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Bjorn Mesunterbord's avatar

1) I agree with the principle of your main item: Disney can do what they want; we can do what we want.

2) However, Disney has declared themselves to be a political player. "Our goal *as a company*" is to repeal or overturn enacted legislation. They are no longer just a commercial enterprise which we can patronize or not as we wish. They are pursuing a legislative agenda, just like a lobbyist, SuperPAC, think tank, or other swamp critter. They need to be treated as such.

3) Disney's actions and statements (and I'm thinking largely about the leaked Zoom call here) indicate quite clearly that they view certain segments of their market as unimportant, or certainly less important than others. Members of that segment are justified in feeling angry, and in expressing that anger.

4) "They’re patently ineducable, or they wouldn’t have gone into journalism" was a magnificent ending to perhaps your most magnificent week.

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Blaine Miller's avatar

I am not watching Sunday night TV because I watched Disney when I was kid. I wonder if my tv still gets local channels. And what is all the plus about?

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