LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Gina Carano has settled her federal lawsuit against Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her claim that she was fired from “The Mandalorian” in 2021 for expressing right-wing views on social media.
The specific terms of the agreement were not made available.
“Ms. Carano was always well respected by her directors, co-stars, and staff, and she worked hard to perfect her craft while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect,” Lucasfilm said in a statement. “With this lawsuit concluded, we look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano in the near future.”
The two sides stipulated in a federal court filing Thursday that the case should be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be refiled. A judge still needs to formally dismiss it. The case had been scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles in February of next year.
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California last year, alleged Carano was wrongfully terminated from the “Star Wars” galaxy Disney+ series after two seasons due to a post likening the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. Her posts were widely criticized online and spurred a trending #FireGinaCarano hashtag.
No, we’re not agreeing on the fundamentals.
I don’t break bread with Nazi’s, I don’t respect racists, and I don’t make friends with homophobic people.
If anyone came out in support of fundamentally evil concepts and I had the power to fire them, ostracize them, or make them feel unwelcome I would. You fundamentally disagree with that because you believe in true neutral freedom of speech, seemingly void of any meaningful consequence.
I think there’s something to say about giving people space to have bad ideas and to try and heal them through their evil perspective, but I think if someone is a full blown racist they should be treated like full blown racists. You old a bad opinion, but I’m trying to explain why it’s bad so that you can improve your perspective and do more good for the world.
So I’m trying to be clear, we do not agree. If someone is racist, you shouldn’t defend their beliefs and give them space to espouse them. If you do that, you allow those beliefs to grow. This is freedom of speech with consequences for your beliefs and actions. This is an ultimate good for society. Some idea and actions are toxic to society but play on base human instincts - like the “other” as an escape goat. Those ideas need to be socially and financially punished as much as possible because they’re an easy disease to spread that hurts everyone. Racism and anti-Semitism and anti-lgtbqia are these concepts that allow evil people to falsely attribute the cause of societal problems to marginalized and less powerful groups. And the problem is it works, it plays on base instincts, and thus the best vaccine against them is education, experience, and harsh punishment for holding those beliefs.
You have to start believing in protecting your community by abandoning the belief that anyone should be allowed to say and believe anything without suffering any consequences.
Ok, but neither do I.
I don’t exactly go out of my way to make those kinds of friends, but it’s not exactly on my questionnaire when making new friends. However, I happen to know quite a few people that could be called homophobic.
But instead of writing them off, I try to be patient with them. If the topic comes up then I discuss it calmly, point out flaws in their thinking, and share my point of view.
Then you are part of the problem. When people’s beliefs are so starkly attacked, they will get their backs up. That’s basic human psychology. Every person has a desire to feel belonging. So when they are attacked like that they will seek out validation with like minded groups. And that will only serve to reinforce their thinking and create echo chambers.
I think you really don’t understand my perspective.
I absolutely do not, and at no point here on Lemmy (or ever in life) have implied that I defend someone who is racist. Where are you even getting that from?
Not in the way that you hope. All that will happen is those people will learn to hide their beliefs and will share them with like-minded people. And over time those ideas will spread.
Being patient with those kinds of people allows them to empathize with your viewpoint and associate the mindset with you yourself. But if you are aggressive and punitive towards them, then they’ll feel justified in their position and solidify it when they talk about it with their friends.
See, I never said no one should have consequences. So I have no idea why you took what I said to that extreme.
This is you defending someone who was anti-vax, politically conspiratorial (general Fox flavor, vote was rigged), and mocked people specifing their pronouns against consequences for sharing those opinions.
Beliefs that hurt her community, that hurt the marginalized, and that she was happy to continue expousing and expanding upon on conservative podcasts and channels after being let go.
Idk why you’re acting like you’re not defending her or saying she shouldn’t suffer consequences - this is literally the basis for this thread. Your bad take about this situation.
Nazi’s should feel threatened for holding their beliefs. If that person were my dad or my friend, I’d offer understanding while trying to work them out of their horrible beliefs - but boy would that be a short rope. Even now, I’m trying my best to talk to you about this topic with kindness. Despite none of my comments or any other in this thread seemingly penetrating.
You are defending this actress against suffering consequences for her beliefs, including dangerous anti-vax beliefs and borderline anti-lgtbqia beliefs. Are you now denying what you wrote? Or have you changed your mind? Or where is the misunderstanding here?
Maybe the issue here is that I’m not aware of all the things she’s said. Because all of that is news to me.
That’s fair. Some people have more patience than others.
Again, you’re acting like I’m defending what Gina said, when I’m absolutely not. You’re acting like I’m saying she should be free of consequences, when I’m not. All I said was that I think Disney firing her (for what I thought was a single “edgy” tweet) was too harsh.