George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jul 15, 2023

I joined SAG in 1959, a member for 64 years.

In 1960, Ronald Reagan led the call for an actor’s strike. He riled up a meeting at the Hollywood Palladium shouting “Strike, strike, strike!”

I voted for the actors’ strike authorization this June and support the WGA.

We're in solidarity.

Show threadBrooklynMan (in exile) 🏳️‍🌈Jul 15, 2023

@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...

Show threadBlitzen 🇺🇦Jul 15, 2023
@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.
Show threadBrooklynMan (in exile) 🏳️‍🌈Jul 15, 2023
@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.
Show threadAriaflame
@brooklynman @blitzen @georgetakei Not praising. Possibly however pointing out to the GOP that their hero was in favour of unions.... once.
Jul 17, 2023 at 6:54amWeb