I agree with you, however in the case of Anheuser the people retaliated, not the government. I think that’s where things get murky. Write the laws, enforce the laws, but let people make their own decisions.
Government making laws to quell freedom of speech, either from a single person, group, or in this case a company is very dangerous and against our first amendment rights, regardless if you agree or not.
The issue is a high level elected government official is using tax payer money regardless of the source to send migrants to other states, pay for multiple legal disputes, and passes whatever law suits their purpose at the time. And this is done knowing full well that it isn’t coming from their pocket but the people’s pockets.
The media cannot “quell” free speech. The Constitution guarantees the right of the people to speak out against GOVERNMENT. Thus this law suit by Disney against the state of Florida…initiated by Gov. DeSantis’ retaliation against Disney for speaking out against the “Don’t Say Gay”law.
DeSantis is acting like a dictator. Criticism of our leaders is a right Americans and DeSantis does not have the right to retaliate against anyone. That’s what dictators do.
To think it all started with a mouse … Choosing to accept all people as partners in joyous living. With NO judgment, only fun and laughter for any age, any gender, and any lifestyle. O Mickey!
Everybody here needs to read history because history repeats itself Alexander the Great is entire army was an army of gay men because he felt if they loved each other they would fight harder for each other everything in this country that’s wrong has happened before in other empires and it will go away whether it’s through civil war on land or famine it changes.
If you’re take away from history is that one of the largest empires in history fell because some of the men in the army were gay….well, that’s an American education for you, I guess.
If you two are thinking Anheuser Busch was the one in the wrong, then perhaps you need glasses. AB is not concerned about what you do with their products after the sale has happened, only that sales of their products actually happen. By taking the products out in a backyard and blowing them to little bits only proves that these people are short sighted, ignorant to their own behavior and so self absorbed by themselves that they are unable to see that everyone else is looking at them and laughing AT them. The purpose of advertising is to get people to buy your products. AB clearly fulfilled this purpose.
Their stock is up 20% over where it was a year ago…so I’m guessing their stockholders are okay with it (stockholders like Trump! Who is a stockholder…which is why his son was telling people to stop trashing them lol).
I support DISNEY!! DeSantis’ action is retaliation against their political views, and a clear-cut case of a violation against freedom of speech.
DeSantis should e focused on real problems facing Floridians–housing costs, skyrocketing home insurance rates, homelessness, and numerous other issues. He-s behaving like a 5th grade bully.
People don’t understand Disney came in in the 60s when Florida was not a state they demanded things that no other state would give them like governing their own area they do not deserve to govern their own area to have their own Police department have their own fire department to have their own building department they should be paying taxes like the rest of Florida does.
So Florida wasn’t a state in the 60’s? You need to fact check your history. And Disney pays Hugh taxes. In fact they are the ‘largest’ taxpayers in Florida.
lol oh bless your heart. What on earth are you on about? Also, might want to check out ‘The Villages’ in Florida, or one of the 1400 other ‘
special districts’. DeSantis targeted Disney for speaking out, plain and simple. 200 other corporations did the same, of course, but we haven’t heard much about them…
Desantis should be focusing on Florida’s problems instead of attacking one of the largest revenue producing companies in the state. Florida will go into its own major recession because his ego is here.
My belief this is a child that didn’t get his way so he’s going to cause a war that’s what I see here. It’s sad you’re going into a war with Disney just because you didn’t get your way really . What happened to freedom of speech? In my eyes are Governors having a meltdown because he didn’t get his way. Are my tax dollars being used to fight this battle. At the end of it all Floridians are the ones that are going to suffer the consequence of all this people will be getting laid off. And I’m sure once they get laid off that our governor is not going to employ them or raise the unemployment so we can live until we find another job. And no one wants to live on the measly 275 unemployment gives us I make that in one day. Mr DeSantis you continue to fight Disney people will get laid off make them employment payment enough for people to survive until they get a new job too worried about Disney worry about the people of Florida the ones that live here and work there and everywhere else wake up smell the coffee
Open your eyes get involved with your school take a look at “mandated curriculum and standards”
As a retired teacher and administrator, it’s not a myth.
I used to teach in the school’s in Florida. You are incorrect. It’s not happening. You are out of touch and sound like you are supporting the religious right control over lives like in the 50s. It doesn’t fly nowadays. This is a new time.
If you want indoctrination check out the christian religion. They are the indoctrinated ones. I see them everywhere stepping on other people’s rights because they are so sure they are righteous.
DeSantis has a god complex! He needs to realize people have the right to speak their mind no matter if it’s against the government or against thy neighbor it’s our constitutional rights. The Santa’s just got his little feelings hurt by Disney so he wants to act like a child and take and go against them. He is trying to take away people rights. Tell you what you and your children can do and if he doesn’t like it he has a fit . I wish Disney would just pack up and move to another state. That will appreciate them to bring the business to there state.
How are they being indoctrinated? Because they will see that there are different people in the world and everyone should have equal rights? It’s better then learning hate.
When they say they’re being indoctrinated, they mean they are not being indoctrinated in christian mythology. So they must be being indoctrinated in some other way. People like this cant precive a world outside their own perversions. They assume its everyone. Not just them
Everyone has equal rights but as an American you shouldn’t throw off this gay stuff at children. It’s in cartoons, they have men beating real women in sports. When will we put a stop to this madness. If my daughter train every day for a sport she loves and that day finally came and find out she his to go against a man. That’s not right. Just because you grow your hair and have surgery your still a man. You can have children and your social security number will not change. If you go to prison you will be with men. So yes they need to draw the line.
There is NO proof of kid being indoctrinated. Show me! DeSantis is making it up because of his homophobia. Priest make more sexual abuse than drag queens. Wake up FL. (woke)
Have you not heard that teachers in certain schools counsel students in transgenderism and encourage students who are not happy with their assigned sex to consider converting to transgenderism without the knowledge of the parents
So now they are making laws saying is illegal for school systems to do this.
People who have opposing viewpoints on homosexuality or transgenderism often are not allowed and to convey their viewpoints. One student who is 12 years old wore a t-shirt saying there were two genders male and female. He was total to leave but fortunately they ruled that he could express his opinion through his t-shirt. So freedom of speech is a myth and is allowed only if you speak and believe in the worldview that opposes Christianity. Christianity cannot be taught in schools and that is probably a good thing but the whole philosophy is a lot to be taught in schools so there’s no parity in viewpoints.
Why is there so much emphasis on these sexual deviations when such a small minority have them?
What if 90% of the population was homosexual? The population of the US would diminish and eventually die out.
We need to go back to God’s definition of marriage between a man and a woman.
All people were created for the gender than God desired for them. Those that want to change their gender will eventually have mental problems breakdowns and a high rate of suicide.
So, in conclusion , We could spit in the wind, tug on Superman’s cape, or defy God’s commandments. We have that choice but then we must live with the consequences
It’s not just about singling transgenderism. Once you exclude a group because of their differences, that opens the door for excluding others. Jesus preached unconditional love, did he not? Critics say things like if everyone turns gay, humanity will cease to exist. That same group then says why do gays deserve fairness, they’re such a small group anyways. If the LGBTQ group is so small that they don’t deserve representation, then there should be no concern that equal representation represents an existential threat. America was never meant to be a Christians only, whites only, straights only nation. America is a melting pot, diversity and acceptance creates strength.
This is about freedom of speech. Disney did not build a facility to perform or pay for these treatments. Only expressing that it doesnt agree with Disantis. Just like this comment section, we all have the right to voice an opinion. Should your business be atracked or you lose income because you don’t say what i want you to say.
You can not call yourself a Capitalist if you go against the very same Organization that is practically supporting your state economically. The Governor is weaponizing his views and politicizing this Disagreement with Disney. After All, isn’t Freedom of Speech for EVERYONE not only for citizens?
Definitely Disney unless he is going to treat all 1900+ tax districts the same way including The Villages. We certainly don’t have time or want to teach about gay rights. It is irrelevant to even discuss let alone become a law.
Yes we need more people on the left who run cities like New York Washington DC San Francisco LA and all the other rundown holes in the wall across the country we should bring that to Florida shouldn’t we please spare me. Liberals are a threat to Americans freedom and a civil society. They seem to prefer riots violence killings and district attorneys who let criminals walk the streets after having done heinous crimes multiple heinous crimes Yes give us some more of that ignorant liberalism bring it on we love it.
Yeah! Bunches of those people joined the Jan 6th tourist visit to our nation’s Capitol, threatened to kill the Vice President and left several people dead and scores injured including the Proud Boys whose leader is a Floridian. We need more “tourists” like that from the State of Florida. You really have been brainwashed by Fox News, the Mar-a-Lago moron and every other extreme fascist social media website.
Your list of so-called facts are complete fabrication but Hunter biden’s laptop wasn’t but I’m sure you believed it was because you were listening to all those liberal networks who swore that laptop was Russian disinformation well now we know the truth don’t we you keep listening to those in the tank liberal networks. Good luck with that
With so much turmoil going on in the US, this is the battle he chooses to waste the majority of his time and taxpayer money on 🙄 He’s like a toddler having a tantrum because HIS view is not bowed down to. I just can’t with that crazy unhinged man and I’m not even a Disney fan. GO AWAY DeKrampis! I can’t believe there are people out there that support him, it’s insanity at its finest
Tom——Well said!
Apparently these folks have not read the reports of the harm that these hormone repressing drugs are doing to children’s health. Also, when I was a kid the schools needed a signed permission slip from parents for the school nurse to give you AN ASPIRIN!
Parents decisions about what medications were administered to their children were respected! Now state seems to feel the parents have none of those rights anymore!
The irony of you calling others ignorant…did you go to school in Florida, because if so, they have a lot more to worry about than the “indoctrination” of children! Perhaps they should address the fact that they need to “indoctrinate” their students to the concepts of grammar. If they are using and teaching correct grammar and punctuation in their schools then you are proof that indocteration is a myth because it failed dismally!
Phil
Only one person died on that day and she was basically ambushed and executed . Ray Epps who can be seen and heard encouraging people to storm gates and entering the capital has never been arrested nor charged, Why?
I assume you are happy with the Dems in power now. I for one and millions of other people are not influenced by any news group or one single political party. We do our own research and THINK for ourselves.
Courage is NOT needed to be FREE. FREEDOM is all you need to be free and DeSatan will run the lives of your whole family. You will not be able to make decisions for yourself. Maybe you would LIKE that, but many do not. DeSatans book title is completely wrong. It should be “Freedom is not going to happen for anyone if i become pres. Florida is where Freedom goes to DIE.
If you want indoctrination check out the christian religion. They are the indoctrinated ones. I see them everywhere stepping on other people’s rights because they are so sure they are righteous.
Can’t We All Get Along.
I Thought This Was The UNITED STATE of AMERICA.
Why Do We The People Allow All These Political Hacks (both parties included) Destroy Our Country .
Wake up People or We’ll Be Dieting On Borscht or Dim Sum.
Close enough, this polarizing crap has gone far enough if we cant find a middle ground we are done as a country and a people i don’t give a crap what your granpa did to my granpa and vice versa
TIRED…I agree completely with you. I don’t care if you are white, black, brown or periwinkle. Christian, Hindu, Catholic, Atheist or Agnostic. Identify as a male, female, none, both or a frickin’ jet plane.
We are UNITED! Or at least we should be. We need to respect people and just be kind to each other. Other than that I have one thing left to say….
LONG LIVE LIILBET! L³
So you would rather have Disney leave take its jobs form 1000’s of employees, killing the economy and small businesses that rely on the tourist money to live and thrive. If Disney leaves Ron deSatin will have officially killed this state. Talking about liberals taking your freedoms, what freedom? Ron deathsentance has taken that away with his fascist policies. Let me guess, you are not a women who lost her body automimy, or a POC including NATIVE Americans. Or a child who wants to be taught the truth in history, not the whitewashed crap that’s I being spoon fed to them. Ahh u must be a white man who enjoys all the lies that help your kind sleep well at night and makes you believe you are better than. G.A.L. Florida will recover once old these old white boomers are with their sky daddy. THIS DEMOCRACY will survive after the lying cheating (R) are done bring our country into the worst recession we have ever seen. Wait till you are standing in line to pay $15,000 for a loaf of bread, like the Chinese yen. When all your money is worth 1 cent on the dollar. We will be on a even playing ground then
You people like “Tom” Talk about the “KeftWing” cities, Open Your Eyes yo The Right! Jim Jordans Cleveland Ohio is FAR Worse in Crime then NYC! Look st what’s Happening in Gov Abbotts Texas!
Come On Now!!
Now DeSantis Using Taxpayer Money For This Stunt🙄
Ya OK Tom……
You sound like most conservatives Tom, absolutely clueless. Tallahassee has been ranked among the most dangerous cities in AMERICA, NOT JUST FLORIDA. So, you might want to not throw shade at other cities because they don’t vote like you. Hell, Florida is home to the 3rd and 5th most dangerous cities in America. Just another MORON with a platform to boost his bigotry. I’m sure you believe liberals are to blame for your miserable life.
Chapek fired the first volley when he said that Disney would financially back all Legislators who would repeal the bill. Basically, insinuating that Disney was big enough to buy Florida State government. Big business needs to stay out of politics. This is why our country is suffering!
The country is suffering under the “leadership” of morons like DeSantis who don’t care how much hurt they cause their constituents. Who do you think is going to end up paying for all of the lawsuits that DeSantis will continue to lose in court? The taxpayers of Florida will end up footing the bill.
Except the “indoctrination” isn’t real…most of the instruction takes place in the college years. Also if a person is transgender you won’t change them by ignoring it. Let parents handle it!!
Clearly you don’t have school age children, or know anyone currently going to college to become an elementary age teacher. I deal with both and the indoctrination is very real, even in TX.
That is a fabrication. My Elementary Gra n dchildren are fine. No indoctrination there you know why? They have parents who actually parent. They resent the Government trying to control their children. Parents can and do have the choice not let a child read a book. Not to bring a child to drag shows. Not to expose their children to transgender. Parents not the Government
Agree with you!! He’s been the worst Governor we’ve had. He’s having all these laws passed because he knows they’ll be past in Tallahassee because Republicans have the majority. All these insane bills it’s so sad that some are regretting voting for him.
And those Tallahassee republicans are blindly voting for fir and with him. He has not announced his intention to run for president cause he’s waiting to sign the bill which states he does not have to resign his position as governor to run for president. He’s setting a dangerous precedent, please wake up fellow Floridians, read these bills that are being proposed and signed.
And you would have a problem with that bill being signed what would be the problem with that bill I could only imagine if the governor was a Democrat then it would be just fine
You mean he’s passing laws like oh let’s say the Biden administration was able to do when they had full governance of the country but it’s not okay for the governor of Florida to do the same. Funny how people’s views of the government changes when they’re preferred political party is not in power
Ask Disney! They are fighting because they are losing a privilege not a right!
Yes Disney is making the people of Florida pay! Disney does not care about you people in Florida just like they don’t care about the people in California.
Disney was given a privilege by the state a lot like driving! If the state wants they can take that privilege away!
Disney became a political entity rather than a business who then tried to overthrow the will of the people of the state of Florida That’s what they did wrong Disney attempted to use their power and money to subvert the governance of the state of Florida
And don’t forget: Disney is the biggest employer in Florida. Who will employ these people if Disney checks out of Florida as DeSantis suggested.. either way, if this nuisance continues, American families will pay the bill, one way or the other..
I love reading the ignorant belligerent angry outright lies of you leftist on this comment blog this is exactly why all of your leftist cities and states are falling apart you people are so pathetic it’s laughable. Meanwhile the state of Florida under the great Ron DeSantis leadership is one of the very best run states in the country Open your eyes get a grip and look at reality
Those falling apart cities pay to keep you waist deep in Miller High Life, little Tommy, and pay for the roads to the Tractor Pull Hoe Down where you met and fell in love with your cousin. We’ll keep making the money that allows you to live, you keep shaking your stick at those damn kids on your damn lawn, cutie pie.
Do you actually believe the words you write? I think you do, that’s the scary part is that there’s tons of people like you. It’s my way or the highway and I’m going to stick to my guns even when I’m proven wrong. Ignorance is bliss.l and the government as a whole in general keeping us divided is what is going to break this country.
And I say a corporation that attempts to subvert the will of the people through its duly elected officials is a very big problem for the state of Florida and that’s why Ron DeSantis took it on. The only people I see upset about it are those who do not like the fact that Disney has now been challenged
Wrong! Disney agreed to invest billions of dollars in central Florida based upon the state’s agreement to allow Disney to manage its business without outside interference. Disney turned 29,000 acres of central Florida swampland, and pampas into a world tourist Mecca, creating hundreds of thousands of good jobs in the central Florida area when you add in all of the hotels, restaurants and shops needed to service those tourists, and all of the professional businesses and schools, hospitals etc. needed to service those employees. Now, Gov. De Satan in a fit of pique and his puppet legislatue have breached that agreement and are trying to crush Disney for exercising its constitutional right under the first amendment to speak out about legislation which it believed would have a negative impact on Disney, its employees and citizens of the state. And, it’s curious that Desatan and his puppet legislature only acted against Disney when The Villages (a hotbed of Republican voters) and Daytona race track (a hotbed of MAGA racing fans) enjoy the very same self-governing privileges and no action was taken against them. Sounds a little like selective enforcement and retribution to me. But, don’t youcare about equal application of the law?
I believe when Disney was first built the word billions never was promised to do investing it may have become billions years later That’s for one for second it is unrealistic to think that a corporation can come into a state take over thousands of acres and then claim itself to be autonomous that agreement should have been changed decades ago it is plainly ridiculous The citizens of Florida deserve better than that and the rules have to be changed for Disney. That privilege must no longer exist it’s time for Disney to leave the fairy tale land and come into reality enjoying the rest of the citizenship of the State of Florida
Then you agree the same law should apply to The Villages and to Daytona race track as apply to Disney. Please write your Governor and your legislators and ask them to amend the law so it just doesn’t apply to Disney. I will be happy to support your efforts. In the meantime, since you appear to believe in the equal application of law to all citizens (and Disney is a corporate citizen of Florida) can you at least agree that singling out Disney for punishment for exercising its constitutional right to speak (your Supreme Court, not mine) was wrong?
Throughout all of this back and forth discussion, how many of you live in Florida? DeSantis continually says this whole thing with Disney is the will of the voters, but I do not remember his personal agenda being on any ballots. Disney has done a lot to build the state into a top tourist destination, employing thousands while doing so. Singling out Disney because they didn’t support his views are signs of a dictatorship. Signing a bill to stay in office and run for president. Banning books, college curriculums being under his control. Come on we regressing and taking away freedom of speech. Are these the goals we have for our country, a dictatorship that changes our federal government at personal whims?
I would be fine if Florida took away their special status. But it shouldn’t happen because they oppose you politically.
That’s one thing people hate about China. If you disagree with the government, they will hurt your business
I have to side with Disney here…DeSantis is off his rocker thinking that the so-called “woke agenda” is not only real, but that it’s a bad thing ruining our country…grow up Ron!!!!😡
The Woke agenda is not only real but attempts to bully and threaten others on a daily basis and one would have to be completely blind and death and unable to read Braille to truly think that’s not going on. And part of the strategy on the left is to pretend it doesn’t exist sort of like The news media pretending Hunter biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation and Joe Biden really doesn’t have some form of dementia let’s just deny reality and if we say it enough people will come to believe us That’s your liberal playbook in a nutshell. Thankfully every day more and more Americans have caught on to this nonsense. So name calling and insulting a great governor will no longer work using nasty dirty lies and tricks. The American public are on to it
In case you haven’t noticed, the Justice Department is investigating Hunter Biden and might very well decide to prosecute him if it can find sufficient evidence to prove he committed a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. As for “name calling and insulting”, what do you consider accusing our “great” president of having “some form of dementia” to be? By the way, I can’t read Braille. Can you? And, if so, is it because you are blind to reality?
How someone could seriously make the statement that you just made about Ron DeSantis when you have cities in this country all run by left liberal Democrats and they are falling apart they have nothing but the most heinous problems this country has going on right now just shows your either lack of understanding or just plain arrogance and allegiance to a party that is in disarray. Love to listen to the rants of the angry left who want what they want at all cost it’s laughable
Democrat and Republican politicians use the courts every single day in this country to get what they want accomplished that is how our system of government is set up it’s supposed to help justice to be done in a fair and honest way That’s what the court systems are for your argument about taxpayers footing the bill is one that is incredibly insignificant. All taxpayers pay for the litigation of our government everywhere in this country every single day
Tom Tom. you
know it’s damn hard to argue with someone who just makes stuff up as he goes along. Hunter is not the antichrist, red states are filled with poverty and gun deaths. They are supported by blue states like a lazy ex spouse and have no desire to learn actual facts and your hypocrisy is just off the charts. Oh wait…you also sound like a paid Russian troll.
Con forget her beloved “Citizens United”, which gave corporations the same 1st Amendment rights as people, including freedom of speech, and the right to donate to the candidate of their choice?
True but freedom of speech is not being taken away, is it?
At what point did the Governor say Disney could not speak?
Florida is taking away Disney’s privilege kind of like driving it’s a privilege, not a right, and can be taken away!
Disney believes they own Florida and don’t care how much tax money the people of Florida have to pay so they can keep their privilege that they feel is a right!
It’s not being taken away, but it IS being retaliated against, which ALSO violates first amendment rights…Disney made a statement and Ron is attacking them for it…all the blame falls on him for any tax payer loss here.
Taking a stand against a maniacal corporation is not retaliation just because a corporation dresses up in cute suits and sings silly songs does not make them a good company as Disney has now proven
So what are you saying that we should all bow down to Disney and live in fear of the giant corporation that makes billions of dollars a year I certainly hope that’s not what you’re saying
…and we do this by overturning Citizens United, which enables big business and other countries to funnel unlimited funds to corrupt “businessmen” and politicicans who think they can govern by dictating what people can read, say, or do with their body.
So, you’re saying that government didn’t fire the first shot, with overreach into people’s personal freedom to express themselves how they choose, and not how government tells them they have to?
I agree, but it’s how the entire system works. Big businesses have think tanks, lobbyists, or public appeal to force government. Private prisons, guns, drugs are the most egregious. In the past we had ads that smoking and sugar were good for you. Now the same people are saying climate change isn’t real.
Wrong! Disney agreed to invest billions of dollars in central Florida based upon the state’s agreement to allow Disney to manage its business without outside interference. Disney turned 29,000 acres of central Florida swampland, and pampas into a world tourist Mecca, creating hundreds of thousands of good jobs in the central Florida area when you add in all of the hotels, restaurants and shops needed to service those tourists, and all of the professional businesses and schools, hospitals etc. needed to service those employees. Now, Gov. De Satan and his puppet legislature are
Wrong! Disney agreed to invest billions of dollars in central Florida based upon the state’s agreement to allow Disney to manage its business without outside interference. Disney turned 29,000 acres of central Florida swampland, and pampas into a world tourist Mecca, creating hundreds of thousands of good jobs in the central Florida area when you add in all of the hotels, restaurants and shops needed to service those tourists, and all of the professional businesses and schools, hospitals etc. needed to service those employees. Now, Gov. De Satan and his puppet legislature in a fit of pique are taking their petty vengeance out on Disney for exercising its First Amendment Constitutional right to speak out on an issue of public importance which might affect it, its employees and their families, and its millions of customers from all over the world. If Gov. DeSatan and his puppets cared about fairness, they would apply the same law to The Villages (a hotbed of Republican voters and support) and the Daytona race track(a hotbed of MAGA racing fans) which have the same contractual rights as Disney, but those are Republican venues, so they don’t.
Disney only used a conservative backed court decision. Citizens United, where conservatives argued that corporations had free speech protected just like people. Liberals tried arguing that businesses shouldn’t be allowed to use their money and clout, but were shut down. Now they are paying by conservatives’ rules and winning, so they are being told to keep out of politics
Beginning in 1886, corporations were recognized as individuals & given 14th Amendment rights. In 2010, Citizens United vs. FEC recognized 1st Amendment Protection for corporations. Also in 2010, SpeechNow.org vs. FEC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit cited the Citizens United decision & struck down limits on the amount that individuals could give to organizations that supported candidates. PACs had been limited to $5,000 per person per year. Because of that ruling, “Super PACs” emerged. So did a mockery of the fairness & transparency of contributions. The courts treatment of these so-called corporations is a tremendous jump. Perhaps Ralph Nader was right when he said we need a constitutional amendment that declares that corporations are not persons and are only entitled to statutory protections. “Only then will the Constitution become the exclusive preserve of those whom the Framers sought to protect: real people.”
In the meantime, Disney not only does Disney win, as protected “free speech,” it can contribute to the Human Rights Campaign!
As you said… It was GIVEN to Disney, not LOANED to Disney. Once you GIVE something to somebody it BELONGS to THEM! you don’t have the right to take it back.
What “constitutional right” isanyone proposing to “take away from 50+ million people”? The only thing that possibly comes to mind ate possible restrictions on the purchase of weapons of war owned by people who are not members of “a well regulated militia” which have been used over and over in this country to kill thousands of innocent people. If that’s not the right you are referring to, please enlighten, don’t just throw out bs propaganda.
DeSantis needs to go! He’s such a control freak and this is nothing more than getting even because of their comment in support of the gay rights!
He has shown his childish tantrums and retaliation antics dozens of times!
Her is a fascist dictator and he also keeps conveniently passing laws to cover up his antics. Such as passing a bill to allow himself to be able to run for president without resigning. Which of course means all of his time will again be spent on nothing to support our state.
Also to block any access to what money he is spending to travel to Japan? And all of this massive amount of money that he is spent fighting Disney? We’re paying for this as taxpayers and when he loses, he will have to reimburse Disney.
He also destroyed the lives of 20 people that were arrested because the voted legally! The judge threw these cases out, but not before a lot of these lost their jobs and it ruined their lives. They were felons that had chosen to turn their lives around and most were doing well until this senseless political act ruined their lives!
Is this the sign of a Christian man?
Disney CEO offered to sit and talk to him. He doesn’t. Why? Only God knows. He’s giving people
Dictatorship vibes. Can’t disagree with someone without being crucified or physically attacked has become the new norm. People used to disagree before and still be friends or get along. So sad the direction we’re going in society.
DeSantis will not negotiate. He has nothing to lose! He can’t run again for governor. He’s pre-campaigning for president & the taxpayers of Florida are footing the bill.
Desantis needs to go. He has taken up valuable time and wdtes it with this nonsense. What happened to free speech? Disney hs 5hw legal right to disagree with this governor, and he threatens to use tax payer funds to retaliate. No honor there.
DeSantis needs to go, period. He has done nothing to truly help Florida or the people. He has turned Florida into a dictatorship and is nothing more than a hypocrite and bully.
I absolutely cannot stand that cat turd DeSantis! All he is doing is bullying everyone including Disney and the people of Florida. His policies suck worse than he does
DeSantis is why we live freely in Florida. Moved from California where government controls all aspects of one’s life. So sad that DeSantis bill to protect young ones from sexually explicit exposure was very maliciously labeled Don’t say gay as it does not reflect the true meaning/purpose of the bill. Wake up parents as DeSantis is trying to give parental control back to you!
Agree.. if you don’t want your children to be exposed to Disney content, don’t take your children to Disney.. this is not public school – parents have a choice!
Go Disney shame on DeSantis there so many other things he can be doing for the people it is obvious he doesn’t care about the people of Florida he only cares about himself and no one else
Desantis must go. I am a Republican and I will never vote for a bully who is legally, politically, and morally wrong. This is nothing more than a retaliatory attack on a company that does not deserve it. The federal court must restore the RCID to the way it was. Period
Disney is standing up for constitutional rights. Right Desantis feels he can strip from people. Anyone or any business that doesn’t agree w him gets punished somehow. He went after Disney for a statement. He is firing people that don’t deserve to be fired. Desantis is wasting money on trying to be a dictator! Try lowering insurance rates stop taking insurance money. Start lowering rents help people who no longer have homes due to disasters! Protect our water. Stop trying to hide what you are doing Desantis. You are turning into a crook.
Talk about the weaponization of government! His “unwoke” actions clearly show he has his very own special way to weaponize his government but is also dumb enough to try and look tough by putting it in his blow hard book. Makes him look weaker than Minnie Mouse! He’s ridiculous & God help us all should he become President!!
You know the old saying “cut off your nose to spite your face”. That’s the idiot DeSantis in a nutshell. He’s fighting a war he can’t win, all because his little feelings were hurt!
Please forgive me! I made a HUGE mistake in 2020; I voted for DeSantis. I promise that will NEVER happen again. I wouldn’t trust that dictator to clean my cat’s litter box!
Desantis is a moron dictator
The Florida legislature are nothing but a puppet.
He try to bully every with his bubble head . He have no common sense at and no brain .
He will never be a president and he will go in history as the worst dictator in Florida.
Disney put Florida on the map with all the tourists and job that was provided, let Disney just declares that they will move out of florida and see what will happened. 3 states already asked them to move or build another park there .
I can’t stand that tyrants and his bullies I never voted for him and never will.
Former CEO Chapek of Disney should have never said a word. He did and Disney being smart he was removed.
DeSantis is an ass for going after Disney and he should be removed.
“IMPEACH DESANTIS” tees coming soon!!
Democracy? Seems like we are controlled by politicians, who think their best is best for everyone. Watch out who you put in office. Could bite us all in the place where it hurts the worst/most.
It’s not indoctrination it is educating. It is teaching childrenwhen they are young not to fear or hate because aa person is different. Comes from a different family structure. Mr. DeSantis CV shows him to be an educated man. But what educated poltician would take on his states largest employer. Disney directly employs 160,000 people. That is not counting people employed in the surrounding areas. Whatif this ifrastructure bill when implimented disrupts Disney’s operations. What if those disruptions cause Disney to just cloe down and layoff those 160.000 employee’s. Stay closed till they get everything resolved. Now he is involved in lawsuits that there is no winning in court or the court of public opinion.
Mr. DeSantis will learn. If he plays his cards right maybe he can get an ajoining cell with DJT at Club Fed.
DeSantis is wasting our tax money on non sense. He should waste just a portion of his time on Fort Myers recovery from Hurricane Ian and Ft. Lauderdale recovery from the flood. He is wasting thousands of tax dollars on his personal hatred.
I support DeSantis and I used to love Disney. If you are ok with teaching sexual Ideology to kids and supporting the woke
Corporation of California with a clear mission of “teaching” children their message under the guise of inclusion then I question your motives. Leave that decision. To the parents. Not the government.
Was this in the news? If it were true about the library than isn’t DeSantis responsible. Why are the books there. Funny how this came up as an issue around velectiob tine
It makes him look petty and vindictive. Disney has more resources and leverage. He just earned big donations to anyone who ever runs against him in the future. Best plater on their team. Worst on his.
To say that the florida Governor is a moron would be an understatement. Let’s go Ron… If you let this get to the federal court you’re gonna be chewed up and spit Out.
Go DeSantis! Let’s get rid of the entire first amendment, both free speech and freedom of religion. All of America just one church allowed. Probability Catholic, 6 of the nine Supreme Court justices are Catholic, and the President is Catholic. Every American will give 10% to Pope. — I’m just kidding. DeSantis is a fool to have gotten himself in this mess.
No governor should rule over any company other than his own. De Santis is a tyrant who abuses his power repeatedly!!! He is a joke!!! He needs to be removed from public office!!!
Is Disney butthurt learning that they are not a nation state, but just regular types who will follow laws, rather than make their own. It’s about time someone knocked a rogue big business like Disney to it’s butt. Y’all ain’t special…..live with it.
So you remember the last time we had a book banner/ burner. They want the uneducated to fall in place with lies. Changing laws to fit there needs. Changing voting laws, Texas. With one liberty removed and a compliance by the people soon all will be taken. A person in public office should not force the people to follow their ideas.
If it’s true about the library than why did Ron let that happen? He is the governor. He was to busy campaigning for himself to deal with the real issues like repair of Florida, gas shortage, aid for victims.
I support DISNEY!! DeSantis’ action is retaliation against their political views, and a clear-cut case of a violation against freedom of speech.
DeSantis should e focused on real problems facing Floridians–housing costs, skyrocketing home insurance rates, homelessness, and numerous other issues. He-s behaving like a 5th grade bully.
DeSantis is delusional if he believes Florida can continue functioning by replacing Disney World and offering just sunshine and hurricanes. This matter is hurting the state by raising prices for Disney tourists; yes, Disney passes along their costs to fight this battle to their guests. The fix? Replace DeSantis..
It’s clear cut government retaliation. Desantis is wrong for so many levels! It’s a clear attempt to retaliate against a company who voiced a right to disagree with a governing body, of which the constitution clearly states we should be free from. Go get him, and the board! We want freedom from fear of retaliation of our government for standing up for what we believe!
No one cares what weird things adults do, as long as they are not harming others, but indoctrinating children with this nonsense is just wrong. They are children, my God let them be innocent as long as possible.Disney putting this weirdo crap in the cartoons and promoting this is just dead wrong! DeSantis is clearly doing the right thing to protect children.
I’m curious how children in schools are being indoctrinated when teachers are mandated to follow a state created curriculum and use state approved textbooks. If you are foolish enough to believe this hoax crap about indoctrination maybe you all need to pay a visit to a school and sit and learn, because apparently you missed the lesson the first time.
It’s unfortunate that our country and out state has come to this. Florida recently passed a law that children cannot learn about menstruation in school before middle school. First of all there are NO curriculum standards in Florida about menses. And…girls start menstruating as early as 8 years old, which is 3rd grade. I’m really really sick of people, men in particular, who have NO clue how a woman’s body works making laws about women’s bodies and not just what you can and can’t do but now what you can and can’t say. So much for Florida being the ‘freedom’ state. We are free to shut up and let this jackass governor spend our tax dollars chasing his dream to be president. Meanwhile my property taxes have doubled as have my homeowners insurance. Desantis can go to….we’ll anywhere but here just go away.
DikSatan is going to get his testicals hit so hard they are going to pop out of his mouth, stick a fancy toothpick in them and drop them in their very dry Martini’s and enjoy watching DikSatan slither away from Disney property as the sign says “See you real soon!”
God didn’t define marriage. The institution of marriage was created by man thousands of years ago as a social construct comparable to modern day child support and inheritance laws. Marriage was invented to solve a social problem at a time when there were no paternity tests. If ten men have sex with a woman, imagine the fighting that would ensue when she gives birth to a son. In 2023, a DNA test can tell you who the father is with ease. On the other hand, if ten men have sex with a man, it won’t produce a child. That’s why marriage was defined as between a man and a woman. It was the only way to reliably establish who the father is. Same sex marriage did not solve a societal problem like hetero marriage did which is why nobody thought about it in ancient times. God doesn’t care who you have sex with or marry. Everyone can go live their life and have sex with whoever they choose whether they marry or not regardless of gender. Life can be a giant orgy and God would be just fine with it.
I hope this derails his presidential bid because this bullying is wrong and he should be chastised for it. Federal Court will teach this man-child how the law really works.
I support the right to voice your opinion without fear of retaliation. DeSantis is just another dictator wannabe who ignores the rights in our constitution.
I stand behind not teaching small children woke ideology and I don’t think Disney as any business being in the middle of a political platform voicing an opinion. On the other hand I think governor Ron DeSantis is butt hurt with their opinion and is becoming a bully toward Disney. They just need to squash their differences and move on to more important business. Like Disney making Disney better and bigger and Ron focusing on what’s best for the county which is so needed.
Comments for “How Dumb Are They?” Disney Using DeSantis’ Memoir Against Him in Court
Johm
Go Santis
Cynthia Johnson
Amen my friend he’s in the right children shouldn’t be indoctrinated in things that should be kept indoors and anheuser busch is learning this lesson!
Steve
I agree with you, however in the case of Anheuser the people retaliated, not the government. I think that’s where things get murky. Write the laws, enforce the laws, but let people make their own decisions.
Jackie
Government making laws to quell freedom of speech, either from a single person, group, or in this case a company is very dangerous and against our first amendment rights, regardless if you agree or not.
Lori
The issue is a high level elected government official is using tax payer money regardless of the source to send migrants to other states, pay for multiple legal disputes, and passes whatever law suits their purpose at the time. And this is done knowing full well that it isn’t coming from their pocket but the people’s pockets.
Verb
All of that has nothing to do with the subject at hand.
Suzanne
How do you feel about the media “quelling” free speech? The media manipulates the narrative and is in lockstep with with progressive politics.
Ethel Mertiz
The media cannot “quell” free speech. The Constitution guarantees the right of the people to speak out against GOVERNMENT. Thus this law suit by Disney against the state of Florida…initiated by Gov. DeSantis’ retaliation against Disney for speaking out against the “Don’t Say Gay”law.
Scott
The human mind is easily manipulated and the media manipulates it in layman’s terms
William R Meyer
Yeah, Fox News
Doreen
Vote blue the GOP are morons
Scott
Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve vote Red Blue needs to leave Florida before the Rednecks rise up
Verb
Go DeSantis!
Carol B
Agree..go far far away DeSatanis
Lynn Roley nn
DeSantis is acting like a dictator. Criticism of our leaders is a right Americans and DeSantis does not have the right to retaliate against anyone. That’s what dictators do.
Scott
I own a big company in Florida and will pay whatever he needs.
Doc Denny
To think it all started with a mouse … Choosing to accept all people as partners in joyous living. With NO judgment, only fun and laughter for any age, any gender, and any lifestyle. O Mickey!
Scott
Everybody here needs to read history because history repeats itself Alexander the Great is entire army was an army of gay men because he felt if they loved each other they would fight harder for each other everything in this country that’s wrong has happened before in other empires and it will go away whether it’s through civil war on land or famine it changes.
Steve
If you’re take away from history is that one of the largest empires in history fell because some of the men in the army were gay….well, that’s an American education for you, I guess.
Mark Martin
If you two are thinking Anheuser Busch was the one in the wrong, then perhaps you need glasses. AB is not concerned about what you do with their products after the sale has happened, only that sales of their products actually happen. By taking the products out in a backyard and blowing them to little bits only proves that these people are short sighted, ignorant to their own behavior and so self absorbed by themselves that they are unable to see that everyone else is looking at them and laughing AT them. The purpose of advertising is to get people to buy your products. AB clearly fulfilled this purpose.
James Wood
Since he’s acting like some casserole down in Cuba
Joe Pettross
Tell that to the stockholders of Anheuser-Busch, oh, and the two employees that lost their job for that ridiculous, inclusive campaign
Steve
Their stock is up 20% over where it was a year ago…so I’m guessing their stockholders are okay with it (stockholders like Trump! Who is a stockholder…which is why his son was telling people to stop trashing them lol).
RALLEN
I support DISNEY!! DeSantis’ action is retaliation against their political views, and a clear-cut case of a violation against freedom of speech.
DeSantis should e focused on real problems facing Floridians–housing costs, skyrocketing home insurance rates, homelessness, and numerous other issues. He-s behaving like a 5th grade bully.
Scott
People don’t understand Disney came in in the 60s when Florida was not a state they demanded things that no other state would give them like governing their own area they do not deserve to govern their own area to have their own Police department have their own fire department to have their own building department they should be paying taxes like the rest of Florida does.
Josh
Out of curiosity when do you think Florida became a state? Because it was 1845, not the 1900s
Bob
Fllrida was not a state???????
Pamela Davidson
Florida was not a state in 1960? I was sure we had 50 stars on the flag in 1960.
Lark Mcgrail
So Florida wasn’t a state in the 60’s? You need to fact check your history. And Disney pays Hugh taxes. In fact they are the ‘largest’ taxpayers in Florida.
Sarge
lol oh bless your heart. What on earth are you on about? Also, might want to check out ‘The Villages’ in Florida, or one of the 1400 other ‘
special districts’. DeSantis targeted Disney for speaking out, plain and simple. 200 other corporations did the same, of course, but we haven’t heard much about them…
BC
Desantis should be focusing on Florida’s problems instead of attacking one of the largest revenue producing companies in the state. Florida will go into its own major recession because his ego is here.
Janette
Definitely!!!! Totally agree!
June
Rallen I agree 100%
Maria
My belief this is a child that didn’t get his way so he’s going to cause a war that’s what I see here. It’s sad you’re going into a war with Disney just because you didn’t get your way really . What happened to freedom of speech? In my eyes are Governors having a meltdown because he didn’t get his way. Are my tax dollars being used to fight this battle. At the end of it all Floridians are the ones that are going to suffer the consequence of all this people will be getting laid off. And I’m sure once they get laid off that our governor is not going to employ them or raise the unemployment so we can live until we find another job. And no one wants to live on the measly 275 unemployment gives us I make that in one day. Mr DeSantis you continue to fight Disney people will get laid off make them employment payment enough for people to survive until they get a new job too worried about Disney worry about the people of Florida the ones that live here and work there and everywhere else wake up smell the coffee
Joe
The entire indoctrination stuff is a myth.
Ray
Open your eyes get involved with your school take a look at “mandated curriculum and standards”
As a retired teacher and administrator, it’s not a myth.
Tonka
I used to teach in the school’s in Florida. You are incorrect. It’s not happening. You are out of touch and sound like you are supporting the religious right control over lives like in the 50s. It doesn’t fly nowadays. This is a new time.
Steve
If you want indoctrination check out the christian religion. They are the indoctrinated ones. I see them everywhere stepping on other people’s rights because they are so sure they are righteous.
Joe
Go woke go broke
Make America Florida
Brad Allen
What is woke anyway?
Rich
DeSantis has a god complex! He needs to realize people have the right to speak their mind no matter if it’s against the government or against thy neighbor it’s our constitutional rights. The Santa’s just got his little feelings hurt by Disney so he wants to act like a child and take and go against them. He is trying to take away people rights. Tell you what you and your children can do and if he doesn’t like it he has a fit . I wish Disney would just pack up and move to another state. That will appreciate them to bring the business to there state.
Raymond
I second that motion, let’s see what happens if they do pa k up and leave.
Doug
Woke is caring about other people. Woke is compassion and empathy, and kindness.
Grace
How are they being indoctrinated? Because they will see that there are different people in the world and everyone should have equal rights? It’s better then learning hate.
Kingrat
When they say they’re being indoctrinated, they mean they are not being indoctrinated in christian mythology. So they must be being indoctrinated in some other way. People like this cant precive a world outside their own perversions. They assume its everyone. Not just them
BK
Thank you.
Barry
Everyone has equal rights but as an American you shouldn’t throw off this gay stuff at children. It’s in cartoons, they have men beating real women in sports. When will we put a stop to this madness. If my daughter train every day for a sport she loves and that day finally came and find out she his to go against a man. That’s not right. Just because you grow your hair and have surgery your still a man. You can have children and your social security number will not change. If you go to prison you will be with men. So yes they need to draw the line.
Tonka
You could create a Commune where everyone thinks like you.
Rurik
True, but is it OK to indoctrinate children in some middle eastern religion?
Phil Mateleven
DeathSantis is going to get spanked in court.
Dan
There is NO proof of kid being indoctrinated. Show me! DeSantis is making it up because of his homophobia. Priest make more sexual abuse than drag queens. Wake up FL. (woke)
Ph
amen. No dictators or liers
John
Have you not heard that teachers in certain schools counsel students in transgenderism and encourage students who are not happy with their assigned sex to consider converting to transgenderism without the knowledge of the parents
So now they are making laws saying is illegal for school systems to do this.
People who have opposing viewpoints on homosexuality or transgenderism often are not allowed and to convey their viewpoints. One student who is 12 years old wore a t-shirt saying there were two genders male and female. He was total to leave but fortunately they ruled that he could express his opinion through his t-shirt. So freedom of speech is a myth and is allowed only if you speak and believe in the worldview that opposes Christianity. Christianity cannot be taught in schools and that is probably a good thing but the whole philosophy is a lot to be taught in schools so there’s no parity in viewpoints.
Why is there so much emphasis on these sexual deviations when such a small minority have them?
What if 90% of the population was homosexual? The population of the US would diminish and eventually die out.
We need to go back to God’s definition of marriage between a man and a woman.
All people were created for the gender than God desired for them. Those that want to change their gender will eventually have mental problems breakdowns and a high rate of suicide.
So, in conclusion , We could spit in the wind, tug on Superman’s cape, or defy God’s commandments. We have that choice but then we must live with the consequences
Steve
There is no God, how about that..
Jim
It’s not just about singling transgenderism. Once you exclude a group because of their differences, that opens the door for excluding others. Jesus preached unconditional love, did he not? Critics say things like if everyone turns gay, humanity will cease to exist. That same group then says why do gays deserve fairness, they’re such a small group anyways. If the LGBTQ group is so small that they don’t deserve representation, then there should be no concern that equal representation represents an existential threat. America was never meant to be a Christians only, whites only, straights only nation. America is a melting pot, diversity and acceptance creates strength.
Lou
Always the victim.
Mike
You realize gay people existing isn’t anymore sexual than hetero people existing right???
C. Swanger
They are not passing laws to suppress your freedom of speech.
William R Meyer
Indoctrinated into what?
Brian
Corporations are defined as individuals and have a right to express their opinion regarding political endeavors without the fear of retribution.
Jwl
This is about freedom of speech. Disney did not build a facility to perform or pay for these treatments. Only expressing that it doesnt agree with Disantis. Just like this comment section, we all have the right to voice an opinion. Should your business be atracked or you lose income because you don’t say what i want you to say.
Ivan Colon
You can not call yourself a Capitalist if you go against the very same Organization that is practically supporting your state economically. The Governor is weaponizing his views and politicizing this Disagreement with Disney. After All, isn’t Freedom of Speech for EVERYONE not only for citizens?
charles
Do you mean children shouldn’t be indoctrinated into such things as religions?
Wendy
Boo to you Johm. You had a bad childhood, no Disney for you growing up.
Kkr
Definitely Disney unless he is going to treat all 1900+ tax districts the same way including The Villages. We certainly don’t have time or want to teach about gay rights. It is irrelevant to even discuss let alone become a law.
Tammy
Agree!
Marilyn
Desantis needs to go!
Tom
Yes we need more people on the left who run cities like New York Washington DC San Francisco LA and all the other rundown holes in the wall across the country we should bring that to Florida shouldn’t we please spare me. Liberals are a threat to Americans freedom and a civil society. They seem to prefer riots violence killings and district attorneys who let criminals walk the streets after having done heinous crimes multiple heinous crimes Yes give us some more of that ignorant liberalism bring it on we love it.
Phil
Yeah! Bunches of those people joined the Jan 6th tourist visit to our nation’s Capitol, threatened to kill the Vice President and left several people dead and scores injured including the Proud Boys whose leader is a Floridian. We need more “tourists” like that from the State of Florida. You really have been brainwashed by Fox News, the Mar-a-Lago moron and every other extreme fascist social media website.
Tom
Your list of so-called facts are complete fabrication but Hunter biden’s laptop wasn’t but I’m sure you believed it was because you were listening to all those liberal networks who swore that laptop was Russian disinformation well now we know the truth don’t we you keep listening to those in the tank liberal networks. Good luck with that
Julie
But, but, but….. Hunter’s laptop.
Ray
How about a Corp. That has no oversight and required safety and EPA oversight. Oh yeah “Labor Laws”
This what He took away .
B
With so much turmoil going on in the US, this is the battle he chooses to waste the majority of his time and taxpayer money on 🙄 He’s like a toddler having a tantrum because HIS view is not bowed down to. I just can’t with that crazy unhinged man and I’m not even a Disney fan. GO AWAY DeKrampis! I can’t believe there are people out there that support him, it’s insanity at its finest
Lrw
Tom——Well said!
Apparently these folks have not read the reports of the harm that these hormone repressing drugs are doing to children’s health. Also, when I was a kid the schools needed a signed permission slip from parents for the school nurse to give you AN ASPIRIN!
Parents decisions about what medications were administered to their children were respected! Now state seems to feel the parents have none of those rights anymore!
Phil Mateleven
What is the “truth” about Hunter Biden’s laptop?
Kaylee
The irony of you calling others ignorant…did you go to school in Florida, because if so, they have a lot more to worry about than the “indoctrination” of children! Perhaps they should address the fact that they need to “indoctrinate” their students to the concepts of grammar. If they are using and teaching correct grammar and punctuation in their schools then you are proof that indocteration is a myth because it failed dismally!
charles
That laptop is useless in a court because there is no chain of custody and it has been in the hands of people who would do anything to assault Biden.
Anita
I agree Phil!
Dale
Phil
Only one person died on that day and she was basically ambushed and executed . Ray Epps who can be seen and heard encouraging people to storm gates and entering the capital has never been arrested nor charged, Why?
I assume you are happy with the Dems in power now. I for one and millions of other people are not influenced by any news group or one single political party. We do our own research and THINK for ourselves.
Steve
She was shot forcing her way into the senate chamber.im glad they shot her.
Lee
Courage is NOT needed to be FREE. FREEDOM is all you need to be free and DeSatan will run the lives of your whole family. You will not be able to make decisions for yourself. Maybe you would LIKE that, but many do not. DeSatans book title is completely wrong. It should be “Freedom is not going to happen for anyone if i become pres. Florida is where Freedom goes to DIE.
C. Swanger
They are not passing laws to suppress your freedom of speech.
Phil Mateleven
Unless you are Disney or want to say the word gay.
Steve
If you want indoctrination check out the christian religion. They are the indoctrinated ones. I see them everywhere stepping on other people’s rights because they are so sure they are righteous.
Mark
On what do you base your assertions. We all would like to see your sources.
TIRED
Can’t We All Get Along.
I Thought This Was The UNITED STATE of AMERICA.
Why Do We The People Allow All These Political Hacks (both parties included) Destroy Our Country .
Wake up People or We’ll Be Dieting On Borscht or Dim Sum.
John
Close enough, this polarizing crap has gone far enough if we cant find a middle ground we are done as a country and a people i don’t give a crap what your granpa did to my granpa and vice versa
Iamsam21970
TIRED…I agree completely with you. I don’t care if you are white, black, brown or periwinkle. Christian, Hindu, Catholic, Atheist or Agnostic. Identify as a male, female, none, both or a frickin’ jet plane.
We are UNITED! Or at least we should be. We need to respect people and just be kind to each other. Other than that I have one thing left to say….
LONG LIVE LIILBET! L³
Nee
DeSantis is nothing but a bully! He got his feelings hurt and now he’s going for revenge! Can you imagine how horrible he’d be as president?!
Jeanne
Agree!!!!!
Lou T
Double agree
M.L.B
Stop drinking from the same Kool aid of ignorance as your ” Fox and friends” …there is more crime per Capita in the South than New York. Smh
Joe
Liberalism and Trans are mental diseases
Anita
Team Disney all the way!!
Frank
DeSantis… Satan in a suit and tie.
Repression, suppression, contempt & control of all people. Sound familiar? History is repeating itself! BEWARE…
R Franklin
So you would rather have Disney leave take its jobs form 1000’s of employees, killing the economy and small businesses that rely on the tourist money to live and thrive. If Disney leaves Ron deSatin will have officially killed this state. Talking about liberals taking your freedoms, what freedom? Ron deathsentance has taken that away with his fascist policies. Let me guess, you are not a women who lost her body automimy, or a POC including NATIVE Americans. Or a child who wants to be taught the truth in history, not the whitewashed crap that’s I being spoon fed to them. Ahh u must be a white man who enjoys all the lies that help your kind sleep well at night and makes you believe you are better than. G.A.L. Florida will recover once old these old white boomers are with their sky daddy. THIS DEMOCRACY will survive after the lying cheating (R) are done bring our country into the worst recession we have ever seen. Wait till you are standing in line to pay $15,000 for a loaf of bread, like the Chinese yen. When all your money is worth 1 cent on the dollar. We will be on a even playing ground then
Shady
Tell me you’ve never left your hometown without telling me you’ve never left your hometown.
Bbob
You forgot men in women’s sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms.
Phil Mateleven
Which doesn’t happen.
Gertrude
Crazy Jim Crow talk
Chootyo
Such sarcasm will be interpreted in court as in favor of Disney by the ‘Morons’ running it.
Jgt
DeSantis is power hungry period
Joe
Liberalism and Trans are mental diseases
love disney
😂😂😂😂😂👎👎👎👎
Brad Allen
have you ever seen Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama?
A country run like those states would be considered 3rd world. You’re just angry bc the cities you hate are too pricey for you.
RC
Have you seen Orlando area crime stats ?
As well Houston’s which matches other areas of the country
Ronnie
You people like “Tom” Talk about the “KeftWing” cities, Open Your Eyes yo The Right! Jim Jordans Cleveland Ohio is FAR Worse in Crime then NYC! Look st what’s Happening in Gov Abbotts Texas!
Come On Now!!
Now DeSantis Using Taxpayer Money For This Stunt🙄
Ya OK Tom……
Steve
Murder rate is higher in Ohio than NYC. HOW ABOUT THAT.
Steve
Murder rate is higher in Columbus Ohio than in NYC. How about that.
William R Meyer
Clearly you don’t realize there are more gun crimes here than in NY.
Ray
You sound like most conservatives Tom, absolutely clueless. Tallahassee has been ranked among the most dangerous cities in AMERICA, NOT JUST FLORIDA. So, you might want to not throw shade at other cities because they don’t vote like you. Hell, Florida is home to the 3rd and 5th most dangerous cities in America. Just another MORON with a platform to boost his bigotry. I’m sure you believe liberals are to blame for your miserable life.
Joseph
Yes he does. The sooner, the better!
Anita
I agree! Team Disney all the way!!
Pam
Absolutely
Todd
Chapek fired the first volley when he said that Disney would financially back all Legislators who would repeal the bill. Basically, insinuating that Disney was big enough to buy Florida State government. Big business needs to stay out of politics. This is why our country is suffering!
Bob
The country is suffering under the “leadership” of morons like DeSantis who don’t care how much hurt they cause their constituents. Who do you think is going to end up paying for all of the lawsuits that DeSantis will continue to lose in court? The taxpayers of Florida will end up footing the bill.
Mouse
Go Mickey! Take that hypocritical DeathSantis down!
Sheila
Except the “indoctrination” isn’t real…most of the instruction takes place in the college years. Also if a person is transgender you won’t change them by ignoring it. Let parents handle it!!
Angie
Clearly you don’t have school age children, or know anyone currently going to college to become an elementary age teacher. I deal with both and the indoctrination is very real, even in TX.
Michele
That is a fabrication. My Elementary Gra n dchildren are fine. No indoctrination there you know why? They have parents who actually parent. They resent the Government trying to control their children. Parents can and do have the choice not let a child read a book. Not to bring a child to drag shows. Not to expose their children to transgender. Parents not the Government
Lee
Exactly! THAT is Freedom!!
Erika
Agree with you!! He’s been the worst Governor we’ve had. He’s having all these laws passed because he knows they’ll be past in Tallahassee because Republicans have the majority. All these insane bills it’s so sad that some are regretting voting for him.
Dee Town
And those Tallahassee republicans are blindly voting for fir and with him. He has not announced his intention to run for president cause he’s waiting to sign the bill which states he does not have to resign his position as governor to run for president. He’s setting a dangerous precedent, please wake up fellow Floridians, read these bills that are being proposed and signed.
Tom
And you would have a problem with that bill being signed what would be the problem with that bill I could only imagine if the governor was a Democrat then it would be just fine
Anita
Desantis is turning into a authoritarian! He needs to go!!!
Tom
You mean he’s passing laws like oh let’s say the Biden administration was able to do when they had full governance of the country but it’s not okay for the governor of Florida to do the same. Funny how people’s views of the government changes when they’re preferred political party is not in power
Mike
What law did Biden pass that specifically targeted a company (or group) simply for having an opposing position?
Robert
Disney should stay out of politics.
Steve
No, not ok for DeSantis to exact revenge on private industry because they oppose his law. How is that so hard to inderstand?
Tomclay
Ask Disney! They are fighting because they are losing a privilege not a right!
Yes Disney is making the people of Florida pay! Disney does not care about you people in Florida just like they don’t care about the people in California.
Disney was given a privilege by the state a lot like driving! If the state wants they can take that privilege away!
Debra
You lose the privilege if you break the rules! What rules did Disney break?? DeSantis is using Florida tax dollars for his personal
vendetta
Tom
Disney became a political entity rather than a business who then tried to overthrow the will of the people of the state of Florida That’s what they did wrong Disney attempted to use their power and money to subvert the governance of the state of Florida
Michelle
All of a sudden corporations should stay out of politics huh? What about the NRA? What about evangelical churches? Such total raging hypocrisy.
Steve
Wow, that’s so much BS it’s astounding. Are you educated?
Meral
And don’t forget: Disney is the biggest employer in Florida. Who will employ these people if Disney checks out of Florida as DeSantis suggested.. either way, if this nuisance continues, American families will pay the bill, one way or the other..
Tom
Disney check out of Florida that’s about as far-fetched as it gets
Julie
But, but, but….. Hunter’s laptop.
Mark
The state of Florida has bigger problems than disney. DeSantis is just waving his D**k around to look powerful. Get back to work and help your people.
TW
When he’s waving it around, we’d need a magnifying glass to see it.
Tom
I love reading the ignorant belligerent angry outright lies of you leftist on this comment blog this is exactly why all of your leftist cities and states are falling apart you people are so pathetic it’s laughable. Meanwhile the state of Florida under the great Ron DeSantis leadership is one of the very best run states in the country Open your eyes get a grip and look at reality
Reality
Those falling apart cities pay to keep you waist deep in Miller High Life, little Tommy, and pay for the roads to the Tractor Pull Hoe Down where you met and fell in love with your cousin. We’ll keep making the money that allows you to live, you keep shaking your stick at those damn kids on your damn lawn, cutie pie.
Concerned citizen
Do you actually believe the words you write? I think you do, that’s the scary part is that there’s tons of people like you. It’s my way or the highway and I’m going to stick to my guns even when I’m proven wrong. Ignorance is bliss.l and the government as a whole in general keeping us divided is what is going to break this country.
Tom
And I say a corporation that attempts to subvert the will of the people through its duly elected officials is a very big problem for the state of Florida and that’s why Ron DeSantis took it on. The only people I see upset about it are those who do not like the fact that Disney has now been challenged
Phil
Wrong! Disney agreed to invest billions of dollars in central Florida based upon the state’s agreement to allow Disney to manage its business without outside interference. Disney turned 29,000 acres of central Florida swampland, and pampas into a world tourist Mecca, creating hundreds of thousands of good jobs in the central Florida area when you add in all of the hotels, restaurants and shops needed to service those tourists, and all of the professional businesses and schools, hospitals etc. needed to service those employees. Now, Gov. De Satan in a fit of pique and his puppet legislatue have breached that agreement and are trying to crush Disney for exercising its constitutional right under the first amendment to speak out about legislation which it believed would have a negative impact on Disney, its employees and citizens of the state. And, it’s curious that Desatan and his puppet legislature only acted against Disney when The Villages (a hotbed of Republican voters) and Daytona race track (a hotbed of MAGA racing fans) enjoy the very same self-governing privileges and no action was taken against them. Sounds a little like selective enforcement and retribution to me. But, don’t youcare about equal application of the law?
Tom
I believe when Disney was first built the word billions never was promised to do investing it may have become billions years later That’s for one for second it is unrealistic to think that a corporation can come into a state take over thousands of acres and then claim itself to be autonomous that agreement should have been changed decades ago it is plainly ridiculous The citizens of Florida deserve better than that and the rules have to be changed for Disney. That privilege must no longer exist it’s time for Disney to leave the fairy tale land and come into reality enjoying the rest of the citizenship of the State of Florida
Phil
Then you agree the same law should apply to The Villages and to Daytona race track as apply to Disney. Please write your Governor and your legislators and ask them to amend the law so it just doesn’t apply to Disney. I will be happy to support your efforts. In the meantime, since you appear to believe in the equal application of law to all citizens (and Disney is a corporate citizen of Florida) can you at least agree that singling out Disney for punishment for exercising its constitutional right to speak (your Supreme Court, not mine) was wrong?
Willie E
Totally agree! Couldn’t say it better myself.
Gilda
Throughout all of this back and forth discussion, how many of you live in Florida? DeSantis continually says this whole thing with Disney is the will of the voters, but I do not remember his personal agenda being on any ballots. Disney has done a lot to build the state into a top tourist destination, employing thousands while doing so. Singling out Disney because they didn’t support his views are signs of a dictatorship. Signing a bill to stay in office and run for president. Banning books, college curriculums being under his control. Come on we regressing and taking away freedom of speech. Are these the goals we have for our country, a dictatorship that changes our federal government at personal whims?
Mike
I would be fine if Florida took away their special status. But it shouldn’t happen because they oppose you politically.
That’s one thing people hate about China. If you disagree with the government, they will hurt your business
Gilda
Well said.
Joseph
I have to side with Disney here…DeSantis is off his rocker thinking that the so-called “woke agenda” is not only real, but that it’s a bad thing ruining our country…grow up Ron!!!!😡
Tom
The Woke agenda is not only real but attempts to bully and threaten others on a daily basis and one would have to be completely blind and death and unable to read Braille to truly think that’s not going on. And part of the strategy on the left is to pretend it doesn’t exist sort of like The news media pretending Hunter biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation and Joe Biden really doesn’t have some form of dementia let’s just deny reality and if we say it enough people will come to believe us That’s your liberal playbook in a nutshell. Thankfully every day more and more Americans have caught on to this nonsense. So name calling and insulting a great governor will no longer work using nasty dirty lies and tricks. The American public are on to it
Phil
In case you haven’t noticed, the Justice Department is investigating Hunter Biden and might very well decide to prosecute him if it can find sufficient evidence to prove he committed a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. As for “name calling and insulting”, what do you consider accusing our “great” president of having “some form of dementia” to be? By the way, I can’t read Braille. Can you? And, if so, is it because you are blind to reality?
Tom
How someone could seriously make the statement that you just made about Ron DeSantis when you have cities in this country all run by left liberal Democrats and they are falling apart they have nothing but the most heinous problems this country has going on right now just shows your either lack of understanding or just plain arrogance and allegiance to a party that is in disarray. Love to listen to the rants of the angry left who want what they want at all cost it’s laughable
Tom
Democrat and Republican politicians use the courts every single day in this country to get what they want accomplished that is how our system of government is set up it’s supposed to help justice to be done in a fair and honest way That’s what the court systems are for your argument about taxpayers footing the bill is one that is incredibly insignificant. All taxpayers pay for the litigation of our government everywhere in this country every single day
Michelle
Tom Tom. you
know it’s damn hard to argue with someone who just makes stuff up as he goes along. Hunter is not the antichrist, red states are filled with poverty and gun deaths. They are supported by blue states like a lazy ex spouse and have no desire to learn actual facts and your hypocrisy is just off the charts. Oh wait…you also sound like a paid Russian troll.
Michael
Disney all the way. DeSantis is a big baby and a bully. He needs to go yesterday
Atomic Kommie Comics
Con forget her beloved “Citizens United”, which gave corporations the same 1st Amendment rights as people, including freedom of speech, and the right to donate to the candidate of their choice?
Tomclay
True but freedom of speech is not being taken away, is it?
At what point did the Governor say Disney could not speak?
Florida is taking away Disney’s privilege kind of like driving it’s a privilege, not a right, and can be taken away!
Disney believes they own Florida and don’t care how much tax money the people of Florida have to pay so they can keep their privilege that they feel is a right!
A right the people of Florida have to pay for!
Joseph
It’s not being taken away, but it IS being retaliated against, which ALSO violates first amendment rights…Disney made a statement and Ron is attacking them for it…all the blame falls on him for any tax payer loss here.
Karen
I agree with you, Joseph!
Tom
Taking a stand against a maniacal corporation is not retaliation just because a corporation dresses up in cute suits and sings silly songs does not make them a good company as Disney has now proven
DP
DeSatan needs to leave Disney alone! Disney brings in about $5.8 BILLION in tax money for Florida. (Don’t believe it? Google it.)
Tom
So what are you saying that we should all bow down to Disney and live in fear of the giant corporation that makes billions of dollars a year I certainly hope that’s not what you’re saying
Phil
You’re absolutely right! Disney isn’t being prevented from speaking. IT’S ONLY BEING PUNISHED FOR DOING SO.
Michelle
The only thing being taken away from the citizen of Florida is their rights comrade.
Booey
…and we do this by overturning Citizens United, which enables big business and other countries to funnel unlimited funds to corrupt “businessmen” and politicicans who think they can govern by dictating what people can read, say, or do with their body.
Can't have it both ways
So, you’re saying that government didn’t fire the first shot, with overreach into people’s personal freedom to express themselves how they choose, and not how government tells them they have to?
Adam Gallant
I agree, but it’s how the entire system works. Big businesses have think tanks, lobbyists, or public appeal to force government. Private prisons, guns, drugs are the most egregious. In the past we had ads that smoking and sugar were good for you. Now the same people are saying climate change isn’t real.
Glenn
100% Disney
Chris
Get rid of fascist government employees. I stand with Disney. Without it our tourist income will plummet!
phil
Wrong! Disney agreed to invest billions of dollars in central Florida based upon the state’s agreement to allow Disney to manage its business without outside interference. Disney turned 29,000 acres of central Florida swampland, and pampas into a world tourist Mecca, creating hundreds of thousands of good jobs in the central Florida area when you add in all of the hotels, restaurants and shops needed to service those tourists, and all of the professional businesses and schools, hospitals etc. needed to service those employees. Now, Gov. De Satan and his puppet legislature are
phil
Wrong! Disney agreed to invest billions of dollars in central Florida based upon the state’s agreement to allow Disney to manage its business without outside interference. Disney turned 29,000 acres of central Florida swampland, and pampas into a world tourist Mecca, creating hundreds of thousands of good jobs in the central Florida area when you add in all of the hotels, restaurants and shops needed to service those tourists, and all of the professional businesses and schools, hospitals etc. needed to service those employees. Now, Gov. De Satan and his puppet legislature in a fit of pique are taking their petty vengeance out on Disney for exercising its First Amendment Constitutional right to speak out on an issue of public importance which might affect it, its employees and their families, and its millions of customers from all over the world. If Gov. DeSatan and his puppets cared about fairness, they would apply the same law to The Villages (a hotbed of Republican voters and support) and the Daytona race track(a hotbed of MAGA racing fans) which have the same contractual rights as Disney, but those are Republican venues, so they don’t.
Mike
Disney only used a conservative backed court decision. Citizens United, where conservatives argued that corporations had free speech protected just like people. Liberals tried arguing that businesses shouldn’t be allowed to use their money and clout, but were shut down. Now they are paying by conservatives’ rules and winning, so they are being told to keep out of politics
Michelle
Agreed…but what conservatives meant is that everyone can sit at the table but the food is only for them.
M.P.
Dont you see big business is who runs and buys off the politicians to get their way wonder who is lining desantis pockets
Jim
So you would agree that we need to do away with the Citizens United decision?
Michelle
I sure would, especially if it’s for conservatives use only.
Molly Bloom
Beginning in 1886, corporations were recognized as individuals & given 14th Amendment rights. In 2010, Citizens United vs. FEC recognized 1st Amendment Protection for corporations. Also in 2010, SpeechNow.org vs. FEC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit cited the Citizens United decision & struck down limits on the amount that individuals could give to organizations that supported candidates. PACs had been limited to $5,000 per person per year. Because of that ruling, “Super PACs” emerged. So did a mockery of the fairness & transparency of contributions. The courts treatment of these so-called corporations is a tremendous jump. Perhaps Ralph Nader was right when he said we need a constitutional amendment that declares that corporations are not persons and are only entitled to statutory protections. “Only then will the Constitution become the exclusive preserve of those whom the Framers sought to protect: real people.”
In the meantime, Disney not only does Disney win, as protected “free speech,” it can contribute to the Human Rights Campaign!
Ronald Young
DeSantis is not only wrong , he is legally and politically wrong. Nothing more than a bully and ideolog headed in the wrong direction.
Tomclay
That’s true but Disney right to govern there own was GIVEN to them by the state!
It’s not a right like the 1st Amendment but more of a right much like driving that can be taken away!
Your the same people who believe taking the constitutional right away from over 50+ million people is alright?
Control Freak
Get a grip- De Santis is an autocrat. It’s all spiteful retribution.
He’s another Orban
a dictator.
DP
As you said… It was GIVEN to Disney, not LOANED to Disney. Once you GIVE something to somebody it BELONGS to THEM! you don’t have the right to take it back.
Phil
What “constitutional right” isanyone proposing to “take away from 50+ million people”? The only thing that possibly comes to mind ate possible restrictions on the purchase of weapons of war owned by people who are not members of “a well regulated militia” which have been used over and over in this country to kill thousands of innocent people. If that’s not the right you are referring to, please enlighten, don’t just throw out bs propaganda.
Michelle
Except they don’t take away your driver’s license for having an opposing opinion.
Susie
DeSantis needs to go! He’s such a control freak and this is nothing more than getting even because of their comment in support of the gay rights!
He has shown his childish tantrums and retaliation antics dozens of times!
Her is a fascist dictator and he also keeps conveniently passing laws to cover up his antics. Such as passing a bill to allow himself to be able to run for president without resigning. Which of course means all of his time will again be spent on nothing to support our state.
Also to block any access to what money he is spending to travel to Japan? And all of this massive amount of money that he is spent fighting Disney? We’re paying for this as taxpayers and when he loses, he will have to reimburse Disney.
He also destroyed the lives of 20 people that were arrested because the voted legally! The judge threw these cases out, but not before a lot of these lost their jobs and it ruined their lives. They were felons that had chosen to turn their lives around and most were doing well until this senseless political act ruined their lives!
Is this the sign of a Christian man?
Donald
Both sides are wrong and they should swallow their pride and sit down and talk they may be surprised what happens.
Erika
Disney CEO offered to sit and talk to him. He doesn’t. Why? Only God knows. He’s giving people
Dictatorship vibes. Can’t disagree with someone without being crucified or physically attacked has become the new norm. People used to disagree before and still be friends or get along. So sad the direction we’re going in society.
Molly Bloom
DeSantis will not negotiate. He has nothing to lose! He can’t run again for governor. He’s pre-campaigning for president & the taxpayers of Florida are footing the bill.
Michelle
Well said Erika, gone are the days of “agree to disagree” Now it’s “agree with me or I will hurt you”
Karen
How can you say that Disney is wrong? They didn’t sweat anything. It was GIVEN to them!
jared cashner
Desantis needs to go. He has taken up valuable time and wdtes it with this nonsense. What happened to free speech? Disney hs 5hw legal right to disagree with this governor, and he threatens to use tax payer funds to retaliate. No honor there.
Jen
DeSantis needs to go, period. He has done nothing to truly help Florida or the people. He has turned Florida into a dictatorship and is nothing more than a hypocrite and bully.
Mike
You are sooooooo right!
Gay Disney
I absolutely cannot stand that cat turd DeSantis! All he is doing is bullying everyone including Disney and the people of Florida. His policies suck worse than he does
Cheryl
DeSantis is why we live freely in Florida. Moved from California where government controls all aspects of one’s life. So sad that DeSantis bill to protect young ones from sexually explicit exposure was very maliciously labeled Don’t say gay as it does not reflect the true meaning/purpose of the bill. Wake up parents as DeSantis is trying to give parental control back to you!
Atomic Kommie Comics
Weird she can’t cite a single specific example!
Wonder why?🤔
Meral
Agree.. if you don’t want your children to be exposed to Disney content, don’t take your children to Disney.. this is not public school – parents have a choice!
Nilo Fabbro
Who controls more aspects of one’s life than DeSantis?
Tom Waits
“Basically”
“Insinuating”
These are the kinds of words you have to use when you know the facts don’t actually support your position
Robert
Disney should stay out of politics.
Sylvia
Go Disney shame on DeSantis there so many other things he can be doing for the people it is obvious he doesn’t care about the people of Florida he only cares about himself and no one else
Craig
Desantis must go. I am a Republican and I will never vote for a bully who is legally, politically, and morally wrong. This is nothing more than a retaliatory attack on a company that does not deserve it. The federal court must restore the RCID to the way it was. Period
Lauri
Disney is standing up for constitutional rights. Right Desantis feels he can strip from people. Anyone or any business that doesn’t agree w him gets punished somehow. He went after Disney for a statement. He is firing people that don’t deserve to be fired. Desantis is wasting money on trying to be a dictator! Try lowering insurance rates stop taking insurance money. Start lowering rents help people who no longer have homes due to disasters! Protect our water. Stop trying to hide what you are doing Desantis. You are turning into a crook.
Mike
Exactly right!
Bob
An important lesson here. Do Not mess with Disney lawyers. Go Mickey.! The mouse that roared
Roxann
Talk about the weaponization of government! His “unwoke” actions clearly show he has his very own special way to weaponize his government but is also dumb enough to try and look tough by putting it in his blow hard book. Makes him look weaker than Minnie Mouse! He’s ridiculous & God help us all should he become President!!
Michael Holland
Disney will be here long after Desantis is gone! Hold the line Disney, you did nothing wrong! He is using his bullypit to gain votes, plain and simple
Cheryl C
You know the old saying “cut off your nose to spite your face”. That’s the idiot DeSantis in a nutshell. He’s fighting a war he can’t win, all because his little feelings were hurt!
DP
Please forgive me! I made a HUGE mistake in 2020; I voted for DeSantis. I promise that will NEVER happen again. I wouldn’t trust that dictator to clean my cat’s litter box!
JC
Desantis is a moron dictator
The Florida legislature are nothing but a puppet.
He try to bully every with his bubble head . He have no common sense at and no brain .
He will never be a president and he will go in history as the worst dictator in Florida.
Disney put Florida on the map with all the tourists and job that was provided, let Disney just declares that they will move out of florida and see what will happened. 3 states already asked them to move or build another park there .
I can’t stand that tyrants and his bullies I never voted for him and never will.
AR
Former CEO Chapek of Disney should have never said a word. He did and Disney being smart he was removed.
DeSantis is an ass for going after Disney and he should be removed.
“IMPEACH DESANTIS” tees coming soon!!
Steph
Deathsantis is a maroon. He is clueless to how much of a d*** he makes himself look trying to play tough guy.
Tim
Yes! Reminds me of the guy he’s trying to shadow.
Just facts
Yes, test results for this country are at an all time low. You don’t need to be proficient in math to understand why. And it’s not because of COVID…
Karen
DeSantis is exactly how our last president was.
Sandra Mitchell
Democracy? Seems like we are controlled by politicians, who think their best is best for everyone. Watch out who you put in office. Could bite us all in the place where it hurts the worst/most.
Tim
It’s funny that the side who screams “freedom of speech “ also wants to ban books, and force their own agenda on the Country.
S.E.
Desantis can get the Hell out of Florida. He is making Florida the most unfree state. I hope Disney hits him where it hurts.
Mike
I agree with you whole heartedly!
Mike
GO DISNEY! Definitely siding with Disney. Political vengeance is never a good thing and not in the best interests of our nation.
Bart
Disney has given generations of children happy childhoods regardless of race religion, or even their parents political affiliation. Disney is America!
Scottie
Go Disney kick this clown to the curb.
Steve
Ron gives micro p***s energy, he is so insecure.
Steve
Ron gives micro p***s energy, he is so insecure
Butch Goodwin
It’s not indoctrination it is educating. It is teaching childrenwhen they are young not to fear or hate because aa person is different. Comes from a different family structure. Mr. DeSantis CV shows him to be an educated man. But what educated poltician would take on his states largest employer. Disney directly employs 160,000 people. That is not counting people employed in the surrounding areas. Whatif this ifrastructure bill when implimented disrupts Disney’s operations. What if those disruptions cause Disney to just cloe down and layoff those 160.000 employee’s. Stay closed till they get everything resolved. Now he is involved in lawsuits that there is no winning in court or the court of public opinion.
Mr. DeSantis will learn. If he plays his cards right maybe he can get an ajoining cell with DJT at Club Fed.
Bernice Jones
DeSantis is wasting our tax money on non sense. He should waste just a portion of his time on Fort Myers recovery from Hurricane Ian and Ft. Lauderdale recovery from the flood. He is wasting thousands of tax dollars on his personal hatred.
Elizabeth
Disney all the way!
John W
I support DeSantis and I used to love Disney. If you are ok with teaching sexual Ideology to kids and supporting the woke
Corporation of California with a clear mission of “teaching” children their message under the guise of inclusion then I question your motives. Leave that decision. To the parents. Not the government.
Ph
Was this in the news? If it were true about the library than isn’t DeSantis responsible. Why are the books there. Funny how this came up as an issue around velectiob tine
Leslie
ALL IN FOR DISNEY. Thank you for keeping your land the happiest place on earth.
Anita
Team Disney for me!
AR
Ron DeSantis puts the duh in Floriduh!
Toni
DeSantis the dictator example. Lose him, we can do better than this.
Mckay88
Florida critical issue is extreme weather, not DeSantis’ woke dope nonsense.
Dave
It makes him look petty and vindictive. Disney has more resources and leverage. He just earned big donations to anyone who ever runs against him in the future. Best plater on their team. Worst on his.
Sugaa
Ron needs the to tell Harvard he wants his money back he hasn’t learned a thing about dealing with people
Sugar
Ron needs to tell Harvard he wants his money back he hasn’t learned damn thing about how to talk to people
James
Dopey DeSantis is on the wrong side of this issue.
Em
The mouse always wins
Bob
Disney, for purely political and personal reasons.
Don
To say that the florida Governor is a moron would be an understatement. Let’s go Ron… If you let this get to the federal court you’re gonna be chewed up and spit Out.
Gary Steelman
Go DeSantis! Let’s get rid of the entire first amendment, both free speech and freedom of religion. All of America just one church allowed. Probability Catholic, 6 of the nine Supreme Court justices are Catholic, and the President is Catholic. Every American will give 10% to Pope. — I’m just kidding. DeSantis is a fool to have gotten himself in this mess.
Dave
Been a teacher for 50 years. Schools indoctrinating kids? Nonsense. Testing madness has burnt out teachers and students.
Rock Show ness
Right ! And he’s “using it” to slap himself in the face 🤣
Kathleen
Florida’s Fantasy is not to be woke …but they would surely be “broke” without Disney!
Joyce Clune
No governor should rule over any company other than his own. De Santis is a tyrant who abuses his power repeatedly!!! He is a joke!!! He needs to be removed from public office!!!
Jane Hornick
They are not as ignorant as
you are ronnie!
Mike
Desantis is a want to be dictator who gets mad when a private company exercises it’s freedom of speech, so much for “party of Small government”
William Lee Hess
Is Disney butthurt learning that they are not a nation state, but just regular types who will follow laws, rather than make their own. It’s about time someone knocked a rogue big business like Disney to it’s butt. Y’all ain’t special…..live with it.
Ph
So you remember the last time we had a book banner/ burner. They want the uneducated to fall in place with lies. Changing laws to fit there needs. Changing voting laws, Texas. With one liberty removed and a compliance by the people soon all will be taken. A person in public office should not force the people to follow their ideas.
Ph
If it’s true about the library than why did Ron let that happen? He is the governor. He was to busy campaigning for himself to deal with the real issues like repair of Florida, gas shortage, aid for victims.
Kimball Bergeron
Go Disney 👏👏👏
RALLEN
I support DISNEY!! DeSantis’ action is retaliation against their political views, and a clear-cut case of a violation against freedom of speech.
DeSantis should e focused on real problems facing Floridians–housing costs, skyrocketing home insurance rates, homelessness, and numerous other issues. He-s behaving like a 5th grade bully.
Kevin L Burdeshaw
It’ll be easier for Disney to just form their own super PAC and buy their own governor lol President
Audrey
There are over 1,800 special tax districts in Florida. Reedy Creek isn’t the only one, just maybe the largest. Look it up!
Lake
Disney all the way
TomS
DeSantis is delusional if he believes Florida can continue functioning by replacing Disney World and offering just sunshine and hurricanes. This matter is hurting the state by raising prices for Disney tourists; yes, Disney passes along their costs to fight this battle to their guests. The fix? Replace DeSantis..
Kate Barlow
It’s clear cut government retaliation. Desantis is wrong for so many levels! It’s a clear attempt to retaliate against a company who voiced a right to disagree with a governing body, of which the constitution clearly states we should be free from. Go get him, and the board! We want freedom from fear of retaliation of our government for standing up for what we believe!
Truth&Justice
DeSatanus is an evil hateful wretch.
Tania
I am with you Disney. Don’t let DeSantis destroy Florida.
Joseph
No one cares what weird things adults do, as long as they are not harming others, but indoctrinating children with this nonsense is just wrong. They are children, my God let them be innocent as long as possible.Disney putting this weirdo crap in the cartoons and promoting this is just dead wrong! DeSantis is clearly doing the right thing to protect children.
lars
I love it when trolls try to sound smart.
Tony
100% behind DeSantis…you go DeSantis….
Blue
Let’s go!!! DeSantisland
Tired teacher
I’m curious how children in schools are being indoctrinated when teachers are mandated to follow a state created curriculum and use state approved textbooks. If you are foolish enough to believe this hoax crap about indoctrination maybe you all need to pay a visit to a school and sit and learn, because apparently you missed the lesson the first time.
It’s unfortunate that our country and out state has come to this. Florida recently passed a law that children cannot learn about menstruation in school before middle school. First of all there are NO curriculum standards in Florida about menses. And…girls start menstruating as early as 8 years old, which is 3rd grade. I’m really really sick of people, men in particular, who have NO clue how a woman’s body works making laws about women’s bodies and not just what you can and can’t do but now what you can and can’t say. So much for Florida being the ‘freedom’ state. We are free to shut up and let this jackass governor spend our tax dollars chasing his dream to be president. Meanwhile my property taxes have doubled as have my homeowners insurance. Desantis can go to….we’ll anywhere but here just go away.
Dee MoCorcy
DikSatan is going to get his testicals hit so hard they are going to pop out of his mouth, stick a fancy toothpick in them and drop them in their very dry Martini’s and enjoy watching DikSatan slither away from Disney property as the sign says “See you real soon!”
Mandy
Keep on fighting the good fight Disney!
Donald
I’m a Florida resident. I find DeSantis an embarrassment to the state. He is a despicable piece of crap.
Alex
God didn’t define marriage. The institution of marriage was created by man thousands of years ago as a social construct comparable to modern day child support and inheritance laws. Marriage was invented to solve a social problem at a time when there were no paternity tests. If ten men have sex with a woman, imagine the fighting that would ensue when she gives birth to a son. In 2023, a DNA test can tell you who the father is with ease. On the other hand, if ten men have sex with a man, it won’t produce a child. That’s why marriage was defined as between a man and a woman. It was the only way to reliably establish who the father is. Same sex marriage did not solve a societal problem like hetero marriage did which is why nobody thought about it in ancient times. God doesn’t care who you have sex with or marry. Everyone can go live their life and have sex with whoever they choose whether they marry or not regardless of gender. Life can be a giant orgy and God would be just fine with it.
David
I hope this derails his presidential bid because this bullying is wrong and he should be chastised for it. Federal Court will teach this man-child how the law really works.
Dave
I support the right to voice your opinion without fear of retaliation. DeSantis is just another dictator wannabe who ignores the rights in our constitution.
Shellie Jenkins
I stand behind not teaching small children woke ideology and I don’t think Disney as any business being in the middle of a political platform voicing an opinion. On the other hand I think governor Ron DeSantis is butt hurt with their opinion and is becoming a bully toward Disney. They just need to squash their differences and move on to more important business. Like Disney making Disney better and bigger and Ron focusing on what’s best for the county which is so needed.
Comments are closed.