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‘Stranger Things’ Star’s Book Signing Cancelled Over “Safety Concerns” After Israel Comments
NME ^
| 8th March 2024
| Alex Berry
Posted on 03/09/2024 7:19:44 PM PST by nickcarraway
The event marked the third cancellation on the book tour
Stranger Things star Brett Gelman has spoken out after a third bookstore cancelled his signing event, following backlash surrounding his views on Israel.
Book Soup in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, was set to be the next stop on the star’s debut book tour, promoting his short story collection, The Terrifying Realm Of The Possible: Nearly True Stories (set for release on March 19).
However, similarly to bookstores in San Francisco and Winnetka, Illinois, Book Soup have cancelled his appearance. The decision comes after Gelman has been outspoken in support of Israel, particularly following the attack by Hamas on the Supernova music festival in October 2023.
An initial statement released by Book Soup said that it “feels very strongly that a free society should protect individuals’ freedom of thought and expression,” before clarifying that the cancellation was in the interest of safety for Gelman, the staff and the attendees.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Fleabag star responded: “I am really wondering if there was any direct threat made. Is this bookstore pulling out because they don’t want to be seen as a business that would host me?”
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Gaza; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alexberry; antijewish; bidensfault; booksoup; brettgelman; california; gaza; hamas; illinois; israel; losangeles; losangelestimes; obamasfault; sanfrancisco; strangerthings; waronterror; westhollywood; winnetka
Has the world gone mad?
To: nickcarraway
Safety, shmasesty.
Life is fatal.
2
posted on
03/09/2024 7:21:10 PM PST
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: nickcarraway
Not the world.
Just our governments.
3
posted on
03/09/2024 7:28:27 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: nickcarraway
I blame Obama-Biden for not taking a forceful stand against these thug tactics. Obama could have had a positive effect on our culture, if he weren’t such s cynical, hateful demagogue.
4
posted on
03/09/2024 7:28:54 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: mewzilla
And they’re not nuts.
But they are evil incarnate.
5
posted on
03/09/2024 7:29:25 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: PghBaldy
It’s all because bathhouse Barry was a mooselimb socialist con artist.
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posted on
03/09/2024 7:30:32 PM PST
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: mewzilla
Yes, and they must be destroyed.
7
posted on
03/09/2024 7:30:52 PM PST
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: nickcarraway
The left hates everybody including themselves. Have any of you ever met a happy leftist? I haven’t.
8
posted on
03/09/2024 7:32:55 PM PST
by
dowcaet
To: nickcarraway
I was just to write this. What is happening and why are we letting it happen?
9
posted on
03/09/2024 7:37:35 PM PST
by
vivenne
(⁹)
To: All
When I was young there was a small but vocal group against Christmas displays in schools and public property. They wanted to cancel Christmas.
10
posted on
03/09/2024 7:46:57 PM PST
by
thegagline
(Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
To: nickcarraway
We are living in the Twilight Zone
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posted on
03/09/2024 7:47:43 PM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
To: lightman
The best thing you could read now is the one that I consider the best book anyone should read at this time. Great writer, great story. “ART OF THE DEAL”
, by President Donald J. Trump”
You will be glad you did! You will know the man.
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posted on
03/09/2024 7:48:16 PM PST
by
WVNan
(Only Trump. Never any other president. never ever again.)
To: nickcarraway
Notice how it does not say what his views on Israel at issue are.
I’m assuming pro-Israel with Islamo/leftist threats in response.
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posted on
03/09/2024 8:16:00 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: nickcarraway
The secular Far Left along with fundamentalist Muslims are now and have been for centuries in general the most violent two groups on the planet.
Canceling appearances for supporting Israel can only happen at the hand of these two extremist groups when they get together.
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posted on
03/09/2024 8:24:19 PM PST
by
MTBobcat
(The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
To: nickcarraway
Yup. Leftardia is unchained!
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posted on
03/10/2024 12:42:00 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
To: ifinnegan
Another 12 year old girl mentality self identifying as a reporter who doesn’t know the who, what, where, when, why and how. Failed at the most important part of why.
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posted on
03/10/2024 6:21:06 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: TornadoAlley3
There is a time coming when the majority of the world will unite under the Antichrist against Israel.
The overwhelming majority of the world will hail him as "messiah" and he will be praised by the False Prophet.
I submit we are nearing those days.
Ezekiel 38 may happen first. May........
Regardless, there will be calls for 'Peace and Security' - just as prophesied in the Bible. (for the thread)
1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 English Standard Version - The Day of the Lord
5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
3 While people are saying,
“There is -—Peace and Security-—,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.
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posted on
04/03/2024 12:28:15 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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