Walt Disney died in 1966. Claims that he was cryogenically frozen in hopes that he’d be thawed and brought back (maybe as a greeter at Tomorrowland) have been credibly disputed but to my knowledge, never completely refuted. Walt would be 121 and even if he is frozen like a bag of peas and could be unfrozen like Austin Powers, I think it’s likely he’d opt to go back into the freezer.

When Walt Disney reigned he stayed out of most political messaging. Disney Co. was an entertainment company, not a PAC. It was in the business to entertain children, big and small. But the modern version of Disney’s company has gotten distinctly political and rather selective in its moral outrage. Disney is in bed with Communist China and makes no apologies for it. It filmed in Xinjiang China where Uyghur are imprisoned and abused, then thanked the slavers for their help. It would be like filming Pirates of the Caribbean on a slave ship then thanking the slavers for the “cool set.” Disney has a selector switch on its outrage button. Communist China gets thanked. Florida gets outrage.

When Florida proposed and then passed the Parental Rights in Education bill in the legislature, Disney’s response was muted. Then inmates in the asylum revolted and walked out on Disney.  The walkout was to oppose the bill, a bill critics and media characterized as “The Don’t Say Gay Bill.” I add the media in with the crazies, because you cannot read a single hard news report that doesn’t call it the pejorative “Don’t Say Gay” bill as opposed to its actual name. Nowhere in the bill does it say “gay.” It’s not a difficult read. Seven pages. It simply does not allow teachers to set into the curriculum or advance ad hoc instruction of human sexuality. Parents can sue if it happens. It’s limited to Kindergarten through 3^rd grade – meaning that it simply stops teachers from influencing little children. Children who still believe in the tooth fairy and Santa, should not be instructed on human sexuality or being told they are in the wrong body.

The Florida bill doesn’t influence parents on how they, as parents, can instruct their own kindergartener on gender. Parents are still free to tell a child who can’t keep crayons inside the lines that “There are 20 genders.” The vast majority of parents will leave that discussion for when their child isn’t just starting to read Cat in the Hat. Also, the majority of even Democrats agree with Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature. The general public, by a wide margin, sees no valid reason for a stranger to teach a six-year-old girl that she’s “in the wrong body” and needs to be called a boy. That polling is for the voting Democrats. If pollsters asked just parents, the percentage in favor of allowing children to remain children would skyrocket.

I interacted on Twitter with Nikki Fried — a Democrat running for governor in Florida. Her response to DeSantis signing it was steeped in statesmanship.

That's more times than it appears in the bill.

— Dr. Jimmytoons, Prince of Puns & Knight Templar (@JimmySportToons) March 28, 2022

The left is fond of inventing phony labels to distract from reality.  This one – “Don’t Say Gay” — is easy to repeat and it can be distilled into one word, “Gay.” It would be a smart strategy if it weren’t completely unmoored from reality and unpopular generally.  I wouldn’t be surprised if it originated with Disney. It’s pretty Mickey Mouse. It’s been employed with vigor by the usual suspects, Democrats intent on gaslighting and actors intent on scoring virtue points. It was repeated, predictably, at the Oscars last night and all the acting seals barked with glee.

Disney as a company went from mildly objecting to now vowing to “fight” it. When I took corporation law in law school, I was told that publicly owned corporations aren’t supposed to engage in activity detrimental to shareholder value.  But Disney is doing it. Times have changed. Corporations are now more fearful of employees than shareholders.

Disney has taken a side. It’s sided with the hard left and those who want to propagandize to kindergarteners. Disney is cool with kids that have trouble counting to 20, being told there are 20 genders. No, thank you, I’ll side with sanity.

I canceled my Disney+ subscription long ago, so the best I can do is repeat:  “Don’t say Disney” — and mean it.

Walt Disney is rolling in his freezer.