AProudLefty (03-26-2023), Doc Dutch (03-26-2023), evince (03-26-2023), Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023), signalmankenneth (03-27-2023), ThatOwlWoman (03-26-2023)
You knew that it would eventually move past political pandering, and that time has arrived.
Disney just gave DeathSantis the middle finger, and we will now see how Meatball Ron responds.
My money is on minitrump pretending that he doesn't have egg on his face.
Disney World Event Gives Florida Gov. DeSantis the Middle Finger
On paper, Disney World appears to have lost its right to self-govern. That's true, but it doesn't mean much because it's not as if the state -- even DeSantis's handpicked cronies who now oversee the former Reedy Creek Improvement District -- intend to actually get in Disney's way. The company prints money for the state.
So, that's why Iger -- who had publicly spoken against the Don't Say Gay bill when he was a private citizen and not Disney CEO, has not called out DeSantis. A speech decrying the governor's actions, pointing out that they “put vulnerable, young LGBTQ people in jeopardy,” as he said before taking the CEO job back, would not help Disney.
Instead, Iger has let his company's actions speak.
Disney World plans to host a "major conference promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the workplace" at the Disney World Resort this September, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
"The largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world, with more than 5,000 attendees every year. It brings together executives, ERG leaders and members, and HR and DEI professionals and experts -- all working for LGBTQ+ equality," the event's organizer, Out & Equal, said on its website.
"Over more than 20 years, Summit has grown to become the preferred place to network and share strategies that create inclusive workplaces, where everyone belongs and where LGBTQ+ employees can be out and thrive."
The Tampa Bay Times called simply hosting the event "a defiant display of the limits of DeSantis’s campaign against diversity training."
Meatball Ron "Don't say gay"
Disney "Hold my beer"
Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
AProudLefty (03-26-2023), Doc Dutch (03-26-2023), evince (03-26-2023), Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023), signalmankenneth (03-27-2023), ThatOwlWoman (03-26-2023)
So, 5000 freaks are attending.
While I'm not in agreement that they're all this "f" word...Anyone can rent the facilities....Let them over spend if they like...it's a free state and country... That's going to be one pricey meeting...lol...and one that is not going to concern the Governor in the least...silly Democrats...
That they accuse you of what they are doing themselves, every...single...time
Althea (03-26-2023), AProudLefty (03-26-2023), Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023), ThatOwlWoman (03-26-2023)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023), ThatOwlWoman (03-26-2023)
Good for them. I used to steer my daughters away from a lot of Disney stuff when they were kids because of the persistent "princess needs rescuing by some man" meme in their kids' movies, plus their relentless commercialism and marketing. I'm getting a lot more respect for them in later decades.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
AProudLefty (03-26-2023), evince (03-26-2023), Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023)
Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023), ThatOwlWoman (03-26-2023)
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Doc Dutch (03-26-2023), evince (03-26-2023), Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023)
Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023), ThatOwlWoman (03-26-2023)
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
AProudLefty (03-26-2023), Doc Dutch (03-26-2023), evince (03-26-2023), Guno צְבִי (03-27-2023)
evince (03-26-2023), ThatOwlWoman (03-26-2023)
That's true. They have gotten much better in recent years about that. This is a good example of how public opinion, freely expressed, can influence culture and politics. Which of course is why Ron "Don't Say Gay" DeSantis is doing his best to stifle that free expression.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
AProudLefty (03-26-2023)
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