Frankly, your Red-Flag statement was overly harsh and could be read as either you don’t support her Anti-vax statement (which I do get, I am pro-vax), but it could also be read as you are Anti-Union, which is a possibility, Fran Drescher has been in the news lately because of the SAG-AFTRA union strike against the Studios, and her calling the studios out for being unfair and unreasonable.
Which you calling her a ‘Red-Flag’ lead me to believe you were Anti-Union.
I disagree with her about the covid vaccine as well, but “walking red flag” is a bit much for me. I think it’s great she’s president of the screen actor’s guild, that she’s anticapitalist and supports the green party.
She has some perhaps odd thoughts on the covid vaccine, but all in all I just think you were a bit harsh. Her position seems relatively nuanced (albeit quite anti medical establishment which I think can be quite harmful and dangerous).
Drescher is vaccinated, but she is also against vaccine mandates. Last November, she applauded Disney for dropping its mandate on a dozen shows. Her position puts her in the minority on her own national board, but Drescher has nevertheless done what she can to keep the issue alive.
The union recently conducted a member survey, in which 26% said they, too, oppose the mandates, while 67% said they support them.
“I’m in a minority in terms of feeling like, as a labor union, my obligation is to make sure that all of my members get an equal opportunity to work,” Drescher said.
She said she supports measures to stop the spread of the illness on sets.
“But that doesn’t necessarily mean the vaccine, because not everybody can take the vaccine,” she said. “And other people don’t want to because they live so healthfully.”
In general, she said, there is a difference of opinion between people who trust the Centers for Disease Control and other public health authorities, and those who believe the vaccine causes harmful side effects.
“Some people connect dots. Other people refuse to connect those dots,” she said. “And so my thoughts are that somewhere in the middle, there’s the truth. And I don’t believe that it’s really known yet. And I think that when it comes to what we do with our bodies, that should be a personal choice.”
She noted that the number of productions mandating the vaccine has declined, and she expects that trend to continue as the U.S. comes out of the COVID emergency.
“I have been outspoken about my position on this, but I’m really only one person,” she said. “It’s not a dictatorship. And I have kept the conversation alive.”
Thanks for the insight, I get the “walking red flag is too much” argument; probably I have that vision due to my personal value attributed to public health. Of course, no one is fully good or fully bad and as you said everyone has nuances, consider also that English is not my primary language so probably “red flag” has a stronger meaning compared to what I think, nevertheless, thanks again for shedding some light!
wow, what’s up with the downvotes?
can I kindly ask the downvoters (@bloodbeard@lemmy.world , @smk@lemmynsfw.com , @kitsuneofinari@yiffit.net , @CliMaxAMillion@lemmynsfw.com , @DelvianSeek@lemmy.world , @Cry_in_the_Walk_In@sh.itjust.works) which is the controversial part? Do you support her no-vax standpoint or you don’t agree that she was hot back in the day?
I’m genuinely curious, no bad feeling at all, just unexpected
Frankly, your Red-Flag statement was overly harsh and could be read as either you don’t support her Anti-vax statement (which I do get, I am pro-vax), but it could also be read as you are Anti-Union, which is a possibility, Fran Drescher has been in the news lately because of the SAG-AFTRA union strike against the Studios, and her calling the studios out for being unfair and unreasonable.
Which you calling her a ‘Red-Flag’ lead me to believe you were Anti-Union.
Oh, that’s a twist! I’m from Europe and I have no idea what SAG-AFTRA is (just googled it). Just to be clear: anti-vax bad, pro-union good IMHO.
Thanks a lot, this could explain the (relative) huge reaction, much appreciated!
I disagree with her about the covid vaccine as well, but “walking red flag” is a bit much for me. I think it’s great she’s president of the screen actor’s guild, that she’s anticapitalist and supports the green party.
She has some perhaps odd thoughts on the covid vaccine, but all in all I just think you were a bit harsh. Her position seems relatively nuanced (albeit quite anti medical establishment which I think can be quite harmful and dangerous).
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/fran-drescher-sag-aftra-contract-talks-alec-baldwin-vaccines-1235517073/
Yup talking out of her ass with the single exception of “some people can’t get the vaccine”
Which is exactly why the rest of us need to, Fran.
Thanks for the insight, I get the “walking red flag is too much” argument; probably I have that vision due to my personal value attributed to public health. Of course, no one is fully good or fully bad and as you said everyone has nuances, consider also that English is not my primary language so probably “red flag” has a stronger meaning compared to what I think, nevertheless, thanks again for shedding some light!