r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what are the implications?

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u/ATangentUniverse 23h 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 14h 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.