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Dan Gordon, Writer of ‘The Hurricane’ and ‘Wyatt Earp,’ Resigns from WGA Over Silence on Israel
Variety ^ | Gene Maddaus

Posted on 11/04/2023 11:43:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 11/04/2023 11:43:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Dan Gordon's statement is excellent:

"I am resigning my membership not because I wish to work on non union projects nor cross any picket line, but because I no longer wish to be a fellow traveller with those who hide behind the fetid veil of a morally bankrupt wokeism and stand silent in the face of unadulterated evil."

Meanwhile, those who "signed" the anti-Israel statement just used their initials -- they were too cowardly to put their names down. Of course, that means that there's no way to verify the count of (supposedly) more than 300 "signatories" weighing in on the side of barbarism.

2 posted on 11/04/2023 11:55:26 AM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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To: nickcarraway

“ We had no trouble, as we should not have had, weighing in after George Floyd was killed. We had no problem, as we should not have had, weighing in on the #MeToo movement.”

I think I see the problem here.


3 posted on 11/04/2023 11:56:44 AM PDT by Jim Noble (They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn)
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To: nickcarraway
Moon of Manakoora by Dorothy Lamour, from "The Hurricane."
4 posted on 11/04/2023 12:00:25 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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“We're not the union of pipefitters. We're not the plumbers union,” he said. “We're the Writers Guild. We stood up to McCarthyism. We stood up to fascism. It's part of our job to bear witness.”

Bud, explain how McCarthy was wrong.

You aren't helping your cause.

5 posted on 11/04/2023 12:01:59 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Yeah, the guy has always been nutty.

Ignore him and his type.


6 posted on 11/04/2023 12:03:07 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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McCarthy only cared about communists in the U.S. Army, not in Hollywood.


7 posted on 11/04/2023 12:03:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ConservativeMind
“We're not the union of pipefitters. We're not the plumbers union,” he said. “We're the Writers Guild...

Accidental truth is best truth.

8 posted on 11/04/2023 12:08:23 PM PDT by Brass Lamp
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“I no longer wish to be a fellow traveller with those who hide behind the fetid veil of a morally bankrupt wokeism and stand silent in the face of unadulterated evil.”

In other words, as long as it was white people and American culture in the crosshairs, as long as it was women against men, he was fine with it.


9 posted on 11/04/2023 12:15:30 PM PDT by Jim Noble (They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn)
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I see no reason to accept a lie.

The leaders of Israel are responsible for instigating, encouraging and funding the terrorism against the wishes of the people of Israel.

Who are these leaders of Israel? Are they the ones spoken of in Revelation 3:9?


10 posted on 11/04/2023 12:37:43 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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They still pay a reduced dues rate and work under the same economic terms as apply to guild members

If the WGA was a for-profit corporation, that would be considered price fixing and a monopoly. Thank goodness for unions and other NFP's, to save us from the horrors of capitalizm!

11 posted on 11/04/2023 12:40:11 PM PDT by Bernard ("No matter where you go, there you are." (Buckaroo Banzai))
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“….. I no longer wish to be a fellow traveller with those who hide behind the fetid veil of a morally bankrupt wokeism and stand silent in the face of unadulterated evil.”

I stand with Mr. Gordon.

12 posted on 11/04/2023 12:42:48 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh my. The left is splintering. Their house-of-cards is collapsing.


13 posted on 11/04/2023 1:20:24 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: nickcarraway; ConservativeMind

This is true, HUAC did look into the commies of Hollywood but McCarthy wasn’t in the House so he played no part of it.
However if you listen to the Red diaper babies you’d think he personally ran down Hollywood Bld with Bayonetta and hand grenades!


14 posted on 11/04/2023 1:53:48 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjam Franklin.)
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Maybe I’m being too charitable, but he didn’t just stand up for Israel — he said that he could no longer live with “the fetid veil of a morally bankrupt wokeism....” I interpret that to mean that he has had an epiphany, or has been pushed over the edge, and finally understands what he has been supporting over the years.

Given the extent of support for the woke ideology, we need to accept converts, even if they’re late, and even if there’s no real excuse for their past positions.


15 posted on 11/04/2023 1:59:36 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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To: reasonisfaith

No, Netenyahu is not, neither is the Israli government. Some in the Israli deep state are.


16 posted on 11/04/2023 2:01:53 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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Who is Dan Gordon kidding?

The hypocrite isn't resigning from the Writers Guild of America for any other reason than he's calls himself a screen writer but 'The Hurricane' was 24 years ago and 'Wyatt Earp' was 29 years ago.

The man was done a long time ago.

As for his absurd claim that the Writers Guild of America "stood up to Fascism"; no, Hollywood has helped further its cause.

17 posted on 11/04/2023 2:25:37 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Screenwriter Dan Gordon Resigns from the Writer’s Guild Over Their Silence on Israel was the headline.


And neither have Hollywood’s Black power players condemned
the Hamas attack, despite some high pressure goading.

Knee jerk liberal, Shari Redstone, called together a slew of
Hollywood power players, including a few Blacks libs allowed in.

Redstone shared her anguish over October 7.

It was nothing short of amazing that in her “profound grief” over the attack on her beloved country of Israel, Redstone was still able to summon up riffs on diversity, inclusiveness, equality, virtue signalling, and assorted other liberal shibboleths.

Redstone’s media empire includes MTV and Comedy Central, which unceasingly
mock Christianity and spread LGBT propaganda, and other liberal America hatred.

She is one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, an observant Jew,
and a supporter of Israel, who says she’s been “reeling” since Oct. 7.

But oddly enough, Redstone still had the PC cojones to make sure
Hollywood’s Black artists were obeisant witnesses to her “grief.”

Yet, despite Redstone’s efforts, we still haven’t heard Hollywood Blacks condemn the Hamas attack.


18 posted on 11/04/2023 2:44:50 PM PDT by Liz (“The only time Biden gets his hands dirty is when he’s taking cash from foreign countries." Trump)
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“We’re not the union of pipefitters. We’re not the plumbers union,

How better to capture the arrogance and assumed superiority of the Left?

19 posted on 11/04/2023 2:51:59 PM PDT by Robwin ( )
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Elitists to their very core.


20 posted on 11/04/2023 2:56:46 PM PDT by Liz (“The only time Biden gets his hands dirty is when he’s taking cash from foreign countries." Trump)
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