An action once taken is embedded indelibly in history. Regardless of its magnitude and direction, it cannot be undone. It happened, full stop. Even if it’s redressed somehow afterward, it will always have happened, and people will remember it.
Words cannot be unsaid. A minor actress who’s too full of herself has learned that:
The new “Snow White” has turned into a woke millstone around Mickey’s neck.
The movie’s star Rachel Zegler generated ugly headlines for Disney when she unleashed an unhinged anti-Trump rant on Instagram.
Her rhetorical capstone?
“May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.”
A masterclass in hammery, make no mistake.
But Zegler’s apparently gotten the message how disastrous a move it was and has already issued a groveling apology.
The apology is of no moment. Zegler’s hatred took flight in words and revealed the foulness of her character. Those words cannot be unsaid. What they revealed cannot be unlearned. We now know her better than we’d like.
Yes, her movie will suffer, but it was already fated to be a bomb. Zegler herself will suffer far more. Disney, which employs her, will suffer as well: Why do you have this immoderate, unrestrained, hatred-filled bitch on the payroll? The late Walt is surely clucking his disapproval from the afterlife.
“You have heard that it was said to an older generation, ‘Do not murder,’ and ‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’ But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says ‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell. [Matthew 5:21-22]
Something for all of us to remember.
