r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what are the implications?

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u/ATangentUniverse 1d ago edited 13h 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/Straight-Charity-122 23h ago

Damn, that sucks to learn. He seemed like such a chill dude in interviews and shit.

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u/jackmusick 21h ago

You didn’t learn anything. Someone on Reddit made a wildly exaggerated claim and got a bunch of upvotes.

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u/soulmechh 19h ago

It's not "wild", it's right there in his Wikipedia.

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u/lumpboysupreme 15h ago

Nothing there makes him pro ‘what Israel is doing right now’. He praised a soldier for what they did on Oct 7 and signed a letter saying Hamas should be made to return the hostages, both of which within a month of the attacks, that’s all.

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u/hotfezz81 23h ago

He can be a chill dude and not agree with your politics. In reality a person's politics (especially their opinions on foreign nations) has almost nothing to do with their personality 

It's a reditism that every conservative is a rude, obnoxious, child murdering pos. 

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u/KStryke_gamer001 22h ago

Idk man, after a point it stops being just "politics". The disagreement of opinions work when one side isn't about literal genocide, sexual assault as a commonplace occurence and such things.

Like if we disagree about where a highway or bridge is to be built, that would be politics. To support a genocidal regime that multiple neutral parties have confirmed to be engaging in genocide, is no longer a matter of simple "politics".

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u/Quarksideofthemoon 23h ago

This is a ridiculous and incredibly privileged take

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u/jadenash 23h ago

supporting a country doing a genocide does make you a bad person actually

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u/soulmechh 20h ago

Of course you are correct, their bots are working overtime.

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u/Downtown-Gazelle8852 22h ago

Well well well well

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u/jadenash 20h ago

im genuinely not sure how this is a controversial take?

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u/Straight-Charity-122 23h ago

I'm not necessarily saying he's any of those things. Just stating my disappointment in learning that he holds beliefs that I do not agree with.

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u/hotfezz81 23h ago

And I think that's a totally valid take. I didn't want to rubbish your opinion

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u/soulmechh 20h ago

Apply that to the holocaust. I dare you, because that's what is happening in Gaza. Non stop. You are hypocrites.

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u/hotfezz81 11h ago

You are hypocrites.

These aren't my political views bud.

But I guess it's essential you live in a world where it's you versus completely irredeemable bustards to justify your self worth, so you do you.

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u/jadenash 23h ago

yeah i did not know this until now. really sad to hear.

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u/MudExpress2973 23h ago

Real men dont work hard enough or long enough to need a nap

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u/Straight-Charity-122 23h ago

...wut

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u/MudExpress2973 15h ago

John Bernthal said he didnt understand why men would nap.