This entire DeSantis fight with Disney is because Disney had the audacity to criticize the 'Don't Say Gay' law. Some may like to deny this, but DeSantis' own words support it.
From POLITICO:
DeSantis made clear Friday that the moves, targeting Disney’s self-governing status and a special carve-out in another law, were retribution for the company fighting against Florida’s recently enacted “Parental Rights in Education” bill, branded as “Don’t Say Gay” by opponents.
He specifically took aim at Disney pushing to repeal the law.
“You’re a corporation based in Burbank, California, and you’re going to martial your economic might to attack the parents of my state? We view that as a provocation, and we’re going to fight back against that,” DeSantis said during an event at a Hialeah Gardens charter school.
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Florida Republicans leveled the punishments on Disney this week largely over the company’s opposition to the parental rights bill that DeSantis signed last month, which prohibits educators from leading classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for students in kindergarten through third grade. LGBTQ advocates say the measure could lead students to increased bullying or even suicide.
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The day DeSantis signed the bill, Disney officials made a bold statement that it “should never have passed” and that “our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed.”
Aside from the “Don’t Say Gay” criticisms, DeSantis said Friday that he is also against recent statements by Disney executives discussing efforts to include more diverse characters in their content. He cited recorded Zoom calls from the company that were reported by Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist who attended Friday’s bill signing and was praised by DeSantis for “raising the alarm” about critical race theory in schools.
“I’m just not comfortable having that type of agenda get special treatment in my state,” DeSantis said. “I just can’t do it. “
Don't tell me that we "don't actually understand the bill, or the motivation behind it."
And don't tell me that this is about "an opposition to sexualizing children" either. Disney CEO
"Chapek said that he called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday morning, "to express our disappointment and concern that if the legislation becomes law, it could be used to unfairly target gay, lesbian, non-binary and transgender kids and families."
Don't tell me that we "don't actually understand the bill, or the motivation behind it."
And don't tell me that this is about "an opposition to sexualizing children" either. Disney CEO "Chapek said that he called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday morning, "to express our disappointment and concern that if the legislation becomes law, it could be used to unfairly target gay, lesbian, non-binary and transgender kids and families."
THAT has zero to do with 'sexualizing children'.
Disney wanting to "include more diversity in its characters" isn't about sexualizing anyone, much less children, either.
