James Gunn Fired From ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Franchise Over Offensive Tweets

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So, the people who were jumping up n down in excitement of Milo being taken down, now go out of their way to defend pedophile gunn.

[BloodyAngel12]

So, the people who were jumping up n down in excitement of Milo being taken down, now go out of their way to defend pedophile gunn.

Since when did making pedo jokes make someone a pedo?

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Since when did making pedo jokes make someone a pedo?

You don't put out the sheer volume of kid raping tweets that he did, if it was something he was against. I lost count how many he did n there were a lot more. Sick disgusting individual!

[vilememory]

Entire Marvel universe needs rebooted, the taint of James Gunn spreads to all the films. Recast everyone.

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So Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is probably going to suck cause we can't take a joke today. Terrible jokes, but just jokes and most made in 2009. Before it was Rosanne and now this?

Keep it up fools, you're just pushing more people to anime. See that Gif? That'll never fly on American TV cause we're so uptight about anything that offends anyone. I'm amazed that comedians even have a job today.

Anime reeks of pedophilia...Japan refuses to ban pedophilia depictions cuz they say it would hurt sales...

So a stupid movie is more important than society standing up to pedophilia?
I like Gotg, but never that much to excuse pedophilia. That's just vile!

[Strawberry]

You cant fire fictional characters.

So, a fictional character came up with that scene idea?

[Kaleredar]

So, the people who were jumping up n down in excitement of Milo being taken down, now go out of their way to defend pedophile gunn.

They defend the notion that he apologized years ago for what he said years ago and that he had previously dealt with the issue with disney. You appear to have missed this.


Are you not paying attention or are you just being dense?

You don't put out the sheer volume of kid raping tweets that he did, if it was something he was against. I lost count how many he did n there were a lot more. Sick disgusting individual!

You've said the word "pedophile" of your own accord five times on this page alone.

By your logic, you must be one if you keep mentioning it. Are you trying to hide your true nature by acting outraged?

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The line between having a thought, and tweeting out that thought is almost nonexistent. People are so incredibly offended by jokes and tweets and whatnot nowadays, I wonder if those people wouldn't be just fine with thought policing.

Think a "bad" thought, go to prison. Right? Because it seems like that's where we are truly headed. It doesn't matter that you don't actually do a thing, or that you would never actually do a thing, it's enough that you think that thing, especially if you express it in a tweet, for some people it's the exact same thing as doing the thing.

Like, let's say you one day wonder about what it would be like to murder someone, just in your own head. Doesn't matter! That's it! You're a murderer! Life sentence!

If the dude had sex with children, then sure, call him a pedophile. If he made some asinine jokes about kids, then get your head out of your ass and see the difference.

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They defend the notion that he apologized years ago for what he said years ago and that he had previously dealt with the issue with disney. You appear to have missed this.


Are you not paying attention or are you just being dense?



You've said the word "pedophile" of your own accord five times on this page alone.

By your logic, you must be one if you keep mentioning it. Are you trying to hide your true nature by acting outraged?

Kid raping isn't something to gloss over with simple n insicere apology.

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Kid raping isn't something to gloss over with simple n insicere apology.

Did he rape a kid? I've not been following what's been happening too closely, but I've gotten the impression he made a number of jokes. Raping a kid and making a joke are still, last I checked, two very different things.

[Jtbrig7390]

Kid raping isn't something to gloss over with simple n insicere apology.

Good thing he didn't rape a kid and all he did was make a bad joke.

Guess what everything can be joked about, It just has to be the right time and place. Shocker I know.

[Arenis]

I'm wondering if the person at hand wasn't James Gunn and wasn't PR-ed by celebrities, it would result in the same traction.

Let's say it was instead Jose Mendez, a legal immigrant and gardener as profession. He would have made these tweets and apologised years ago, meanwhile doing honest work, paying taxes and all. I very much doubt he would get the same pretentious support about 'jokes' and 'people can change', and people would actually ask for him to be deported.

[Jtbrig7390]

I'm wondering if the person at hand wasn't James Gunn and wasn't PR-ed by celebrities, it would result in the same traction.

Let's say it was instead Jose Mendez, a legal immigrant and gardener as profession. He would have made these tweets and apologised years ago, meanwhile doing honest work, paying taxes and all. I very much doubt he would get the same pretentious support about 'jokes' and 'people can change', and people would actually ask for him to be deported.

You assume a lot, Its best to not assume.

[Arenis]

You assume a lot, Its best to not assume.

Not an entirely inappropriate assumption to make if you ask me. But feel free to correct me as you see fit.

[slime]

Flashback time!
Can you imagine?

Being a rising star, then losing it all over some crass joke you made years ago, dug up by political enemies?

I'm glad there's a group of gamers out there making a stand against weaponized moral outrage over "offensive" jokes. I hope these outragists one day realize that the world they're creating will one day turn on them.

You worded that well.
That is exactly what is happening now - and it's insane. It's almost surreal, the level which they nit pick.
I guarantee you they have all said something in their lives that if it surfaced - would ruin them professionally.

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If it was one bad joke, made ten years ago, no one would've cared.
But hundreds, possibly thousands of bad jokes over the years? All with a rape/p*do focus? C'mon... This guy got issues.

[Mormolyce]

Kid raping isn't something to gloss over with simple n insicere apology.

Where did he rape this fictional kid? In the basement of Comet Ping Pong? The one that doesn't exist?

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If it was one bad joke, made ten years ago, no one would've cared.
But hundreds, possibly thousands of bad jokes over the years? All with a rape/p*do focus? C'mon... This guy got issues.

Where are you getting "hundreds, possibly thousands"?

Anyway, he tweets ~620 per month. So about 7,000 per year.

http://www.tweetstats.com/graphs/jamesgunn

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Pretty much. Most people on both sides of the political spectrum can appreciate they were horrendously dumb (and disturbing) jokes he made a decade ago that he's grown past (and our society has grown past).

The people who are dead against him either seem to -
a) See this as some huge victory for the right, and payback for anyone that the left has forced to stand down. It all feels more like gloating than it does genuine outrage.
b) Think he's definitely a pedo. But, I'm pretty sure they're the same people that think EVERYBODY on the left is a pedo, and probably believed Pizzagate at the time.

We seem to have some of the latter in this very thread.

I don't know how they can post that stuff without being intensely embarrassed.

You cant fire fictional characters.

A fictional character didn't write the baby dick joke in Deadpool 2.

[Jtbrig7390]

Not an entirely inappropriate assumption to make if you ask me. But feel free to correct me as you see fit.

While I can't speak for everyone (and won't assume to) I can speak for myself and no my stance on it wouldn't change.

If that person said the stuff while under the employment of there company (that is having a family friendly image) and it was recent then yes they deserve it. But it was said years ago then it shouldn't cost them there job.

[Pipebomb]

Where did he rape this fictional kid? In the basement of Comet Ping Pong? The one that doesn't exist?

Off-Topic: There is a basement under Comet Ping Pong. Not technically CPP's basement but it's shared with Little Red Fox and Buck's Fishing and Camping. If you look up the photos there's a ping pong table stored in the basement. All three properties are listed as two stories.

[Kaleredar]

Kid raping

...he never did that...?

isn't something to gloss over with simple n insicere apology.

Well I didn't hear you even trying to apologize for mentioning it so much, why do you keep pressing the matter if you aren't one?

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I'm wondering if the person at hand wasn't James Gunn and wasn't PR-ed by celebrities, it would result in the same traction.

Let's say it was instead Jose Mendez, a legal immigrant and gardener as profession. He would have made these tweets and apologised years ago, meanwhile doing honest work, paying taxes and all. I very much doubt he would get the same pretentious support about 'jokes' and 'people can change', and people would actually ask for him to be deported.

What in the hell does that have to do with anything?


If you're trying to call out "the left" for being hypocritical and defending their own... no one was defending Kevin Spacey or Louis CK for the things they did. The left didn't "jump to their defense," they took the context of the situation into account and decided that they were scumbags.

People are trying to go tit-for-tat "this is equal" in this situation but always ignore the context.