The Success of AFA’s Ford Boycott Is a Disney-esque Fairy Tale
Daniel Blatt and the responders who claim that the AFA boycott of Disney had no effect are repeating a Goebbels-style Big Lie, or at least a Big Half-Truth. While the boycott was certainly not a complete success (DP benefits and Gay Days are still there), it was a partial success. After the peak success of The Lion King in 1994, and even before the official AFA boycott began, many people began to turn away from Disney movies. Later Disney cartoon features, such as “Politically-correct-ahontas,” “Jerkules,” and “Foolan,” made far less money at the box office. Many people rejected Disney videos in favor of other videos such as Veggietales. Many families did choose alternatives to Disney theme parks. Many people who joined the boycott did not stay away from all Disney products, but were willing to buy a Disney product which had high quality WITHOUT political correctness (e.g. the Toy Story movies). Disney eventually showed the door to its longtime Chief Executive Politically-Correct Bigot, Michael Eisner, and chose a new CEO without Eisner’s gratuitous hatemongering. The new CEO began better projects, including the Chronicles of Narnia movies.
