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   The double standards for what constitutes a fireable offense in the   
   entertainment industry are shocking and completely politically   
   driven.   
      
   Samantha Bee has not been fired for calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless   
   c–t.” She uttered some of the most vile comments about a daughter of   
   a sitting president ever to be recorded (and family members of   
   politicians used to be considered off limits by polite society). Her   
   network, TBS, issued an apology, but took no substantive punitive   
   action toward the comedian. She is costing the network money as two   
   sponsors have dropped the show so far, but TBS sticks with her.   
      
      
   Roseanne Barr, by contrast, faced severe consequences for calling   
   Valerie Jarrett the “baby” of the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of   
   the Apes. She lost her show, and the other actors, producers,   
   writers, and all of the employees of her show lost their jobs   
   because of a single bad tweet. ABC acted within minutes, as if they   
   had been waiting for an excuse to fire her, although the reboot of   
   “Roseanne” had been making the network millions.   
      
   In theory, we should be able to respect each others’ political or   
   private opinions, and go to work and treat each other with respect   
   and dignity, but the unfortunate reality of our current culture is   
   one political party has had lockstep control of media, news,   
   entertainment, tech and academic circles for decades unopposed.   
   They’ve created a system where social rules only apply to their   
   political opponents. When one of their own commits similar wrongs,   
   the problems are swept under the rug.   
      
   The double standard has to end. It starts by conservatives getting   
   more vocal in holding leftists accountable to their own rules.   
      
   Hollywood Stars Can Do No Wrong If They’re Democrats   
   Take film maker Joss Whedon, for example. Whedon came under fire   
   last year for what he admitted was predatory behavior on the sets of   
   his shows and movies with young actresses, fans, co-workers, and   
   friends, all while keeping his sexual activities a secret from his   
   wife. While he engaged in this behavior, he was one of the the most   
   bombastic preachers of male feminism in his public life.   
      
   The hypocrisy of his abuse of power in the workplace by treating   
   women as sexual objects is astounding. According to an article by   
   his ex-wife in The Wrap, Whedon told her, “As a guilty man I knew   
   the only way to hide was to act as though I were righteous. And as a   
   husband, I wanted to be with you like we had been. I lived two   
   lives.”   
      
   Even with the history of womanizing in inappropriate situations,   
   Joss Whedon was allowed to remain in Hollywood largely unscathed,   
   working on DC Comics film projects like Batgirl until he left the   
   project citing “story problems.” He still has a high-budget World   
   War II horror film in production as of this article’s writing. But   
   Whedon also echoed Samantha Bee’s sentiments, saying she was “too   
   kind” in her comments lambasting Ivanka. Whedon condones this vile   
   rhetoric by Bee and would go further by his own admission, and yet   
   there’s no outcry from Hollywood to fire him. Even with his track   
   record.   
      
   There are countless examples of Hollywood wrongdoings, where corrupt   
   individuals are allowed to continue working. What do they all have   
   in common? Their peddling of extreme leftist narratives. As soon as   
   anyone on the right makes the slightest mistake, however, they are   
   eviscerated.   
      
   Pedophiles In Science Fiction Are Okay By SFWA   
   In science fiction publishing, we have seen much the same double   
   standard as in Hollywood. The primary writers’ guild, the Science   
   Fiction Writers Of America are quick to remove anyone who doesn’t   
   toe the political line. Castalia House publisher Vox Day was, much   
   like Roseanne, once purged from the non-profit professional guild   
   for a single tweet, one in which he called another author a “half-   
   savage.” However, the very same club awarded a lifetime achievement   
   Grand Master title to a man who wrote a pornographic novel about gay   
   sex from the perspective of an 11-year old who willingly agrees to   
   act as a sex toy to adults.   
      
   The SFWA-awarded author in question, Samuel Delaney, has gone so far   
   as to express approval of real life adult/child sexual   
   relationships, telling a queer forum, “I read the NAMBLA [Bulletin]   
   fairly regularly and I think it is one of the most intelligent   
   discussions of sexuality I’ve ever found. I think before you start   
   judging what NAMBLA is about, expose yourself to it and see what it   
   is really about.” NAMBLA stands for the “North American Man/Boy Love   
   Association” an advocacy group for underage homosexual relations.   
      
   The fact that he was awarded while a family man like Day was removed   
   from the club speaks volumes as to the state of the publishing   
      
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