Melissa Barrera dropped from ‘Scream VII’ after social media posts amid Israel-Hamas war

Or literally any public facing role.

I also found that remark quite disturbing. But I also find it disturbing the idea that comparing Gaza to a concentration camp or describing what is happening there as ethnic cleansing should be considered inflammatory. All the while, the IDF campaign marches on, literally concentrating the Palestinian people (who are not allowed to leave Gaza) into an ever growing smaller geographic region, where they will literally set up camps if they want to have any kind of shelter over their heads.

So you would rather people just not talk about how these things help make conspiracy theorists more confident? That is an actual effect of this sort of censorship, and mentioning is isn't an indication that the speaker is just couching their own beliefs.

1. Yes, the events of the Holocaust were horrible but calling a genocide a genocide is not inflammatory. If anything it's descriptive. Just because the descendants of the formerly oppressed are commiting it doesn't mean they get a pass.

2. Another poster linked to a version of her statements with more context where she was more directly dog whistling meaning was my original statement correct. I wasn't hiding behind 'other people', I literally said "I feel" because it sounded like an antisemitic dog whistle to me.

Look, I'm going to admit that I've been following Israeli/Palestinian interactions for a lot longer than this conflict and, due to their repeated human rights violations, I'm biased against Israel. As I've held this opinion for a while, I'm aware that plenty of people hold anti-Israel stances due to antisemitism. Therefore, when I hear something relating to Palestine, I try not to think "this person agrees with me" because they might have arrived there by different thoughts. So after reading the article I thought "boy, that sounded a little dog whistle-y." Hence my comment.

I agree that the "deduce for yourself" post sounds a lot more like an antisemitic canard, but the statement from spyglass makes it seem like the primary issue they had was her claim of genocide.

That's a fair take on their part then. I can imagine anyone but specifically Jewish members of the cast and crew feeling uneasy working with her in the future after a line like that.

Ehhhhhh im still on her side unless i read more statements from her. I did not read it as inherently anti-semetic rhetoric but rather a statement about the obvious and well documented meddling/public diplomacy that the israeli state has actively pursued within western media for decades.

It doesn't, from that short quote, indicate to me that she thinks jews control everything and is pushing that kind of message.

I think she spoke because she thought she had to have an opinion on the matter.

Being silent wasn't an option for her due to outside pressure.

This line of reasoning leads people towards a self-righteous attitude that is both obnoxious and not very productive.

Not OP, but I actually have an opinion about this (and many other things), but I won't be bullied into expressing it in the time or circumstances anyone dictates.

I'm pretty sure silence is a right comparable to the right of free speech.

That said, anyone should be free to say whatever they want.

Not that it really matters. I'm not in the US, I am not part of any global power, and this whole thing feels very removed from me.

At any given time, there are thousands of important global events happening. In many cases, most of us won't even know how important they are until after the fact—if we find out at all. Do you really expect 8 billion people to worry themselves into an early grave over thousands of complex matters they cannot influence and that they very likely cannot obtain an objective understanding of? This is a huge thing to ask of people, and I think it is highly likely that it is something you display a high degree of hypocrisy on — and if you don't, it implies something even worse: that you have no sense of humility and form endless mindless opinions on subjects you know essentially nothing about, as if you were an expert of all things, and thereby contribute further to the constant stream of noise and propaganda that makes it hard for humanity to listen to subject-matter experts and actually solve problems.

The value placed on just having an opinion versus having an informed and appropriately measured opinion is not just inflammatory, it's dangerous.

Not everyone can have an educated and appropriately measured opinion. Not because they're mentally incapable of it, but more likely because of a variety of other factors. It could be because they don't have time. They could be a nurse or a surgeon working through labor shortages with incredibly high overtime hours. It could be because they aren't in the right industries or fields to have access to the most detailed information available or don't have the background to grasp the intricacies of particularly difficult issues. There's many other reasons too, I don't think I need to list them all.

…and sometimes, that opinion is “not my circus, not my monkeys” or, less trollingly, a vague “I hope they can reach peace to minimize casualties” that doesn’t contain any actionable steps for anyone.

As the others pointed out, there are many important causes that do not affect a person, nor does the person have realistic ability to impact the situation. Caring a lot is meaningless without relevant action. “From the river to the sea,” “we should’ve nuked the area to annex their oil in ‘02,” and “why can’t they just not bomb each other?” are all equally inane virtue signals, unless you have the ear of a general or congressman.

There's a difference between being apathetic and not having a firm opinion one is willing to voice out publicly.

I have opinions on the Israel-Palestine -shitshow and have had for a good two decades. But in the end any of it doesn't matter and just brings sadness into my life if I keep thinking about it. People more invested and especially more educated in the matter can have the discussion, including the politician(s) I voted for.

I'm much happier when I focus on the things that affect my life more directly and try to ignore the Weltschmerz of what's going on in the world.

Sorry, but do you seriously have time to be well-informed on every item of these lists? Even if you believe short-term public opinion guarantees meaningfully influence on foreign policy which isn't clear (see Iraq&vietnam war protests), people don't have the mental capacity or time to learn more than a surface level view of a few conflicts.