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Decided to post this to address something that rather annoys me.

Now, I don't love Brie Larson. And I definitely don't share her worldview (at least not in its entirety). But to completely write off a movie before it had even come out, and be fiercely and mindlessly against it out of a hatred of the actress, is a bit stupid to me. And it becomes grossly hypocritical too when I know that these people don't do this for most movies. The Lethal Weapon movies, Mad Max, and Braveheart are, last I checked, still popular and warmly regarded films, in spite of the fact that lead actor Mel Gibson has repeatedly gone on disgusting Anti-Semitic rants plus some racist ones on the side. It's happened so many times that his career hasn't exactly been in a good place for the last few years as a result of all the scandal.

And yet...people still love Braveheart, Lethal Weapon, and Mad Max. Why? Because they're well done action films. And no one wants to condemn or dismiss a movie just because one of the actors involves happens to be an asshole. What I find myself rather perplexed by, is why the same courtesy apparently cannot be given to Captain Marvel. That movie got a ridiculous amount of hatred before it had even RELEASED. And the hatred of Carol Danvers hasn't exactly disappeared since the film came out even though it did fairly well both critically and especially financially. Apparently, for the Alt-Righters, it's a more offensive sin to be an outspoken feminist then it is to be Anti-Semitic and racist. Hm...

Again, I don't share Brie Larson's worldview necessarily, and I DO have my problems with Captain Marvel, mostly in the laughably terrible explanation for how Nick Fury lost his eye and in how the movie could have done more with the relationship between Carol and Yon-Rogg. But having said that, I did LIKE the movie, and my problems with the movie don't really revolve around how Carol herself was portrayed. Nor do I believe in hating or writing off the character or the film just because the lead actress happens to be an ultra-feminist. And it annoys and disgusts me that I do not see the Alt-Righters applying these same standards to disgusting bigots like Mel Gibson, or frankly even James Woods. You can't say that James Woods is any less of a far-right caricature then Brie Larson is a far-left one, and yet we all still love Hades in Hercules. So there is a clear double standard here. Personally, I blame toxic masculinity; its OK to be an Anti-Semitic and racist monster if you play cool action heroes, but the moment you're an outspoken feminist, you're beyond the pale. What a load of horse shit.

And, then there's this:

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Yeah, where to begin with that? For starters the fact that their "pasts" were actually shit they did AFTER most of their most well known works, and then their careers took nose dives afterwards, likely as a direct result of them being the complete assholes that they are.

Then there's the fact that, when you consider that people of the very backgrounds Mel Gibson has attacked were probably among the fans of his movies, I don't see how insulting them based on their background is "respecting the fans". It's not "respecting the fans" to attack people based on their background or heritage. For example, I was a fan of Chicken Run (which co-stars Gibson), and I did not feel "respected" when I learned how much of a bigot he was. So how is that "respecting the fans"? If a writer at Marvel went on a misogynistic tirade, that would not be "respecting the fans", when many of said fans are women.

And again, the whole point is moot, because most of his most beloved movies, where made BEFORE he got embroiled in scandal for his bigoted and toxic behavior.

So to make a long story short, I think that the toxic, sexist trolls who bash Captain Marvel are full of shit to do it when they have no such attitude for movies involving other people who have done and said things no worse then anything Larson has said or done. And remember kids, actor=/=character.

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Decided to post this to address something that rather annoys me.

Now, I don't love Brie Larson. And I definitely don't share her worldview (at least not in its entirety). But to completely write off a movie before it had even come out, and be fiercely and mindlessly against it out of a hatred of the actress, is a bit stupid to me. And it becomes grossly hypocritical too when I know that these people don't do this for most movies. The Lethal Weapon movies, Mad Max, and Braveheart are, last I checked, still popular and warmly regarded films, in spite of the fact that lead actor Mel Gibson has repeatedly gone on disgusting Anti-Semitic rants plus some racist ones on the side. It's happened so many times that his career hasn't exactly been in a good place for the last few years as a result of all the scandal.

And yet...people still love Braveheart, Lethal Weapon, and Mad Max. Why? Because they're well done action films. And no one wants to condemn or dismiss a movie just because one of the actors involves happens to be an asshole. What I find myself rather perplexed by, is why the same courtesy apparently cannot be given to Captain Marvel. That movie got a ridiculous amount of hatred before it had even RELEASED. And the hatred of Carol Danvers hasn't exactly disappeared since the film came out even though it did fairly well both critically and especially financially. Apparently, for the Alt-Righters, it's a more offensive sin to be an outspoken feminist then it is to be Anti-Semitic and racist. Hm...

Again, I don't share Brie Larson's worldview necessarily, and I DO have my problems with Captain Marvel, mostly in the laughably terrible explanation for how Nick Fury lost his eye and in how the movie could have done more with the relationship between Carol and Yon-Rogg. But having said that, I did LIKE the movie, and my problems with the movie don't really revolve around how Carol herself was portrayed. Nor do I believe in hating or writing off the character or the film just because the lead actress happens to be an ultra-feminist. And it annoys and disgusts me that I do not see the Alt-Righters applying these same standards to disgusting bigots like Mel Gibson, or frankly even James Woods. You can't say that James Woods is any less of a far-right caricature then Brie Larson is a far-left one, and yet we all still love Hades in Hercules. So there is a clear double standard here. Personally, I blame toxic masculinity; its OK to be an Anti-Semitic and racist monster if you play cool action heroes, but the moment you're an outspoken feminist, you're beyond the pale. What a load of horse shit.

And, then there's this:

sta.sh/012swz9hsqtf

Yeah, where to begin with that? For starters the fact that their "pasts" were actually shit they did AFTER most of their most well known works, and then their careers took nose dives afterwards, likely as a direct result of them being the complete assholes that they are.

Then there's the fact that, when you consider that people of the very backgrounds Mel Gibson has attacked were probably among the fans of his movies, I don't see how insulting them based on their background is "respecting the fans". It's not "respecting the fans" to attack people based on their background or heritage. For example, I was a fan of Chicken Run (which co-stars Gibson), and I did not feel "respected" when I learned how much of a bigot he was. So how is that "respecting the fans"? If a writer at Marvel went on a misogynistic tirade, that would not be "respecting the fans", when many of said fans are women.

And again, the whole point is moot, because most of his most beloved movies, where made BEFORE he got embroiled in scandal for his bigoted and toxic behavior.

So to make a long story short, I think that the toxic, sexist trolls who bash Captain Marvel are full of shit to do it when they have no such attitude for movies involving other people who have done and said things no worse then anything Larson has said or done. And remember kids, actor=/=character.