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fuzzface Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei Standing behind you! Every American should realize that the AI misuse issues alone that your Union is facing needs to not gain a foothold in any industry.

Steffen Christensen Jul 15, 2023

@fuzzface @georgetakei It's all about fair compensation, isn't it? If firms get to use your likeness in perpetuity in new works, you should get residuals in perpetuity for new works. Fair is fair.

@fuzzface 👏

Brian Campbell Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei Then in 1981, Ronald Reagan went on to fire nearly 12,000 air traffic controllers, and re-hire new ones, to break a strike.

Those new ones are now retiring, which is one of the causes (in addition to COVID-related training backlogs) that we have a shortage and tons of flight delays and cancellations.

Mycotropic Jul 15, 2023

@unlambda @georgetakei don't even get us old folks thinking about the crimes of that utter shithole reagan please. I danced and laughed when that #Facist died and he can #KissMyAssInHell if hell happens to magically exist.

Elizabeth Alcinoe Jul 15, 2023

@unlambda @georgetakei I remember it clearly.

Terry Gillis Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei Ronald Reagan…. Strike? I’m sorry but that “Mister Gorbachev” Reagan called for a strike?

Baral'heia Stormdancer ΘΔ🐲Jul 15, 2023

@mmark @georgetakei Yep. He was an actor before he became president. According to Wikipedia he starred in 53 feature films, with his first in 1937.

Terry Gillis Jul 15, 2023

@baralheia @georgetakei His acting just sucks. I want to unwatch that film where they paired him with a monkey, whatever it is.

annie gray Jul 16, 2023

@mmark @baralheia @georgetakei
Be sure to avoid the one where he plays football player Knute Rockne. 😬

Baral'heia Stormdancer ΘΔ🐲Jul 16, 2023

@snooze_cat @mmark @georgetakei wait, didn't Pat O'Brien play that part?

annie gray Jul 17, 2023

@baralheia @mmark @georgetakei
Sorry, you're right! Reagan was The Gipper.

Coyoty Jul 15, 2023

@mmark @georgetakei It was his income at stake then.

Chris Williams Jul 15, 2023

@mmark @georgetakei

There was a brilliant Saturday Night Live sketch (unfortunately not included in the streaming version) of a political panel asking "What if Reagan had survived the assassination?".

"A strong Union man like Dutch Reagan would have been appalled by Bush's strike busting tactics."

annie gray Jul 16, 2023

@mmark @georgetakei
Oh shoot, you're right! Reagan was the Gipper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Rockne%2C_All_American?wprov=sfla1

Knute Rockne, All American - Wikipedia

@georgetakei geez, George, next time you choose a role model, pick one that didn't ignore the HIV/AIDS epidemic for nearly a decade, directly contributing to millions of deaths of gay men. and that's not even to mention a presidency rife with corruption, crime, and - yeah - union-busting.

sheesh...

@brooklynman I read no holding Reagan as a role model in @georgetakei’s comment, only the fact that Reagan was president of the SAG in 1960.

@blitzen @georgetakei then you don't understand the reverent voice, what it is to speak with reverence of a person for an act they committed and what they represented in that moment, bestowing respect upon them for the deed in doing so. it's a concept in rhetoric, in pubic speaking, and why celebrities and people with an audience should chose their words with care.

@blitzen @georgetakei for such a public figure in the LGBTQ+ community as Takei to openly praise Regan in such a way, considering Regan's openly antagonistic and detrimental history with the LGBTQ+ community during his presidency, is, at best, sloppy, and at worst, reckless.

@brooklynman @georgetakei what praise? He simply stated a fact, that Reagan (in his role as SAG president) called for a strike in 1960.

@blitzen @georgetakei I've already explained it in detail.

@brooklynman @georgetakei your explanation rests on things Takei *should have* said, and I do agree those things need to be said of Reagan, but the post contained no “open praise.”

@blitzen @georgetakei it doesn't, actually, as i stated several times that it's about what Takei *should not have said*.

And just because you fail to see something (or refuse to acknowledge it) doesn't mean it's not there.

@brooklynman @georgetakei I do not subscribe to such a rigid black-and-white view of the world.

@blitzen @georgetakei like I said:just because you fail to see something (or refuse to acknowledge it) doesn't mean it's not there.

@brooklynman @georgetakei Conversely, just because you believe something doesn’t inherently make it so.

@blitzen @georgetakei proclaiming your blindness doesn’t place you in a position to tell others what they can see.

Ariaflame Jul 17, 2023

@brooklynman @blitzen @georgetakei Not praising. Possibly however pointing out to the GOP that their hero was in favour of unions.... once.

Gerbrand van Dieyen Jul 15, 2023

@brooklynman @georgetakei I don't think George was mentioning a role model, rather some historical background

https://universeodon.com/@atatassault/110716084606429544

Jobu Tupaki Jul 15, 2023

@brooklynman this is closer to how i understood Takei's purport: underscoring the hypocrisy of a public figure who supported unions to his own advantage, only to turn around and denigrate them for political gain. someone not anchored in any enduring principles.

AT-AT Assault :verifiedtrans: (@[email protected])

@georgetakei Figures a fucking Republican would enjoy the benefits of a strike for himself, and then deny another union their right to strike 20 years later.

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@RubyTuesdayDONO what I see in Takei’s words is highlighting the good thing Reagan did, while you’re *inferring* a negative which simply isn’t there. This is why it had to be stated by another.

Jobu Tupaki Jul 15, 2023

@brooklynman
i understand. i humbly beg to submit that my inference is not unfounded: knowing Takei's perspective, i find it entirely implausible that he holds Reagan in high regard. however we might agree that this invocation of Reagan can be perplexing without considering the missing context, since that the hypocrisy is not explicitly denounced.

Jobu Tupaki Jul 15, 2023

@brooklynman
perhaps it's an appeal for Reagan supporters to support SAG-AFTRA like Reagan once did. i wouldn't have made the same choice to invoke him here. but i appreciate the opportunity to lean about this history. part of me is impishly looking forward to (explicitly) confronting Reagan cultists in my community with his hypocrisy 😈

@RubyTuesdayDONO I doubt that this is an appeal to Reganites. I've followed Takei for a long time. I belive this is simply a case of him being careless.

@RubyTuesdayDONO I’m not saying that he holds Regan in high regard-- as I mentioned in an earlier reply, I believe his words were sloppy and that he should speak with more care. There's no need to have mentioned Regan at all.

Jobu Tupaki Jul 16, 2023

@brooklynman hmm, that makes sense … i wonder in hindsight if i was trying too hard to make "4-dimensional chess" out of it, when Occam's razor offers other mundane-but-likely possibilities. thank you for sharing your perspective!

Arizona Bill Jul 15, 2023

Today we canceled all streaming service accounts affiliated with studios such as #Hulu, #Paramount, #Disney etc.

#NoScabs

Ariaflame Jul 17, 2023

@hunkabilly Not sure that's increasing the writer/actor's leverage.

artnetworx Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei
There were a couple movies I had planned to catch this summer (Oppenheimer). That’s on hold until the strikes are resolved. Won’t cross the picket line. Hope the studios do the right thing- quickly.

Eldevigo Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei I gotta admit I'm confused about the significance of Ronald Reagan here, but you have my love and support in this as in all things!

@eldevigo @georgetakei Reagan was president of SAG when they struck in 1960.

Eldevigo Jul 15, 2023

@blitzen @georgetakei got it, thank you!

Elizabeth Alcinoe Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei Yeah, me, too. Unions are the only way that people get rights against those who want to abuse them.

AT-AT Assault 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 15, 2023

Figures a fucking Republican would enjoy the benefits of a strike for himself, and then deny another union their right to strike 20 years later.

Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei 🙌 ❤️ 💪
#WGA
#SAG
#SAGstrike
#WGAstrike

A Wolf In Cheap Clothing Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei
I support you

Merijn 👨‍💻

Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei but really, fuck Ronald Reagan for obvious reasons

fletch49er Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei Oh My!

Erin Conroy Jul 15, 2023

And then he made a political career out of crushing American union members.

Jasmine Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei you never have to "give it to reagan" my dude. Dude deserves to rot in hell for his actions.

Nora Jane Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei wonder why RR turned against unions. What a change.

ZZ Bottom Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei ❤️

Err Jul 15, 2023

What a difference 20 years makes, in the 80s he walked hand in hand with Thatcher in destroying the power base of unions across the world by labelling them a little too Russian.

Player2alpha 🧑‍💻🧌Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei power to the people! ✊

Wayne’s The Name!!!😁Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei you've always been a class act, sir.

Ben Gleason Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei
Doc Brown: Tell me, Future Boy, who's President of the United States in 1985?

Marty: Ronald Reagan.

Doc Brown: Ronald Reagan! The actor? Then who's vice-president, Jerry Lewis? I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady!

Howard Jones Jul 15, 2023

@georgetakei Hi George l am not an actor but l believe in fairness and in solidarity l support the strike too! By the way Lea Solanga makes her West End debut this year as did you!Regards Howard (Jones not Stern!)👋