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Top post in the conservative subreddit: Being unable to work at a "woke" company
Submitted 4 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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db2@lemmy.world 4 months ago
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
y’all qaeda… I’ll have to remember that one.
4am@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Yokel Haram
mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Vanilla ISIS
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It just randomly appears on the news feed. Out of curiosity, I went deeper and lol’d.
art@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Knowing r/conservative, Disney was probably talking about hiring someone to play Tina Turner in a biopic, or something like that.
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
That was going to be Rowan Atkinson’s Oscar role! The woke brigade ROBBED HIM!
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Nah, according to the articles, it includes writers and executives.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 months ago
There have been multiple links in the comments to the articles, hours before your comment. Which part exactly said it includes writes and executives?
realbadat@programming.dev 4 months ago
That is not what the article says.
art@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Do you have a link?
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Interestingly this statement is only presented completely without context. What role where they talking about? I’m sure Steven Miller wouldn’t be satisfied until white men in blackface are playing every role in whatever it is they’re talking about lol
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Executives and writers were drectly mentioned
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
I just read one of the linked articles. It didn’t say this.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 months ago
By who?
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They were looking for someone to play Martin Luther King.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 months ago
[deleted]AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No, the MLK part my own shitpost contribution. But yes it was being taking out of context. The articles says they don’t hire white men for “specific roles.”
Sumocat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I also would not hire a white man to play the new Psylocke. No context quotes mean we get to insert our own, right?
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Psylocke sounds really close to uhh…something.
I really hope the character isn’t Jewish lol.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Dude, come on. Everyone knows the classic comic character Goldsylockstein isn’t Jewish.
Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
I don’t see any punctuation in that quote, so I’d bet there’s a lot of context missing
therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
“… To play Frozone”
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
The article: insidethemagic.net/…/disney-executive-caught-sayi…
Snapz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“…because we’ve probably already hired 90% of them in the history of our company”
tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Who would want to work at Disney tbh
NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Considering they employ 200,000 people, I’d say quite a lot.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
oh nooooo poor little white men it’s so hard for them
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hire for what, a janitor? Sounds legit.
librejoe@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean. The US has alot of white people so whatever, stupid whining. But here in Canada…
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 4 months ago
IIRC Canada’s actually touching similar demographic diversity to the US, the difference is more in what demographics specifically since Canada tended to draw from the corners of the British Empire specifically while the US would draw folks from all the rest of the world as well.
librejoe@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Canada had massive immigration from India, and we just started trying to put a lid on that because we realized that it was a bad idea to let in so many people at once. The immigration targets the government has set are bonkers.
NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Canada is 70% white and the US is 60% white. What’s your point?
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I was curious so I found the article:
insidethemagic.net/…/disney-executive-caught-sayi…
The quote is exactly what normal people assume it is, out of context and not the entire quote.
For specific roles. That’s pretty fcking obvious. You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ironically if they did hire a white man to play The Little Mermaid, the hard right nutjobs would be screaming that it was part of a “woke trans agenda” to normalize crossdressing and eliminate the traditional American male from society lol
sfxrlz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s not about the point. It’s bout how you can spin it.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
I mean, the little mermaid should be a danish woman. Like thats where the tale comes from. if they want a diverse movie, why not use a tale from somewhere that isnt europe?
HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The original 20 minute video in the article makes it clear he’s talking about job roles, and mentions writers a few times (admittedly not close enough to draw an 100% certain link). I don’t think it’s enough to discredit this just based on the assumption that he’s talking about actors or there isn’t enough context. Obviously it’s vague enough that we can’t draw any solid conclusions, so I agree with you there.
The main reason I think this is bullshit is that the guy’s testimony isn’t credible for two main reasons:
These two points, regardless of how true his story is, give him an ulterior motive for embellishing the story and exaggerating facts, which ultimately means we can’t trust this.
I’d like to see a full investigation, as with any accusation of discrimination. But we all know that when nothing turns up, it wouldn’t shut the right wingers up
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
So, you’re saying they’re sexist and racist, and we should all be enraged and immediately donate to our favourite bigots?
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I’m buying a ton of Disney stuff right now to throw on the bonfire tonight.
puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Personally, I would love to see the little mermaid played by a big, burly man.
Atin@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Terry Crewes would be perfect for the role
Forester@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Then what kind of absolute unit can even be cast for daddy Tritron?
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Don’t you tell me what to do.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 4 months ago
🎶 You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid. 🎶
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I don’t know, genderswapping the roles doesn’t seem that far fetched for Disney
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Terry Crews as Little Mermaid confirmed?
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
As much as I dislike Disney as a company that does sound interesting… really actually being up so many new possibilities to revisit the classics!
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“No way in hell are we hiring a white man to play miles morales”
brygphilomena@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Furthering that, they use the word agent. Specifically referring actors.
_tezz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Lots of writers and other crew have agents. It’s not clear from the article if that’s what’s being referred to though.
brygphilomena@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Sure, but they also said role. Which can just mean job position, is more commonly used for casted actors.