Why is Disney Ignoring Pedro Pascal’s Nazi Tweets After Firing Gina Carano?

February 11, 2021 Patrick London

After Lucasfilm fired actress Gina Carano Wednesday over what they called “abhorrent” tweets, many are asking why fellow actor Pedro Pascal isn’t being held to the same standard.

As we reported, Carano was fired from the Star Wars live-action series “The Mandalorian” after she posted a meme criticizing the rise of hate against people over their political views. The meme said it was a tactic used by Nazi Germany to foster hate among citizens toward Jews, which made the eventual Holocaust acceptable to the people of Germany.

Carano was accused of making an insensitive post about the Holocaust, although it seems obvious those offended by the post were actually looking to stir up trouble for the actress. A concerted effort to get Carano fired over her conservative/libertarian views has been active on Twitter for some time.

Carano deleted the post, but the outrage seemed to earn the support of the decision-makers at Lucasfilm, who eventually cut ties. “Her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable,” Lucasfilm said in a statement.

After the announcement, many began to ask why Pedro Pascal was not held to the same standard, as he has invoked the Holocaust and Nazi imagery to criticize now-former President Donald Trump.

That included this tweet, comparing Holocaust concentration camps to President Trump’s “detention cages” holding migrant children.

#ThisisAmerica pic.twitter.com/LR3Yjj4JEQ
— Pedro Pascal he/him (@PedroPascal1) June 20, 2018

Worse yet, it turns out the picture Pascal used wasn’t even of migrant children detained by the Trump administration. It dates from 2010 and is of Palestinian children. Twitter did not label the tweet as misleading, as it often does with many politically-charged posts.

The best part about this Pedro Pascal tweet making the rounds is that the photo isn’t of children in cages at the border. It’s of Palestinian children waiting to be fed at a soup kitchen from 2010 lol. pic.twitter.com/hLKXCCyCJ1
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 11, 2021

Another social media post by Pascal compared the Nazi swastika to “MAGA” hats. He later deleted the post.

Neither Disney nor Lucasfilm seemed to have a problem with the posts.

Many are pointing out Disney’s double standard.

Disney when Gina Disney when
Carano uses Pedro Pascal
an analogy uses an analogy pic.twitter.com/m9MOtW2mAK
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) February 11, 2021

I'm sure Pedro Pascal is getting fired for comparing things to Nazi Germany too right?
— Cody Knife (@CodyKnife) February 11, 2021

Disney’s rule of justice:

Filming Mulan in a concentration camp province of China ✅

Thanking that province for their hospitality on social media ✅

Removing black characters from movie posters in Asia ✅

Pedro Pascal keeps his job for Nazi parallel tweet ✅

Gina does too ❌
— Max Towey (@MaximilianTowey) February 11, 2021

Others called on the “Mandalorian” cast and crew to defend Carano. They have yet to.

@TheCarlWeathers stood up for Gina in the past. @PedroPascal1 has made several Nazi posts on social media with zero fanfare from @Disney. Carl, Pedro, @Jon_Favreau, & @dave_filoni should join together to defend @ginacarano. #BeMen #CancelDisneyPlus #WeLoveGinaCarano pic.twitter.com/lcHvUQ1nAk
— Luna Love (@LaLunaPerfecta) February 11, 2021