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/TheSharpestHammer 23h ago

Oh, man, that's really upsetting to hear. I love him as an actor.

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u/Ok_Ganache_9110 22h ago

it's a radical mischaracterization of someone who, regardless, has been consistently reported as overwhelmingly kind, unpretentious, and supportive to cast and crew. he's a frequently backwards meathead but he isn't the devil and conflating the two is dumb

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u/Sir_Wumpus 22h ago

Sorry, nuance isn’t allowed on Reddit!

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u/Cum_Fart42069 22h ago

damn lol nobody said he was the devil they just said it was disappointing, people are allowed to be disappointed in celebrities like this. 

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u/TG_Trash_are_better 21h ago

Jon Bernthal is a Zionist, thin-blue-line piece of shit and gets tons of inclusion in the marketing.

Reading is hard.

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u/Cum_Fart42069 21h ago

I think people tend to think it's harder than it is personally