{"id":1632512,"date":"2022-09-04T08:49:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T12:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1632512"},"modified":"2022-09-04T08:49:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T12:49:41","slug":"was-gina-carano-right-all-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/was-gina-carano-right-all-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Gina Carano Right All Along?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fwas-gina-carano-right-all-along%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=1632512&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><\/div>\n<p><strong>Playing the Nazi card went from verboten to de\u00a0rigueur in the Trump era.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats normalized it to slam the unorthodox Commander in Chief. Comedian Louis C.K. unofficially began the trend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/louis-ck-political-celebrities-are-obnoxious\/\">comparing Donald Trump to Hitler\u00a0<\/a>months before the real estate mogul\u2019s 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/03\/20\/politics\/james-clyburn-trump-hitler-comparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat pile-on<\/a> followed, from Hollywood elites and political pundits to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/517837-msnbcs-deutsch-compares-trump-to-hitler-says-presidents-jewish-supporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major news organizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And few, if any, clutched their pearls at the comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when actress Gina Carano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/arts\/gina-carano-fired-from-mandalorian-after-social-media-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compared Germany in the 1930s to modern America<\/a>\u00a0the reaction proved hyperbolic. Her Disney bosses called \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d star\u2019s social media posts \u201cabhorrent and unacceptable\u201d and fired her.<\/p>\n<p>Carano lost her talent agency, UTA, and her professional future looked bleak before The Daily Wire hired her to produce and star in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/terror-on-the-prairie-review-carano-searcy\/\">Terror on the Prairie.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Except Carano hadn\u2019t played the Nazi card like her peers, none of whom have received an ounce of punishment for their comments.<\/p>\n<p>Carano didn\u2019t label any politician, Left or Right, as Hitler or Nazi-esque. She worried that conservatives and free thinkers alike were being treated like the \u201cother\u201d in western culture, and she feared what might happen next.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors\u2026. even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don\u2019t 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?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Her post had more nuance, and empathy, than peers who called Trump supporters Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>Still, even some conservatives recoiled at her evoking Nazi-era Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Carano, now starring in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/my-son-hunter-review-laurence-fox\/\">My Son Hunter,<\/a>\u201d made those comments in February 2021. The America she described is inching closer to reality less than two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Here is President Joe Biden, in a landmark Sept. 1 speech meant to address the nation\u2019s soul, describing those who don\u2019t align with his party\u2019s worldview.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cToo much of what\u2019s happening in our country today is not normal\u2026Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere\u2019s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country \u2026 MAGA Republicans have made their choice. They embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth, but in the shadow of lies. Together, we can choose a different path.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Biden uttered those words before a blood-red background that countless social media users compared to Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018BLOOD RED\u2019 BACKDROP: The Barstool Sports founder wasn\u2019t the only one that commented on Biden\u2019s \u2018demagogic\u2019 speech.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gUJV4hhZlL\">https:\/\/t.co\/gUJV4hhZlL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JK5j2GZG7b\">pic.twitter.com\/JK5j2GZG7b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1565810829081075714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a Hollywood liberal or MSNBC host casting aspersions on the modern GOP. The Commander in Chief used the full force of his bully pulpit to \u201cother\u201d half the voting population.<\/p>\n<p>MAGA nation is a threat to America. Period.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s rhetoric, which he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/02\/biden-walks-back-attacks-on-trump-voters-in-anti-maga-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clumsily tried to walk back<\/a> 24 hours later, didn\u2019t happen in a vacuum. MSNBC commentators, who cheered Biden\u2019s speech, routinely describe Trump voters in a dehumanizing fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Pop culture similarly treats conservatives like the \u201cother,\u201d people to be dismissed or worse. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/larry-elder-hollywood-blacklist-conservatives\/\">Hollywood Blacklist 2.0<\/a> is very real, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/entertainment\/attendees-at-la-hunter-biden-movie-screening-ask-to-remain-anonymous-over-fear-for-careers-hollywood-is-in-such-a-hyper-cancel-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> new evidence<\/a> of it appears regularly.<\/p>\n<p>Right-leaning actors keep quiet, fearing their careers could crumble for sharing conservative views. Their liberal peers never stand up for their right to free expression. Not Clooney, Hanks, Streep or DiCaprio.<\/p>\n<p>Even stories tangential to pop culture reinforce Carano\u2019s point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEuphoria\u201d actress Sydney Sweeney had to perform damage control when social media users savaged her family for potentially being conservative. The star\u2019s mother celebrated her 60th birthday at a bash where a fellow family member wore a \u201cBlue Lives Matter\u201d shirt to support police officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sydney Sweeney fans are expressing disappointment and shock that her family appears to lean conservative, this after she posted photos and video from a hoedown-themed party for her mom, Lisa. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eY2N9p4WFg\">https:\/\/t.co\/eY2N9p4WFg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/1563651032793636865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even more \u201chorrifying?\u201d Attendees donned \u201cMake 60 Great Again\u201d hats, a riff on President Trump\u2019s MAGA catch phrase.<\/p>\n<p>The social media mob tried to cancel Sweeney, who meekly asked fans not to insinuate her family\u2019s political choices. She didn\u2019t defend their right to align with conservatives. That would have made the problem worse, and the 24-year-old knows better.<\/p>\n<p>Need more?<\/p>\n<p>Big Tech is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/09\/01\/google-trump-truth-social-developer-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">putting the squeeze on Truth Social<\/a>, Donald Trump\u2019s attempt to build a Twitter alternative that won\u2019t punish conservatives for being conservative. That comes after several tech giants, including Amazon, similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/11\/parler-drops-offline-after-amazon-withdraws-support.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punished Twitter alternative Parler<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>That platform refused to punish conservative thought, too.<\/p>\n<p>Have a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/01\/white-house-big-tech-colluded-to-censor-misinformation-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contrarian view on COVID-19<\/a> or even <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/02\/biden-administration-asked-instagram-to-take-down-fauci-parody-account-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a>? Chances are the Biden administration will try to erase it from the public square. Those views often come from conservative Americans, a group who routinely suffer censorial efforts by Twitter and other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/big-tech-censorship-conservative-comedy\/\">conservative humorists live under Big Tech\u2019s boot.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Virtue-Bombs-Hollywood-Woke-Lost\/dp\/1637580991\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2U36OJQT46ZVP&amp;keywords=virtue+bombs+christian+toto+book&amp;qid=1662229885&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C92&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RELATED: \u2018VIRTUE BOMBS: HOW HOLLYWOOD GOT WOKE AND LOST ITS SOUL\u2019 \u2013 AVAILABLE NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the worst example that magnifies Carano\u2019s point? A prominent conservative being attacked for \u2026 existing.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shapiro stopped by Podcast Movement\u2019s annual conference late last month to meet fans and visit his fellow Daily Wire employees. The event showcases the biggest podcasts in the country, including Shapiro\u2019s wildly popular program.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro\u2019s presence at the event coaxed <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/08\/25\/ben-shapiro-podcast-movement-harm-done-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcast Movement\u2019s brain trust to apologize<\/a> to those triggered by his appearance.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHi folks, we owe you an apology before sessions kick off for the day\u2026Yesterday afternoon, Ben Shapiro briefly visited the PM22 expo area near The Daily Wire booth. Though he was not registered or expected, we take full responsibility for the harm done by his presence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Those of you who called this \u201cunacceptable\u201d are right. In 9 wonderful years growing and celebrating this medium, PM has made mistakes. The pain caused by this one will always stick with us. We promise that sponsors will be more carefully considered moving forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shapiro didn\u2019t say anything outrageous during his time at the event. He took pictures with fans and walked around the hall.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not an Alex Jones-like figure spreading baseless conspiracy theories. He\u2019s a smart, mainstream conservative with a large, reasonable following.\u00a0And, according to Podcast Movement, the Jewish intellectual can cause harm simply by showing up.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the next logical step for that kind of thinking?<\/p>\n<p>More social media hate aimed at roughly half the country? Or does that ginned-up rage need a physical outlet?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already seen Trump supporters targeted for violence, conservative Supreme Court justices endure vulgar protests outside their homes and one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/suspect-in-kavanaugh-assassination-plot-planned-to-target-two-other-justices-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> justice face a literal death threat.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That was all before Biden suggested half the country represents an existential threat to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t Germany circa the 1930s, thank heavens, but it\u2019s closer than many people assume. Someone deserves a belated apology, at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>It can\u2019t be done via Twitter, though. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ginacarano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carano\u2019s Twitter account got deactivated<\/a> in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing the Nazi card went from verboten to de\u00a0rigueur in the Trump era. Democrats normalized it to slam the unorthodox Commander in Chief. 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