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[–] [email protected] 187 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Better headline, "Disney toes the line for Nazi scum, and Walt himself was a Nazi sympathiser even after Kristallnacht. EPCOT was his fascistic wet dream. Fuck Disney throughout time."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Never heard of EPCOT before, quickly scanned over the Wikipedia article:

what's the problem of that theme park?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Before he died, the idea of EPCOT was to create his vision of an actual city, not just a park attraction. I read a quote from him about it that seems very much in the vein of Mussolini's idea of fascism as the fusion of corporate and state power,

“There will be no landowners and therefore no voting control. People will rent houses instead of buying them, and at modest rentals. There will be no retirees; everyone must be employed.”

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Aahh, see? Now that is more problematic than the article about a folkloric world theme park I read.

But it's also not exactly new, company towns were already a sad part of our reality. Luckily we got over it, but rich people of course always want to get back to it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We never got over it, they just use 401ks to control our futures now, and corporate owned housing is why rents are too high for us to do anything but work, eat, scroll, and sleep. If we stop to protest we’re in danger of homelessness.

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[–] [email protected] 115 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

“Openly” as if Christians aren’t the dominant cultural and political group in the USA

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, "demonstrably" or "obnoxiously" would probably be much more accurate..

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It'll be interesting to see a character following the teachings of Jesus Christ, like

  • Luke 16:13 "You cannot serve both God and money."
  • Mark 10:21 "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor"
  • Matthew 5:39 "If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."
  • Matthew 5:44 "love your enemies"

So there's no chance the character will be a capitalist, troop-supporting, neo-Nazi. Right?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

One of my personal favorites:

  • Luke 12:46-48:

46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers. 47 And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes, 48 but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of [d]a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

Jesus sure loved his slaves, huh? Gives you guidelines on how to beat them. Told people to "love your enemies," but clearly people you own don't deserve that courtesy. He hung out with prostitutes, but was never able to disavow the practice of owning other humans as property? Kind of unacceptable imo.

The canonical Bible (the supposed ordained word of god) also include's Paul's further interpretation of Jesus' teachings on slaves in...

  • Ephesians 6:5–8:

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

Oof.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like these corps did a calculation and figured out everyone has an excuse to not boycott companies like Disney except right wingers who have become exceptionally good at the boycott.

In my experience those people will typically boycott brands as a group meanwhile my friends find every excuse in the book to support the major corps hurting them. Even aoc went to Florida during covid. And people wonder why they win.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

Yup. Leftists Don't have that insane person conviction. Dip shits need to learn to boycott

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This leftist has boycotted everything Sony since they bricked my PC with their rootkit in the early 2000s (and I really go out of my way to make sure nothing Sony related comes in my house, not their music, movies, games, electronics, nor their camera lenses) I only slipped up once in the past 20 or so years, when I purchased a second hand Sony Walkman mp3 player. Thing broke within 3 months of use, it's now a constant reminder that I really need to keep boycotting Sony.

I've started boycotting Amazon (including but not limited to Kindle, Audible, Prime and Twitch) and Disney since this year.

But I'm only one person.

I have shown myself to be capable of long term boycotts and I don't intend to let up. I've added Amazon's websites to my Pihole's blacklist.

But I also don't pirate their stuff. As far as I'm concerned their TV shows and movies and such don't exist on this planet.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

What if I am offended by Christian characters, something wildly inappropriate for young impressionable minds?

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago

a shift in conservative culture

independent poll that shows 34% being against a trans character

conservative terrorists are the greatest threat domestically

I guess Nazis saying "I'll fucking kill you and your kids you woke traitor" and then Americans being afraid to participate in democracy does qualify as a shift towards conservativism.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Corporate "allyship" at its finest.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Eww, yuck. I’ll pass on that one.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well I did feel bad about pirating Agatha All Along but not anymore.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Never feel bad about pirating, son!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (71 children)

son

Come on 😮‍💨

She's very obviously a woman, don't call her "son."

Why tf am I getting downvoted? What's wrong with people?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago

Is being inclusive of people with cognitive reasoning disabilities a bad thing?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago

Disney be like: "Friendship ended with rainbow capitalism, now christian capitalism is my best friend."

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now I feel even less guilty about stealing Star Wars content.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Given the nature of the show, and the fact it is set in modern day America, it would be stranger if it didn't have a Christian kid in it.

Removing any references to being transgender is pretty shitty though.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Depends where in American, where I'm at it's more unusual to be publicly Christian than publicly non-religious

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't trust any business that advertises itself as run by Christians.

Jesus had a big rant about hypocrites making a public show of their religion, and told them to go pray in their closets instead.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I wonder how China will react. Plus for them: no trans character. Minus for them: replaced with Christian insurgent.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Shit, I hadn't even considered that US/Russia/China censorship goals align so well.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Authoritarians love cracking down on minorities.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if the Trump administration threatened Disney into ditching it.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I am curious as to which flavor of Christianity they are portraying 🤔

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Supply side Jesus, presumably.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago

Well now I can say Disney is woke. They woke up to kiss the ring and bow down to a fucking shit lip.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

This is the first openly Christian character to feature in a Disney film since 2007's Bridge to Terabithia.

So it's not really the first then, is it?

An exclusive poll for Newsweek conducted by Redfield and Wilton Strategies in July found that 34 percent of viewers disapproved of Disney's attempt to add more LGBTQ+ topics to its content.

This I never understand. If Disney is a for profit company, why would they not listen to their majority? Aren't they leaving money on the table like this? "Well, because of Trump." Yeah but how does that matter, specifically? (The article does not go in to detail about that) Is Trump going to compensate them for it??

This article isn't very well written. Many such cases, sadly.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Spineless? They're rainbow capitalists through and through. Fuck them.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

The State Religion, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Any word on whether they're going to start telling good stories?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it was only a matter of time. Ms Marvel had openly Muslim characters and Turning Red had Buddhists.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Chronicles of Narnia

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

bohemian rhapsody ... any where the wind blows. now disney is allowed to get back to their antisemitic, racist, anti union, walt disney roots

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