And a little later, Axel Alonso claimed because his wife is Korean it makes him Korean and gives him a pass.
Ike Perlmutter needs to leave so Disney can put boots to asses already, god damn.
This is absolutely disgusting. I hope Disney oversteps Marvel and takes action about this.
[QUOTE=Fangz;51172757]This is absolutely disgusting. I hope Disney oversteps Marvel and takes action about this.[/QUOTE]
They wont, because they cant. I guarantee you Disney is itching for the opportunity to clean house at Marvel and restructure the whole company (especially since they complied with Kevin Feige's, the guy running Marvel Studios, request to Bob Iger to disassemble the creative committee which included Brian Bendis, a notorious hack who got lucky with Ultimate Spider-Man, Joe "I made Spider-Man do a deal with satan to sacrifice his marriage for his eldery aunts gunshot wound so he could fuck my daughter" Quesada, and Ike Perlmutter, because they were fucking up too much, Kevin answers to Alan Horn now).
The reason is Ike Perlmutter, Marvels CEO, owns a significant share in Disney, [del]the exact amount im unsure of[/del] he has at least 600 million in shares i think (ive read sources saying he's the single largest shareholder of Marvel and Disney), apparently enough to essentially be untouchable and get away with reportedly telling a Marvel employee to murder his children if they turned out gay, among other things.
He also came in shortly before Civil War, which is pretty much when Marvel started going on this downhill spiral and bi-annual hero vs. hero bullshit.
Reading marvel comics now is like reading a comic lead by people who have lack of a moral compass.
[url=http://www.peterdavid.net/2016/10/08/me-and-my-big-mouth/#more-11071]Looks like he responded on his blog[/url]. Here are some highlights:
[quote]Now trying to turn a discussion of LGBTQ concerns into a discussion of Romani concerns seemed dubious at best considering that the Romani law despises homosexuality. But that is a debate for another time.[/quote]
[quote]I related what I had seen twenty-plus years ago. As I spoke I became more and more furious, remembering it so vividly.
The guy tried to talk back, and I didn’t want to hear it. I said we were done talking about it. He kept trying to pursue it. And I blew my stack. Twenty years of remembering what I had seen bubbled over and I shouted at him that we were moving on to the next question.
People were visibly stunned. I had never gone off on a fan in thirty years of being a professional, and believe me, plenty had tried to provoke me. The panel then moved on and at the end I apologized to the audience for losing my temper.
It wasn’t enough, of course. The internet erupted. “Peter David goes off on racist rant!” Everyone expressed disapproval, scowled because I’d been upset.
I guess my question is:
Why are people angry that I got upset about the crippling of children?
Was I right to shout at the guy? Of course not. I don’t believe for a moment that he endorses the behavior. That’s why I apologized.
But am I sorry that the thought of what poor Romani are doing in Bucharest still upsets me to this day? Causes me to have such an angry, visceral reaction? Not for a second. The question shouldn’t be, Why did I get angry? The question should be, Why didn’t others get angry?
Do I believe Romani should be persecuted? Of course not. The way I’ve written Romani characters should make that obvious.
But this is the 21st century, and in the 21st century, you’re not allowed to form an opinion based upon things you’ve been told by people who live there, and things you’ve seen with your own eyes, and photographs you’ve taken. Apparently the only thing that matters is the sensitivities of activists, and if you take issue with actions that the people they represent have taken, then clearly there is something wrong with you.[/quote]
[url=https://archive.is/qEUfU]Archive Link[/url].
I can tell you from personal experience Peter David is one of those guys that's not going to listen to a word you have to say about anything.
He's also a pretty good writer and yes he's a hyper opinionated blowhard.
He's also right. The Romani tradition is one of the legacies of oppression leading to regression. They've been treated like shit for hundreds of years and they carry those scars on their sleeves and that resentment and anger has to go somewhere, it doesn't just disappear into thin air.
Most of the Romani I know are just regular guys and gals trying to do their thing day to day, but not all of them, and sure as hell not all of their parents. You'll recall TLC had to cancel their Romani reality show because of the attitudes of the people they were filming going way past "opinionated rant" to such an extent they couldn't edit it out and still have a coherent show.
Being a minority doesn't make you magically immune to carrying bias or prejudice.
[QUOTE=27X;51173057]I can tell you from personal experience Peter David is one of those guys that's not going to listen to a word you have to say about anything.
He's also a pretty good writer and yes he's a hyper opinionated blowhard.
He's also right. The Romani tradition is one of the legacies of oppression leading to regression. They've been treated like shit for hundreds of years and they carry those scars on their sleeves and that resentment and anger has to go somewhere, it doesn't just disappear into thin air.
Most of the Romani I know are just regular guys and gals trying to do their thing day to day, but not all of them, and sure as hell not all of their parents. You'll recall TLC had to cancel their Romani reality show because of the attitudes of the people they were filming going way past "opinionated rant" to such an extent they couldn't edit it out and still have a coherent show.
Being a minority doesn't make you magically immune to carrying bias or prejudice.[/QUOTE]
You should always treat people on a individual basis. That guy was polite and mature and Peter just acted like a complete cunt in return.
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