Ep 369 | The Bachelor, Solly Baby & Gina Carano: How (and How Not) to Handle the Mob
Today, as we often do, we're discussing cancel culture. The "cancel mob" can never be satisfied, and more celebrities are being canceled for holding views contrary to the Left, because of course, you can never be woke enough. Gina Carano of the Disney show "The Mandalorian" was fired by Disney for supposedly "abhorrent" tweets, but the same standard isn't being applied to Pedro Pascal, her co-star. Pascal and Carano both tweeted images that compared America to Nazi Germany, but only one of them is being fired. Meanwhile, Rachel Kirkconnell, rumored to be the next winner of "The Bachelor," has been accused of racism for attending an antebellum-themed party a few years ago. Not only that, but when host of the show Chris Harrison called for cooler heads to prevail, he himself was attacked online by the Twitter mob. Lastly, Solly Baby, a company that makes baby products, has come under fire for cultural appropriation after seeking to patent its new baby carrier.
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Today's sources:
Reuters: With Trump impeachment trial over, wounded Washington grapples with divisions: https://reut.rs/2Zic44X
New York Post: See Gina Carano’s tweets and posts that got her fired from ‘The Mandalorian’: https://bit.ly/2LTIJdX
Deadline: Gina Carano Hits Back, Announces New Movie Project With Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire: “They Can’t Cancel Us If We Don’t Let Them”: https://bit.ly/3jS9Oeb
Yahoo Entertainment: Chris Harrison, Rachael Kirkconnell and 'The Bachelor' controversy explained: https://yhoo.it/37hd39Y
ABC News: Chris Harrison 'stepping aside' from 'The Bachelor' after controversial interview: https://abcn.ws/2NsbmiT
CNN: 'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison apologizes after defending controversial contestant: https://cnn.it/3ap7Mz4
MSN: 'Bachelor' Contestant Rachael Kirkconnell Apologizes for Past 'Offensive and Racist' Behavior: https://bit.ly/3pjpxnn
NotTheBee: Solly Baby was canceled over accusations that they created a racially insensitive... BABY CARRIER??? https://bit.ly/2Oyexpy
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Previous episodes:
Ep 366 | NYT, the 'N-Word,' and Becoming Uncancelable:
Ep 364 | Christians vs. Cancel Culture | Guest: Dr. Christina Crenshaw:
Ep 352 | Trump Impeachment, Abortion in Argentina & Ravi Zacharias:
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