What do you think? Will this be effective in hurting these people’s bottom line? What do you think of the message, (Both the ‘class debate’ and Celebrities’ supposed responsibility to speak out on Gaza)?
Things really blew up after a creator named haleyybaylee, dressed as Mariant Antoinette, made a TikTok post at the Gala saying, “Let them eat cake”.
To express my thoughts, whether this particular act has any effect, or not, I don’t know. Whatever may happen, I think the entertainment industry is in serious trouble. Some of that’s due to the industry being ‘out of touch’, some of it’s Streaming, and bad creative and business decisions.
The excessive wealth flaunting of the Met Gala and other like venues is, in my opinion, pretty disgusting. I understand why people are pissed.
I would imagine the ones that don’t say anything one way or the other will be fine. IMO, shaming celebrities for not speaking about current events is just as bad as shaming them for doing it (ie [celeb] should keep her mouth shut, she’s a singer not a politician).
It’s a sad sign for our society when actors and other performers are the people we expect to be conducting foreign policy.
I agree it’s sad.
A lot of the Entertainment Industry was steadfast in supporting Israel, though.
I don’t know.
I’m more about the Wealth disparity argument, but I still think blocking these people and businesses is kind of silly.
Somewhat related:
Whatever you believe, did they not totally expect this?
Shouldn’t they be talking about global warming?
Sorry, can you clarify this statement?
I just wonder if they did not anticipate it occurring. (The walkout)
You mean, the school should have anticipated that if they had a Jew speak, people would walk out?
How should his daughter, who graduated from there, or his son, who currently attends there, feel about that?
Unsurprised?
Not ‘a Jew’.
That’s kind of… weird to say, in my opinion. Seinfeld’s (at least) being accused of promoting Isreal right now in their efforts to… (I can’t claim to know what Isreal’s goal is at this point). I believe he’s the one who stuck his neck out on the issue, but if you have any evidence to the contrary, I’m interested in hearing it.
Oh, sorry; an uppity Jew.
Seinfeld has said that as a Jewish person he feels a connection to Israel; and he put on a comedy show in Israel to help deal with the trauma of Oct 7. That’s pretty much it; he hasn’t been some outspoken voice making political statements about the conflict.
But of course this gets painted as Seinfeld “promoting Israel”. Another poster put it much better than I could ever hope to:
I was thinking more “Unsafe”.
I should specify the government of Isreal. I know their said goal is to get Hamas, but blowing up Earth would do it, doesn’t mean we should.
What statements has Jerry Seinfeld made about the “government of Israel”?
Or is his “refusal to denounce Israel” a failure of the loyalty test the poster I quoted above was talking about?
As of now I’m trying to find the source of which I read something regarding what he had supposedly said about it. At the moment I’m not sure about the source or my perception of what it said.
That said, did his wife, Jessica, help pay for a pro-Israel counterprotest on UCLA’s campus? I mean… that alone could promote these students to protest. I’m not claiming a side right now, just saying I would have expected it.
Maybe I could have used different terminology, but there was no charge against any specific group of people, but perhaps the Israeli gov.
If he loves Isreal, he must be appalled right now.
Sure, it’s not unexpected that people would stage a walkout on a prominent Jew who hasn’t sufficiently denounced Israel to pass some loyalty test.
I am glad that Duke isn’t so afraid of such a possibility that they would uninvite Seinfeld.
So you believe the students that walked out are antisemitic?
Just asking.
I mean, I dislike Biden for how he’s handled this, he’s not jewish. My personal hero, Bernie Sanders, has been more vocal, and he is Jewish. Not that any of that should matter, ‘right and wrong’ isn’t contingent on a persons religion or ethnicity.
Like I said, tho… I’m not saying these students were warranted in walking out. I’m just simply saying I would have expected it due to his wife’s actions, alone.
Just answering (although I’m not Babale). In general, yes. I believe most of them want Israel eliminated as a Jewish state and the Jews forced into diaspora (again). That’s antisemitism.