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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net to c/politics@hexbear.net
 

https://www.salon.com/2024/04/06/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-raises-eyebrows-after-saying-he-regrets-endorsing-biden-in-2020/

Speaking to host Will Cain, Johnson revealed that he's not happy with the state of America right now, highlighting "wokeness" and "cancel culture" as contributing to a division in the country that really bugs him.

“I’m not a politician. I’m not into politics," he says. "I care deeply about our country. I’m a patriot, and I believe you are too, as well. And right now, my desire and my priorities are my babies and school drop-offs and pickups — that’s important to me."

He is running.

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[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 41 points 5 months ago (4 children)

For all that I hear about wokeness, I don't think I've seen any wokeness besides brown people being cast in movies and shows I don't watch. However, I have seen 10,000 people moan and moan about wokeness. I don't even know my toaster's gender?! Did you just assume my gender?! Bold of you to assume I'm a man! But I've never encountered the screaming banshees they hate. I had a friend with an ex who was she/they and a bat out of hell. That's really it though

Do people even still get cancelled? Last one that comes to mind was that god awful Sonic render and every month Jamflex does something to Runescape people don't like

[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 34 points 5 months ago

Cancellations still happen, but all of the recent ones have been Palestinian journalists getting cancelled by idf-cool

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Maybe Rock is worried Sweetbaby Inc is coming for his video games

[–] Des@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

why does a BBQ sauce company want his video games?

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if serious question, but SweetBaby Inc. is a consulting firm for that helps make sure that game publishers arent making stuff thats insensitive to various underprivileged groups. This has made gamers quite mad indeed

[–] Des@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago

was doing a bit. but thanks for the info i have been trying to stay miles away from gamer gate 2.0 i only vaguely knew what they were

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Oh fuck I forgot about GamerGate 2. You got a point there.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 18 points 5 months ago

That's because you aren't completely brain poisoned by fox news so you don't consider it wokeness anytime you see a non white person working a job or a homeless person not being pressed into oil.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A colleague of mine constantly complains about “lying bitches” and “liberal third wave feminists” on our campus. There has literally been 0 screeching liberal feminists anywhere since I’ve gotten here, and I don’t think we were even a blip during the 2016 campus culture wars.

Besides that, almost all of the so called ‘politically correct liberal feminists’ I know were about as vulgar and rude and politically incorrect as any other student would be in their college years lol. I have literally no idea what this dude is yapping about 99% of the time, and I can only assume his reality is made up of Ben Shapiro debates