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We don’t comment on pop-culture much, but as the incredibly fine line between politics and entertainment begins to fade totally out of existence the overlap becomes harder and harder to ignore.

Plus, sometimes something is just so unfair you have to take a moment to correct the record.

Actress and former MMA fighter Gina Carano has lost her role in Disney’s hit Star Wars spin-off “The Mandalorian”, lost out on her own spin-off series and been dropped by her agent.

All this is the result of a series of social media posts described as “abhorrent” in a press release from LucasFilm:

“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”

But what did Carano actually say?

Well, the post is deleted but there are screencaps available. Here’s the “abhorrent” text:

Because history is edited, most people today don’t realise that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbours hate them simply for being Jews.

How is that any different from hating someone for their political views.”

Is this “abhorrent”? Is this “denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities”?

Obviously not. It’s an entirely historically accurate statement, making a broader point about the dangers of dehumanising large groups of people.   .........read more.....