cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/15313077
Paramount has come out swinging against a Friday screed from Mark Ruffalo, in which the award-winning actor accused moguls David and Larry Ellison of “powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.”
A spokesperson for the David Ellison-run enterprise said the company is “troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe. This doesn’t deserve a response in kind — and to be clear, we don’t tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone.”
Reminds me of Resnick couple story, where they nicked entire state of California water reserve and refused firefighter access to it during wildfires.
And upon receiving rightful criticism the response was “you’re all just antisemites”. 🌝
Also like how I got fired from a job in 2003 and “you know… 9/11” was one of the reasons.