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Woke Mickey—What Would Walt Say?

Mar 31, 2022

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls!" is banned from the scripts at Disney. Now Disney patrons are greeted with "Hello Everyone" or "Hi, Friends!" What would Walt think of that? Or the better question is what would he think about the reason behind it?

When Walt Disney said, “The kind of entertainment we create is meant to appeal to every member of the family," few would have predicted that his namesake entertainment empire would NOT be appealing to legions of parents and grandparents. Fed up with Disney's blatant agenda to infuse "queerness" into their projects, many parents are searching for entertainment alternatives that don't prematurely expose the very young among us to sexualized innuendos of all kinds.

Disney doesn't seem to care. From gender identity to sexual orientation, the Walt Disney Co. is taking the side of "woke ideology" at every turn. Recently, two-time Disney director Latoya Raveneau said, "Our leadership over there has been so welcoming to my not-at-all secret gay agenda … I don't have to be afraid to, like, let's have these two characters kiss in the background. I was just, wherever I could, just basically adding queerness [to projects]."

According to a recently-leaked video, corporate president Karey Burke insisted on an employee Zoom call that she wants a minimum of "50 percent of its characters to be LGBTQIA" and other minorities. These are the projects that Disney might be selling, but it's time for moms and dads across the nation to stop buying.

More states need to follow the lead set by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who said there's "zero" chance he's going to reverse his position on disallowing the instruction of "transgenderism in kindergarten classrooms." Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law Monday, which prohibits classroom discussion or instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity. The Walt Disney Co. issued a statement opposing the legislation even though a Politico poll conducted earlier this month showed that 51% of American voters supported banning sexual orientation and gender identity discussions among students in early elementary school grades.

This gives you enough to know where Disney is taking the company...and our children.



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