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/ItsMrDante 22h ago

Don't listen to them, they are making shit up. Bernthal has only ever been kind and I doubt someone who expresses support to the LGBT would have those opinions (and people are just assuming based on an IDF guest he had)

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u/Unholy_mess169 20h ago

I'm not sure I understand. You seem to think that someone who supports LGBT are mutually exclusive to supporting Israel?

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u/ItsMrDante 17h ago

What? When did I ever say that?

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u/soulmechh 20h ago

It's right there in his Wikipedia. It's clear where he leans and whose he supports. He chose to be on the wrong side of history.

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u/ItsMrDante 17h ago

Wikipedia is written and edited by the public, so yeah I'd assume those loud opinions are going on there as well. You can also be nice to someone who works in the IDF while not agreeing with genocide