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After making her Star Wars debut in The Mandalorian in 2019, Gina Carano had an unceremonious exit in 2021 after making a series of offensive posts on social media. Earlier this year, with the financial backing of Twitter/X owner Elon Musk, Carano filed a lawsuit against Disney alleging that her first amendment rights were violated by her dismissal from the Star Wars franchise. Now, Disney has filed its response, and the company wants the entire lawsuit thrown out before it goes to court.
Disney recounted the post that the company felt was the breaking point for its relationship with Carano in its filing (via Deadline).
"Carano's social-media usage sunk to its nadir on February 10, 2021. On that day, she reposted an Instagram post from user warriorpriestgympodcast. The post read: 'Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. 'Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?'"
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Disney recounted the post that the company felt was the breaking point for its relationship with Carano in its filing (via Deadline).
"Carano's social-media usage sunk to its nadir on February 10, 2021. On that day, she reposted an Instagram post from user warriorpriestgympodcast. The post read: 'Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. 'Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?'"
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