The Walt Disney Company has become one of the chief opponents of the Parental Rights in Education bill, which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Monday.
Following the signing, Disney released another sneering statement. In it, the company suggested the law, which simply protects K-3rd graders from indoctrination regarding sexuality and gender ideology, was making their LGBT employees unsafe. It also suggested that not allowing teachers to push such ideology on children without parental involvement was somehow targeting the LGBT community, an odd suggestion to say the least given the implications.
Statement from The Walt Disney Company on signing of Florida legislation: pic.twitter.com/UVI7Ko3aKS
— Walt Disney Company (@WaltDisneyCo) March 28, 2022
Now, leaked videos of an all-hands-on-deck meeting over HB 1557 have exposed just how far Disney’s leadership is willing to go to push their far-left, woke agenda. In a disturbing display, high-level employees talk about their “secret gay agenda,” erasing gender in theme parks, and the importance of “adding queerness” to children’s programming. Some wild conspiracy theories also made an appearance.
SCOOP: Disney corporate president Karey Burke says, "as the mother [of] one transgender child and one pansexual child," she supports having "many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories" and wants a minimum of 50 percent of characters to be LGBTQIA and racial minorities. pic.twitter.com/oFRUiuu9JG
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) March 29, 2022
SCOOP: Disney diversity and inclusion manager Vivian Ware says the company has eliminated all mentions of "ladies," "gentlemen," "boys," and "girls" in its theme parks in order to create "that magical moment" for children who do not identify with traditional gender roles. pic.twitter.com/OWsGTUoeCA
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) March 29, 2022
Anyone with a brain can see the contradiction here. Is the point of representation not to be representative? Yet, making 50 percent of characters some mix of LGBT and minority is not that when looking at the demographics of the country. Rather, it’s purposeful indoctrination that is meant to condition children to certain lifestyle choices these adults approve of and want to promote.
Ironically, in the same meeting, Disney’s “diversity and inclusion manager” then brags about de-gendering all of their theme parks, which is actually erasing representation. In other words, if you are a normal person who embraces the sex you were born with instead of entertaining the delusion it can be changed, you don’t deserve any representation. In fact, you need to be completely erased.
Going back to the idea of conditioning children into LGBT ideology, one of Disney’s executive producers comes right out and admits it during the meeting.
SCOOP: I've obtained video from inside Disney's all-hands meeting about the Florida parental rights bill, in which executive producer Latoya Raveneau says her team has implemented a "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" and is regularly "adding queerness" to children's programming. pic.twitter.com/eJnZMpKIXT
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) March 29, 2022
Do you know what I’ve never thought about doing? Injecting sexuality into children’s programming in order to reinforce my adult views on the topic. I’ve never thought about that because I’m not a groomer, and I don’t use that word lightly, but really, what else would you call this? “Adding queerness” into shows that small kids watch is the kind of activism that should shock and appall everyone. Children are not pawns to be used in the pushing of adult sexual ideology. Yet, Disney employees like Latoya Raveneau are consumed by the practice.
The meeting then devolved into wild conspiracy theories about kidnapping kids because why not?
SCOOP: Disney's activism partner Nadine Smith of Equality Florida tells LGBTQ employees that @GovRonDeSantis and @ChristinaPushaw want to "erase you, "criminalize your existence," and "take your kids"—a wild conspiracy theory that Republicans want to kidnap gay people's children. pic.twitter.com/Ger3a2xekI
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) March 29, 2022
These people are deranged and need psychiatric help. Disney’s view of children is not normal, not safe, and not acceptable. It’s incredibly disturbing and sad to see a once-great company that centered on promoting and protecting the innocence of children turn into an apparent safe haven for groomers seeking to push a far-left, woke agenda. It will now be up to parents to put pressure on Disney to change course and clean house. If that doesn’t happen, there is no reason to keep going to their theme parks nor to let your children watch their programming.
I once looked forward to my children reaching the age where we could take them to Disney World. Unfortunately, sacrifices will need to be made, and there’s no way I’m taking them there now.
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