• Disney shareholders rejected anti-DEI proposal on Thursday.
  • A conservative think tank proposed that Disney stop participating in the Corporate Equality Index.
  • Shareholders for Apple and Costco previously rejected similar proposals.
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    603 months ago

    Fuck this shit, now I gotta be pro Disney too? I’d gotten so used to hating them. They grew on me a little back when they stood up against DeSantis in Florida too.

    I miss the days when we could just love/hate corporations based on their business practices instead of culture war bullshit.

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      53 months ago

      It’s a shame that it’s only the companies with more money than God that feel comfortable standing up for their values. The Felon will attack anyone who disagrees with them, and while everyone gets mad about nobody standing up to him - that’s not exactly a zero risk scenario for most. But for these hundred billion and trillion dollar companies, they know they can defend themselves just fine.

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      73 months ago

      I miss boycotting Disney because some prude thought she saw sex hidden in dust in the Lion King.

      The kooky, fun kind of crazy we can all share a laugh at

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      43 months ago

      They’re still a massive company that’s way bigger than it should be and could be considered a monopoly.

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      283 months ago

      It’s always more complicated than the binary. Disney might be getting DEI but still forces creators to censor out any LGBT references in their shows, or cancel them if they do them anyway. They still are anti union and work people to the bone.

      If you want it simple, no corporation is your friend, ever. They are there simply to take your money, without regard for scruples, and any form of morality they seem to be acting on is either because it will make them more money or it is illegal and not cost effective to break the law.

      It’s still a good sign the shareholders have some sense in this specific case, but make no mistake, Disney doesn’t care about anything other than money.

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      183 months ago

      They have met their fundamental duty as an organization led by human beings who can and should be held to moral standards.

      I despise their behavior with copyright but here they’ve earned the right to not get the “caved to fascists” boycott

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        23 months ago

        Is it a boycott if you just refuse to buy from a company because all of their products are shit?

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      3 months ago

      I mean, Disney is still evil. They probably saw how much Target fucked up and don’t want to make the same mistake.

      There’s more money in appealing to everyone instead of just white evangelicals Americans.

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      13 months ago

      It’s almost like there were nuances to almost everything instead of the world being neatly divisible into good and bad.

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      13 months ago

      Their brand of diversity is some bs anyways so you don’t have to be pro Disney.

      Remember, they gladly took help from a Chinese concentration camp to make their girl boss Mulan remake.

      They also fired all their park workers during covid and gave themselves 10 million bonuses while their workers were surviving on food stamps. Some workers had even signed non compete clauses so they literally could not use their talents elsewhere to feed themselves.

      Further more, Disneys current version of DEI is divisive, soulless and insincere.

      It isn’t a black or white situation. You can hate Disney AND MAGA. To me, they are all two sides of the same rotten coin. Ruthless, selfish and greedy people who use others to get ahead and pull the ladder up after themselves.

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        they also began to renege on thier “Dei” i think for a show they removed the lgbtq+ person and including a " persecuted christian in the mix". additionally they started public resumed donation to desantis and GOP in florida when all the news blew over.

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          Oh, they have done shit like that for years. Removing black actors from their movie posters when sending their films to places like China, removing all LGBT stuff from their oh so diverse remakes when sending them to countries that dislike gay stuff.

          They are so fake.

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            13 months ago

            one thing i do notice they never touch christians though, most people watching disneys arent christians, its just to get them from not complaining about Disney. SPN was one show that have to astroturf with christianty is the one true religion" and disrepecting other dieties/mythology.