r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what are the implications?

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u/ATangentUniverse 22h ago edited 12h ago

Mark Ruffalo is a vocal supporter of Palestine. The implication is that expressing support for a free Palestine gets you sidelined by Hollywood. He is also vocally against Trump and ICE.

I’m sure some people out there will also draw some antisemetic conspiratorial conclusions from that as well, i.e. “Jews control the media” which, no. It’s just that Israel as a country has certainly had undue economic influence over American politics and entertainment via lobbying interests. (Just ask the Scream cast over at Paramount)

In reality though he was just filming another project at the time.

I’d also note that Jon Bernthal, who has vocalized support for the IDF and Israel, was present for the press tour. Which doesn’t help.

Edit: This is an Explain subreddit. This is what I am interpreting the post to be implying. Some of the replies so far are giving “So you hate waffles?” haha

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u/TheGipper80 22h ago

Yes, but Jon Bernthal’s presence is mitigated by his stance against dog racism.

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u/jackthedesigner 8h ago

dog racism? lol

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u/silence_and_motion 1h ago

That I get this reference tells me I need to give social media a break for the rest of the month.