I knew next to nothing about Blake Lively, but I remember when people first talked about the polemic surrounding the film's promotion the plantation wedding came up and... yeah, that's despicable. I had no opinion on her before that, but I had already developed a case of "this fucking guy" annoyance for Ryan Reynolds lol, and that cemented it. But afaic none of that has any place when discussing the sexual harassment and defamation she's suffered, yeah. Being exempt from those should be something even the most scummy person in the planet is entitled to, imo.
Also, the thing about defamation campaigns is that they work, yeah. Most people are not on the lookout for it because they, reasonably!, take things in good faith. I followed the Depp v Heard case closely and could recognise certain patterns (similar with cases like Angelina Jolie, Sophie Turner, etc.). If nothing else, I hope Lively's case serves to make people a little more diligent in cases like these.
I hope things calm down and you go on to have a good new year ^-^
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Date: 2024-12-25 08:58 am (UTC)I knew next to nothing about Blake Lively, but I remember when people first talked about the polemic surrounding the film's promotion the plantation wedding came up and... yeah, that's despicable. I had no opinion on her before that, but I had already developed a case of "this fucking guy" annoyance for Ryan Reynolds lol, and that cemented it. But afaic none of that has any place when discussing the sexual harassment and defamation she's suffered, yeah. Being exempt from those should be something even the most scummy person in the planet is entitled to, imo.
Also, the thing about defamation campaigns is that they work, yeah. Most people are not on the lookout for it because they, reasonably!, take things in good faith. I followed the Depp v Heard case closely and could recognise certain patterns (similar with cases like Angelina Jolie, Sophie Turner, etc.). If nothing else, I hope Lively's case serves to make people a little more diligent in cases like these.
I hope things calm down and you go on to have a good new year ^-^