Actor who played Superman in 1990s TV show may have been blacklisted from convention over his conservative leanings

Pajamas Media recently reported that actor Dean Cain, who played Superman in the 1993-97 Lois & Clark TV series, may have been banned from GalaxyCon over his right-wing standings:

Superman actor Dean Cain is exposing the truth about an attempt to blacklist him in Hollywood for openly expressing his conservative political beliefs. Cain is best known for portraying the Man of Steel in the hit 1990s series Lois & Clark, where he embodied the Last Son of Krypton for an entire generation of fans, myself included. Don’t get me wrong — my two favorite actors to play the character remain Christopher Reeve and Tom Welling — but Cain did a fantastic job bridging the gap between the two and bringing Superman back to television.

Without Lois & Clark, there would be no Smallville. Cain deserves respect for keeping the franchise relevant at a time when the Man of Tomorrow had begun to fall in popularity, regardless of his political beliefs. Unfortunately, liberals often seem incapable of seeing beyond a person’s politics. I consume plenty of art from people I vehemently disagree with. I still respect many of those artists as people, even when their values directly oppose mine. It can be done.

Cain took to social media this week and shared a screenshot of an email he received from an employee at GalaxyCon, a company that organizes fan conventions, explaining why the company would not work with him. The email cited a difference in “values” as the reason.

“In regard to Dean Cain, although I have a soft spot in my heart because he sent me an autographed postcard in the mail when I was like 10 years old, GalaxyCon’s values don’t align with Dean,” the message stated. “[Redacted] also reaches out to us quite often, but we are also going to pass on him.”

The conservative actor publicly addressed the message and accused GalaxyCon of using vague “values” language to justify blacklisting him over ideological differences. In his post, he wrote, “This is how they try to blacklist…” followed by an eye-roll emoji.

I think this makes for a good reason to boycott the convention if they're going to let their leftist ideological outlooks govern their whole MO. It also explains perfectly why right-wing businesses have to start establishing their own conventions, and not rely solely upon what leftists set up. If they'd get that through their heads already, we probably wouldn't be in such dire straits.

According to Fox News, Cain appears to have contacted the official director of Galaxycon, and they may have reconciled:

Cain said he does not fault Sarah, GalaxyCon’s vice president of talent, personally, describing her as a messenger rather than the ultimate decision-maker.

"I don’t blame Sarah for being the messenger here," Cain said. "The owner of GalaxyCon is named Mike Broder. I’d love to hear his explanation re: my values."

That explanation, Cain said, eventually came after he spoke directly with Broder.

"Spoke with Mike — appreciate the conversation," Cain said. "We agreed to disagree on certain things — but it turns out, our values aren’t so far apart."

Cain said the exchange reinforced his belief that conversation — not exclusion — is the way forward.

Mr. Broder may have retreated from any blacklist he attempted, but what if he pulls it again on another performer or comics creator in the future? He has to publicly address this on TV or radio, because this cannot go on, and must cease. I'd seen news in the past year since Donald Trump's election that there's people who want wokeness to end, and they're right. If GalaxyCon doesn't want a boycott of their convention, they'd do well to set a starting example of one that doesn't take that kind of path, and a good way to build confidence is to invite a busload of conservative figures to their upcoming panels.

One of the reasons I find this news so reprehensible is because Cain once produced a documentary about the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey's Islamic Ottoman empire during WW1, and visited Israel in the past decade, and here Mr. Broder's thanking him by trying to blacklist him? Does that mean Mr. Cain can't talk about how say, a role like Superman taught him a thing or two about altruism for real life? Well if one's not allowed to raise serious issues like those at an establishment like GalaxyCon, then what's the whole point of the convention? All they'd be doing is setting a double-standard on political issues. I should hope Cain's conversation with Broder will prevent any such hypocrisy in the future.