Propaganda I'm not falling for:
Using "separate actor from the character" mantra in the case of Punisher, Frank Castle, to excuse Jon Bernthal being a zionist who has also lended his social media platforms to several abusers.
How can one conscientiously draw a disconnect to justify your support for media involving this man when his adulation of the IDF and their genocidal goals and activities as well as his attempt to spread zionist rhetoric using his several platforms including the very prevalent zionist speak of "The IDF is merely fighting back against Hamas" with the absolute intention of framing Palestine as equal oppressors? You are cheering that his Frank is killing fictional criminals yet he is out here spreading actively harmful zionist propaganda to his millions of followers, especially highlighted when he dedicated a whole episode for an IDF soldier to "tell their side of the story" for an ethnic cleansing campaign they have started years back?
How can you muddy the line between character and actor when the very people Bernthal supports are exactly the type of people Punisher would hate? The irony of celebrating a depiction of Frank Castle opposing corrupt cops, only for his actor to be steadfast in his cop fanaticism in real life and contributing towards their propaganda machine.
How can you blur the line between character and actor when you cheer that Frank Castle kills fictional abusers and of women, only for Bernthal to have highlighted the voices of not one, but two domestic abusers (Shia LaBeouf, Sean Penn) on his podcast, one of them at the immediate heel of their domestic abuse case coming to light...
...as well as uplifting a figure like Marilyn Manson who has very public cases of sexual battery and misconduct?
Hi! I was made aware of some things through this post in regard to my last post and I’m here to address them because how could I not. I genuinely didn’t know anything about this situation or the IDF comments or the podcast and now that I do I just want to say that I don’t support or condone those views or actions.
I’m ABSOLUTELY against genocide, harming innocent people and abuse. So I’m taking down the post, but I wanted to make this clear because it would be insanely ignorant to spread something that doesn’t align with my beliefs and blame it on misinformation. I’m truly sorry.
ALSO thx to the person who commented!