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.
This is so incredibly stupid. This is not what free speech is. Why are some people so incredibly ignorant?
Insignificant education.
At some point they or their family got the idea that freedom of speech meant that you can say anything you want anytime and there would never be repercussions for any of it.
Hundreds of corrections later mean absolutely nothing to indoctrination.
I think even free of speeches at the end of its rope these days though. We’re about to enter 1984.
You’d be wrong about me.
Also wrong.
It’s alright. Research/investigate, reflect and grow. I learn something new every day and try to grow as a person. Embrace the opportunity.
Except there’s nothing for me to “learn” here, aside from the fact that everyone’s been talking about something different than me.
I was only aware of one “edgy” tweet by Gina, and thought she was fired for that. And there was only one person here who pointed out that Gina said a ton of stuff.
Instead you, and a bunch of others, just outright assumed I was defending all that stuff (which I plainly said I wasn’t).
In your edit you stealth removed the section where you said you thought she was denied freedom of speech.
That is an education problem 100%. That’s not a minor misunderstanding.
It’s not even a hot take. Even if she was fired for that single tweet it still would not been an encroachment on her freedom of speech.
Freedom of speech requires that the government can’t stop you and the government can’t make laws that stop you.
Randall Monroe even made a handy comic to help you remember this.
https://xkcd.com/1357
Show me the “stealth” edit. I did not remove anything from my original comment, I only added.
I literally said “freedom of speech the concept, not the law”. You’re talking about the law, which involves the government. The concept of free speech is the idea of being able to voice your thoughts without being attacked or silenced.
The reason it’s important is that if people who voice anti-mainstream thoughts are attacked, then people with similar thoughts who see that will learn to keep their thoughts to themselves. Then they’ll seek out other like-minded people. And it’s clear where that eventually leads.
If instead people with those different ideas (whether it’s harmful or not) are not afraid to talk about it, then other people can help them see why their ideas are not ok. And that can happen early enough that those ideas don’t become a worldview.
I’ve seen people asking the question “have all these Trump supporters always existed?” And I think the answer is yes, because of what I just outlined.
I have no issue with if you or anyone else vehemently disagreed with me. The point of discourse is to discuss different and opposing ideas. What I don’t like is being attacked and belittled for what amounts to a misunderstanding.
Yeah, 79 down votes, I wasn’t the only person who saw that. I’m just going to block you now.