The actor opens up about being taken aback by the film’s reviews following its box office flop, saying, "People were insanely unkind.”

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    11 months ago

    Your argument seems solid on paper, but it conveniently leaves out context and common sense, notably that he wasn’t “merely” criticizing Pfizer. He nebulously criticized Pfizer–a COVID vaccine manufacturer, not pharmaceutical companies broadly, not Eli Lilly or Merck–in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and peak of antivax bullshit.

    But let’s just go even further. He was on the podcast of Shawn Stevenson. The first podcast episode I found of Shawn Stevenson regarding COVID cites in the episode transcript, among others, Geert Vanden Bossche, who advised stopping all mass-immunizations for COVID and has written all kinds of crazy, grammatically-and-factually erroneous content on COVID.

    This is prototypical conservative gaslighting bullshit. “Oh, but I didn’t say that EXPLICITLY, I only confirmed I agreed with the antivax host of an antivax bullshit “health” podcast that cites bullshit antivax “sources” and, no, I never retracted my statement, and sure I went on 700 Club, and obviously I love Jordan Peterson. BUT I DIDN’T SAY I’M ANTIVAX, TECHNICALLY. WHY WILL NO ONE SEE MY SHITTY MOVIES!? PERSECUUUUTIOOOON!!! WAAAAH!?”

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      11 months ago

      But let’s just go even further. He was on the podcast of Shawn Stevenson. The first podcast episode I found of Shawn Stevenson regarding COVID cites in the episode transcript, among others, Geert Vanden Bossche, who advised stopping all mass-immunizations for COVID and has written all kinds of crazy, grammatically-and-factually erroneous content on COVID.

      I don’t care about Zach Levi whatsoever, but this has to be the biggest reach I’ve seen.

      So he was on a podcast, of which the host, in a different episode that did not include him, cited a person who has at some point advised stopping mass-immunizations for COVID (from what you said, I interpreted thats not the statement he cited).

      When you’re 3 levels of guilt by association deep, it seems like you’re just grasping at straws to support your position.