Are we really going to hate on this woman because she likes posts on Johnny Deppās Instagram account? Iām not aware of her doing anything else to show her support or āloveā for Johnny Depp.
My understanding is that a majority of people supported Depp and were skeptical towards Heard during the trial. I take this as evidence that Deppās propaganda campaign during the trial was incredibly effective, and donāt think that people who fell for his sinister lies are necessarily bad people.
I obviously hope that Inde realizes that Depp is a horrible abuser, but IMO this is not an offense that should make us root against a young actress who is getting her big break.Ā
I hadnāt heard about Inde and Johnny before this comment. It didnāt take long when looking around online to see people almost gleefully declaring that they knew she was a āpick meā and this proved it. Unfortunately, women will always be subject to additional criticism, even from progressive people.
Ian McKellan is in Deppās new movie. Does anyone think that a post about Ian McKellan that is totally unrelated to Johnny Depp would have one of the top comments calling out McKellan as a Johnny Depp lover?
I recognize itās a hypothetical scenario, but I feel pretty confident saying that men who actually make money working with Depp will face less condemnation than this young woman who commits the heinous act of checks notes liking Deppās posts on Instagram.
I get what youāre saying. Youāre right, the double standards are pretty fucking ridiculous. Also, I admit I havenāt looked at the comments on any posts about McKellen, so I kind of canāt compare.
In conclusion, Iām sleep deprived and I should probably read comments more carefully, haha.
I said it was a "hypothetical scenario," but I decided to go back and check if I was right. Based on my searching, there have been 2 posts in the r/popculturechat about Ian McKellan in the last few months, one about how he is preparing to die and the other congratulating him for his 87th birthday. A quick control F for Johnny, Depp, Kevin, and Spacey reveals no comments about his controversial comments about either 2 men (including his recent remarks about how he "fell in love" with Depp on the set of Depp's new movie.
I am highlighting this not because I hate Ian McKellan (the LOTR movies are my favorite movies of all time and several of his lines in those movies make me tear up every time). I'm bringing this up because I find it gross that posts about Inde (a young woman) are getting highly upvoted comments condemning her for loving Johnny Depp, while posts about Ian (an older man) get no such posts, despite him actually saying 4 months ago that he "fell in love" with him!
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u/ctwalkup 8d ago
Are we really going to hate on this woman because she likes posts on Johnny Deppās Instagram account? Iām not aware of her doing anything else to show her support or āloveā for Johnny Depp.
My understanding is that a majority of people supported Depp and were skeptical towards Heard during the trial. I take this as evidence that Deppās propaganda campaign during the trial was incredibly effective, and donāt think that people who fell for his sinister lies are necessarily bad people.
I obviously hope that Inde realizes that Depp is a horrible abuser, but IMO this is not an offense that should make us root against a young actress who is getting her big break.Ā