I think Morrell has been made a scapegoat. He actually wanted Disney to dissociate itself from making any public political stance.
From the article:
He feared if Disney took a public stand against “Don’t Say Gay,” the company may also have to publicly fight future human rights issues, including potential offenses from China, an important market for Disney content.
Morrell also feared potential 2024 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has championed the bill, would use Disney as a punching bag if the company opposed the bill.
Morrell has been proven correct in recent weeks, after Disney quickly reversed its decision to stay silent amid large protests from Disney employees.
Both Trump and DeSantis have come after Disney’s public challenge of “Don’t Say Gay.” DeSantis signed a bill earlier this month that removes certain privileges granted to Disney decades concerning the land surrounding its Disney World theme park.
But by explaining Disney’s decision not to take a stand on “Don’t Say Gay,” rather than simply not taking a public position, Morrell’s strategy opened up the company to months of protest that could have been avoided. Disney employees have held walkouts and run social media campaigns with the hashtag “FireChapek” after the company’s dithering response.
But by explaining Disney’s decision not to take a stand on “Don’t Say Gay,” rather than simply not taking a public position, Morrell’s strategy opened up the company to months of protest that could have been avoided.
“Morrell’s strategy opened up the company to months of protest that could have been avoided. Disney employees have held walkouts and run social media campaigns with the hashtag “FireChapek” after the company’s dithering response.”
That’s how the left can bring a huge corporation to its knees.
Gather a few rabid activists to loudly march and protest at the company’s headquarters, make the life of the CEO miserable, get the media to cover it and make it seem like it’s millions marching, take the moral high ground by painting the opposition as haters... and voila, you now “own” the company.
This playbook has been used hundreds, if not thousands, of times and has become so effective that most corporations fold at the mere threat by these leftist “activists”.
It’s basically come down to, that, to get a company to see things your way you have to be the one that causes them the most pain. Or you have to take on those activists with your activists. But what makes leftist activism so effective is the support of the media, which magnifies any tiny protest into a flood and paints it as morally superior. And the useful idiots buy it lock stock and barrel.
“I think Morrell has been made a scapegoat. He actually wanted Disney to dissociate itself from making any public political stance.”
Thanks for highlighting this.
So this resignation is not really a win for our side, but I’m sure most freepers who can’t be bothered to read beyond the headline Wil be foolishly gloating.
If anything it sounds like Disney is doubling down considering who they’re replacing him with.
Funny how these articles adopt the Pejorative term used by anti bill activists rather than the refer to the bill by its official title. Use of “don’t say gay” which doesn’t accurately describe the contents of the bill is tantamount to propaganda which the “media” claims it doesn’t engage in. Fake news /s