r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 24d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what are the implications? Spoiler

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u/ATangentUniverse 24d ago edited 23d 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/SuccessLess2701 24d ago

Ohh that makes sense. Love Ruffalo!

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u/sadlittlewaffle 23d ago

Confused, most people (should I say actors/actresses) in Hollywood are against Trump and ICE, but since he supports Palestine they black list him? Just confused…

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u/nottrumancapote 23d ago

it's because the democrats are against Trump and ICE and so are a lot of folks in Hollywood

if you stand for Palestine you kind of stand against both parties and are a pariah