I can’t tell you how much it pains me to write these words. I’ve seen more Disney movies and TV shows than I can count, and I’ve been to Walt Disney World nearly every year of my life. Disney even features prominently in my new book Neon Crosses.
Here’s a photo of the last trip our family took before my dad passed away. It’s also one of the last photos we have of our whole family.
I’ve been a Disney fan as long as I’ve been alive, but I’ve never been more disappointed in a company than I’ve been in Disney.
If you look back through my history here at PJ Media, you’ll find plenty of articles about Disney history and the values that made Disney great. Going back all the way to Walt and Roy Disney and their founding of the company, The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) was built on family, patriotism, free enterprise, and an optimistic vision of the future.
Roy Disney was a Republican, and Walt made a journey to the right as he grew older. With the exception of one Eisenhower for President ad, they never used the studio for political purposes (unless you count the World War II efforts, but I don’t really). But today’s Disney has turned its back on all of that to make statements that blatantly fall on one side of the cultural and political divide. In that way, Disney has turned its back on the company’s founders.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a group of Disney cast members who don’t agree with the company doubling down on woke LGBT propaganda and made their voices heard. There are fans who show up at the theater, pay for streaming, buy merchandise, and spend their vacations in the theme parks. In addition to the wokeness, Disney keeps raising theme park prices without increasing value and making the experience more difficult and less enjoyable for guests. For all of these reasons, Disney has turned its back on its fans.
The left and the media created a false narrative around Florida’s new Parental Rights in Education law, calling it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, even though the bill never mentions the word “gay”; rather, it prevents discussion of sexuality of any kind for students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade. But the lie stuck, and The Walt Disney Company went along with it wholeheartedly, egged on by LGBT employees and the company’s idiotic CEO Bob Chapek. So Disney turned its back on the truth.
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