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Picking Disney as your hill to die on is so stupid. Especially when Disney is one of Florida's big money makers. Like, I don't think the government should be beholden to corporations obviously, but actively antagonizing one just cause you hate gay people is a dumb move all around. Not to mention all of Disney's "support" for the lgbt community isn't exactly...sincere.
I rather insincere support over open hostility
Amen. At least insincere support normalizes supporting those groups as opposed to normalizing hate. :(
Yeah, this is kinda where I sit. Disney isn't our friend, not by a long shot. I'll take the "support" they've shown over what we got in the early 90s, where being gay meant you were either the laughingstock of a sitcom or movie, or a sex-crazed maniac who's probably also a pedophile.
True but it's kinda ironic that Desantis is fighting them over supporting gay people when neither of them actually like gay people.
I see them as my racist, homophobic uncles. At least uncle Disney is trying, even if it's not fully sincere, and since he found out I have gay friends coming for dinner, he's cut down on the homophobia and keeps his words in check, and smiles.
Uncle Ron is standing on the chair (to look taller) , yelling at my gay friend about how they're sinners and will all die in a tornado of hellfire, unless they repent and vote Republican.
For most companies being "woke" is just marketing to get more people buying their products. To wit: Pride Month for several companies.
Yeah I think it's known as "rainbow capitalism".
Which makes "Go Woke, Go Broke" that much more laughable. If "going woke" was so unprofitable, no major corporation would be "woke." If being "anti-woke" was profitable, Target would stock anti-Trans clothing, Disney would have movies where the only LGBTQ characters are the villains, and all movies would only feature straight, white, Christian men as the leads perhaps with a "dumb but sexy blonde" love interest.
I find it so funny and sad that Republicans call this "virtue signaling" as if it's a new thing and that companies haven't been pandering to the public to increase sales since they've existed.
And conservatives have always had a problem with it when it supports progressive ideals.