorian,\u2019 please. Speak out,\u201d the petition concluded. \u201cDisney needs to stop the trend of firing actors for controversial tweets, and just keep treating the fans to a great show. Rehire Gina Carano. Firing her isn\u2019t justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire\">Gina Carano To Produce And Star In Upcoming Film For The Daily Wire<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A liberal writer at New York Magazine is comparing Disney\u2019s recent firing of conservative actress Gina Carano to when Hollywood blacklisted suspected communists. \u201cIn the late 1940s and 1950s, Hollywood &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893458,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6456,4746,4274,6196,5206,4718],"class_list":["post-133114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-caranos","tag-compares","tag-firing","tag-gina","tag-liberal","tag-writer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}