Give all that Disney stuff back

[tinrobot]

Collect it all up.

Put it in a garbage bag.

Drop it on the doorstep of the nearest Disney store.

And never buy from them again.

[KyndCulture]

1. how about...

give it to the nearest women's shelter for the kids who had to flee their homes with no toys?

[bliss_eternal]

2. That's a wonderful suggestion.

:)

[MrSlayer]

3. Sorry but No.

I'm not giving up my Disney stuff nor will I stop going to Disney World. I think this movie is total bullshit as does everyone else here but I absolutely love Disney's parks and products. Disney World is one of the most progressive places in the country and everything there is themed toward progressive ideas. They are conservationists and environmentalists as well as people who promote diversity and equality. Walt Disney was a liberal in the truest sense of the word. I'm not going to just drop a lifetime passion for Disney over one stupid movie that hardly anyone is going to watch and that most people know is bullshit. Only the 30%ers believe this nonsense is true. We're playing right into the right wing's hands by acting like babies over this. "If they are so against it, it must be true." We should just mock it, laugh at it and call it out for the bullshit it is. I think people are overstating the effect this movie will have.

[itsrobert]

4. Does a Progressive Place pay

their employees a living wage?

[Roland99]

6. I agree. WDW is not represented by the ABC "news" division.

[Onlooker]

7. This is a political struggle

I think you're looking at it all wrong. While I agree it makes no sense to give Disney stuff back to Disney (especially because their are many poor kids who would love the stuff), it does make sense to boycott Disney. We need to demonstrate to corporations that they will pay a price if they play politics with something as tragic as 9/11. Corporations are not human beings, and the ONLY language they understand is money. Further, this issue is one of those that unites a tremendous swath of progressives and that in itself is worth pursuing.

[bliss_eternal]

8. So don't.

Leave the rest of us that choose to, to do as we wish.

No one's demanding you give up your lifelong passion. Not a priority for you. That's your choice.

BTW, you need to check your research on Mr. Disney. Maybe he was a liberal, maybe he was not. When he was alive, he wouldn't hire minorities to work in his park UNLESS for the Aunt Jemima pancake store. Sure, times were different, but that doesn't sound progressive to me. People who stand up and do what others will not are progressive.

Dick Clark on the other hand, put the first black couple on American Bandstand even though he wasn't supposed to. THAT'S progressive.

On edit--but again, I'm not trying to sway you. You're entitled to continue to go to WDW and buy their products. This isn't MANDATORY. But kindly don't tell the rest of us it "won't do any good" just because YOU choose not to participate and don't want to look at the company and what they represent more critcally. Again, your choice to do so.

[MrSlayer]

10. I'm not.

If you were to go there you would find Disney's vision to be a socialist paradise. Nearly every attraction, especially at EPCOT center, is themed progressive. Walt Disney was an extremely forward thinking person. I'm not telling you not to boycott, by all means do what you want, I'm just saying I will not and why.

[bliss_eternal]

12. Yes, but you've also made an effort

to pour cold water on those that choose to on a few different threads. Is that really respectful of those that choose to participate?

I'm sorry, but it seems to me you are allowing your love of them and what they present to the public (in rides, attractions, etc.)to not let you see things as they are. Again, that's your choice. I understand, I was raised on Disney--the parks, the films, all of it. But I can't ignore what I've seen just below the surface at the parks in regard to employee treatment and choices that affect their guests.

Since you mentioned the great Mr. Disney what's so forward thinking about a guy that would only allow people of color to work in Aunt Jemima's pancake house? What's progressive about someone that only allowed men to work the Jungle Cruise, pretty young girls were tour guides and women weren't allowed to work attractions unless as hostesses. He also insisted that the overweight and the "less attractive" worked food service. :eyes: Doesn't sound remotely progressive to me. All he did was what the rest of society did at the time.

If you're ever interested in seeing more than the superficial about the man that founded the company and the kind of company they are now, the information is out there, if and when you are willing to see it for what it is.

They'd be happy to know that their fairy dust is working on at least one Democrat, I suppose.

[MrSlayer]

13. You're probably right.

I am completely under the influence of the fairy dust. I'll just stay out of these threads.

[bliss_eternal]

14. It's really alright...

no hard feelings. :hi: I totally understand. I've been there. You should see all the Disney stuff WE own. We've even attended a few of the special events--loved them. Tough to fight the fairy dust. lol.

[BrotherBuzz]

5. I have a Mickey Mouse guitar from the fifties....

still with the original box. My mom stashed it away for over forty years before giving it to me for the second time. It may not be as nice as Jimmy Dodds guitar, but I love it, and I ain't giving it back! Beyond that, I don't believe I own enough Disney crap to fill a shoe box.

[Raine]

9. So they can resell it

Uh...no thanks. I won't buy from them again but not returning stuff that I laid out my own good money for.

[Rainscents]

11. I was thinking the exact same thing!

Great mind think a like. :evilgrin: I am going to mail mine to Disney Headquarter! Anyone have snail mail address?