Paramount Slams Mark Ruffalo Merger Attack as ‘Antisemitic,’ Says Company Does Not ‘Tolerate Prejudice of Any Kind’
cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/15313077
Paramount has come out swinging against a Friday screed from Mark Ruffalo, in which the award-winning actor accused moguls David and Larry Ellison of “powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.”
A spokesperson for the David Ellison-run enterprise said the company is “troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe. This doesn’t deserve a response in kind — and to be clear, we don’t tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone.”
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-responds-mark-ruffalo-merger-attack-israel-1236840552/?=0Open linkView original on lemmy.cafe
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If you disagree with anything the state of Israel does, you're an anti-semite. If you criticize someone for supporting the state of Israel in the midst of their crimes in Gaza, you're an anti-semite. In fact, anyone who doesn't swear loyalty and obedience to Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben Gvir are anti-semites.
Funny thing is, I have the same opinion as Ruffalo but I had no idea Ellison was Jewish until I saw this.
Almost like Ellison is being disingenuous.
It fucking sucks when assholes try to act sincere and reasonable and then call you an asshole for pointing them out.
Reminds me of Resnick couple story, where they nicked entire state of California water reserve and refused firefighter access to it during wildfires.
And upon receiving rightful criticism the response was “you’re all just antisemites”. 🌝
Also like how I got fired from a job in 2003 and "you know... 9/11" was one of the reasons.