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Bob Chapek with Mickey and Minnie

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  1. Jeanene

    I agree! They are a theme park! They should only worry about entertaining people! Leave ALL wokeness out! Everyone should be welcome & not catering to specific groups!

    1. Awakening

      If you’re not woke, you’re asleep at the wheel!

      1. Who,me?

        Ummm, better open your eyes cupcake, your about to hit a tree….

      2. Trumped

        You continue to live up to your reputation as the most racist and sexist poster on here S/S1/SS/Steve whatever you use.

  2. Ginger

    People can’t change history no matter how hard they try. First statues were destroyed. The era in History was definitely not a proud time for the South but it happened. Instead of trying to destroy History, build more statues that show the men and women of color who have contributed so much to the country. Now Disney is trying to destroy History. I’m 73 and seen it all starting with Little Rock Central High School. Not a proud moment for our city. However the building and every part or the campus is still standing. I know this is a extreme example but History has not been destroyed. Disney and all their retheming can’t change history. I’ve been to Disney World many times and I never had any thought about any ride being racial or anything else. Disney needs to stop rubbing our noses in all the politics, let kids be kids, let us just enjoy all the rides without retheming and build new rides for Tiana and all the new characters.

  3. Rolando Castillo

    I quite agree with Chapek’s statement. However, if he believed in what he said, he shouldn’t have embarked on influencing politics like he did this year.

    Walt, himself, would have never approved of Chapek’s actions and would have fired him on the spot for tarnishing Disney’s legacy and reputation!

  4. Ed

    Sorry baldy it’s too late for this to be credible.

  5. Mickeymouse3

    Actions speak louder than words.
    Penny-pinching Paycheck has lost all credibility with a statement like this.
    Personally, I believe he is the one responsible for all the nickel and diming, but he is following the directives of his board president and a few others on the inclusion and politics.

  6. Be Nice

    Excuse me but please just keep your hate to yourself if you are truly a Christian then you would believe that all humans were created equal and no one is any less of a human than another!

  7. Yes, Please! Keep politics outta Disney! We kids….and I’m 68 years young……don’t want this stuff slid into movies, shows, theme park events! We want what Mr. Disney created, a place to enter into either in person or on movie screens and TV and see magical, innocent, fun to believe there’s still a place that “takes us away” from politics, outside influences and all the controversial things that take away our childhood fun!!

  8. Franklin

    I’m seeing all these comments on Disney needing to remove all politics from itself. And you know what?

    I absolutely agree. If Disney wants to stay Disney, and keep a happy escape for all audiences, it needs to squeeze all politics from its parks, movies, shows and games. That way, we can get the best possible media from Disney in the future.

    Here, I’ve even made a list of everything Disney needs to remove:

    -Remove all Disney media about people striving for equality between social/ethnic groups (i.e. Hunchback of Notre Dame, Zootopia, Pocahontas, Mulan, Luca…). Diversity is a political ideology.

    -Remove all Disney media about female heroines working for their own independence, because such plots are pushed by feminist ideals. Feminism is a political ideology.

    -Remove Star Wars. Wars are inherently political, and it’s a franchise about people fighting against space fascism. Anti-fascism is a political ideology.

    -Remove all Disney media depicting warfare, for the same reason (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Good Morning Vietnam, Chronicles of Narnia, Pearl Harbour, and a hundred others)

    -Remove Mary Poppins, because one of the minor characters was a suffragette (again, feminism), and it also offers a criticism of capitalism and implies it causes unhappiness. Anti-capitalism is a political ideology.

    -Remove all Disney movies and shows discussing monarchy and workings of government, which are obviously political topics. Goodbye Hamilton and every single Disney princess movie.

    -Remove EVERY Disney-related media that discusses historical periods in a detailed manner. History itself is a political topic, and involves the discussion of forces that shape society into what it is. Any mention might be ugly to anyone who wants escape from reality, even if it’s mildly fictionalized. So Pirates of the Caribbean? Captain America? Indiana Jones? Pocahontas? That Miracle on Ice movie with Kurt Russell? All in the trash.

    -Remove Frontierland and Main Street USA from every Disney park. Same reason.

    -Remove Animal Kingdom, because it promotes environmental protection and diversity. Environmentalism is a political ideology.

    -Remove WALL-E, Bambi and Finding Nemo. Same reason. (also, delete all of National Geographic)

    -Remove all of Liberty Square from Magic Kingdom, because it’s literally about the origin of the United States, with a theme park literally about U.S. presidents. Thus, political.

    -Remove ‘Great Moments with Mister Lincoln’, because it’s literally an animatronic politician on a stage (and a historical one).

    -Remove EPCOT’s ‘World Showcase’, because it’s a recreation of different countries in the world, with attractions discussing their histories. Countries and nations are political entities.

    -Remove EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth, because it’s a ride about the history of communication, and both history and communication are political concepts.

    -Actually, just remove the rest of EPCOT altogether, because the promotion of scientific progress is itself a political act.

    -Remove Disney’s California Adventure, because it’s a park themed on the state of California, which is itself a political entity.

    -Remove Haunted Mansion because it has ghosts. Ghosts are too controversial because it implies life after death, and there’s debate between religious groups and non-religious ones about its existence. It’s a driver behind quite some political strife even today, and thus is a political issue. Also, the house was always shown to be from the 19th century, which means it’s historical (and thus political)

    -Remove all mention of religion in Disney parks and media. Because again, too political.

    -Remove every castle in the parks, because castles were built as fortifications to defend against wars in medieval times, meaning its very design was based on politics.

    -Remove Splash Mountain. Yes, the current Splash Mountain, because it’s based on a movie inspired by the ‘Uncle Remus’ books, both of which are racially (and thus politically) controversial, and are based on a time period after the Civil War.

    – Remove ALL Disney parks, movies and TV shows, because art itself is built on ideologies, and requires an audience’s interpretation based on their own past experiences, and their own opinions/knowledge about the world. Art itself is political.

    -You know what? Just trash the Walt Disney Company altogether, because corporations are political entities governed by laws. Also, it was founded by a man with capitalist ideals, who promoted anti-unionism and stood in front of the House of UnAmerican Activities to testify about alleged communist. Also, he turned his entire studio into a propaganda wing for the U.S. during WWII (starring his characters, no less), and later promoted world peace while the U.S. and Soviets were about to blow each other up. Such a political man, and yet not only is his image everywhere in Disney parks and media, but his name is LITERALLY in the company’s name. Why? Disney doesn’t need these ridiculous politics.

    1. Logan Hatfield

      this is probably the stupidest thing i have ever seen in my 5 years of being in the disney community do you not understand how much of classics splash mountain and haunted mansion are?

      1. Franklin

        Sorry, sir, it’s just too much politics. They’ve gotta go.

  9. You are not a Christian

    Imagine writing this comment and thinking you’re a Christian lmao. Jesus was a socialist who washed the feet of prostitutes. You’re just a racist POS

  10. Logan Hatfield

    this is probably the stupidest thing i have ever seen in my 5 years of being in the disney community do you not understand how much of classics splash mountain and haunted mansion are?

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