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Disney Is Crashing and Burning and According to New Data It's Likely Thanks to Conservatives
Red State ^ | 10/05/23 | Brandon Morse

Posted on 10/05/2023 9:34:15 AM PDT by CFW

Disney went from being the "Magic Kingdom" to the "Tragic Kingdom" in just a few short years. The once uncontested king of family entertainment infused itself with leftist politics, DEI practices, and LGBT activism to the point where it's become nigh unrecognizable. As such, Disney's self-inflicted wounds have it bleeding out and despite talk of healing itself, no steps have been made to do so.

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According to the poll, 60 percent of Republicans have an unfavorable opinion of the company with 35 percent having a "very unfavorable" opinion. Democrats have almost a mirror opposite view with 61 percent favorability and 29 percent unfavorability.

Why is this a huge issue? Because Disney is first and foremost a children's media company. While it owns properties like Star Wars and Marvel, which appeal to various generations, the bulk of what Disney is revolves around children.

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"Liberals are not having enough babies to keep up with conservatives. Arthur Brooks, a social scientist at Syracuse University, was the first to point this out all the way back in 2006 when he went on ABC News and blew blue staters minds. “The political Right is having a lot more kids than the political Left,” he explained. “The gap is actually 41 percent.” Data on the U.S. birth rate from the General Social Survey confirms this trend — a random sample of 100 conservative adults will raise 208 children, while 100 liberal adults will raise a mere 147 kids. That’s a massive gap."

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: boycotts; childpredators; disney; disneygroomers; disneygrooming; gowokegobroke; groomers; grooming; lgbt; lgbtq; psychos
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To: CFW

Well, yeah... but that all just means that the 9-year low is even more significant. It’s down more than 60 percent!


41 posted on 10/05/2023 10:55:56 AM PDT by dangus
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To: CFW
I believe that Disney's descent into madness began when they decided to fire their entire legacy IT staff and force them to train their H-1B replacements or lose their severance benefits.

Since IT is such an important aspect of running Disney parks and making Disney movies, Disney lost their core values when they let their longtime IT workers go. The replacement staff replaced their value system, too, and Disney is suffering for it now.

-PJ

42 posted on 10/05/2023 10:57:32 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

“I believe that Disney’s descent into madness began when they decided to fire their entire legacy IT staff and force them to train their H-1B replacements or lose their severance benefits.”


I’d almost forgotten about that, but you are right. They fired the people who had been there for years and knew the history of the company. From what I understand from someone who worked there at that time, the employees were like one big family. They were long-timed members of the community and dedicated to the Disney “family” brand. The current employees are dedicated to a “brand” as well, but it is anti-family and anti-children.


43 posted on 10/05/2023 11:21:24 AM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I believe one of the Disney Indian “leaders” is now behind the hacking fiasco at MGM.


44 posted on 10/05/2023 11:24:16 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: PAR35

I was at Disney during June. I asked one of the employees at my hotel why crowds were down in June. Her answer:

1 - liberals are pissed off at DeSantis
2 - conservatives won’t bring their children here during pride month
3 - they’ve raised prices to a point that keeps visitors away

Take your pick.


45 posted on 10/05/2023 11:31:31 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: ansel12

Your #9 > well said.


46 posted on 10/05/2023 11:34:55 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: central_va

I honestly do not remember. As I stated it was eighteen years ago. My son is 25 now.

I THINK the park tickets for two adults and a child for four days was over $700.

I remember the hotel was only $64/night. It was the Dolphin which was a Sheraton hotel. It is part of the Marriott Corp now. That and the Swan were the only NON Disney owned hotels in Disney World back then. We got the employee rate at the hotel because a brother of a buddy was a manager there.


47 posted on 10/05/2023 11:37:32 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: CFW
Old story. I grew up in Anaheim, CA. We could see the Disneyland fireworks..from our house.

Family from out of town....always came to our house...and ALWAYS wanted to go to D-Land...my sister and I hated it!! Ha!! We had been there so many times....it was a joke to us.

48 posted on 10/05/2023 11:38:27 AM PDT by Osage Orange (I miss Rush)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Grand total?


49 posted on 10/05/2023 11:38:43 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: CFW

This is something I’ve been watching with glee. Let it crash and burn, maybe then they’ll learn their lesson and leave societal and political issues out of their products.


50 posted on 10/05/2023 11:44:01 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: woodbutcher1963

For the beginning of November, prior to the Thanksgiving rush, Expedia lists the Dolphin at over $900 per night.


51 posted on 10/05/2023 11:45:22 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: desertsolitaire
I wonder what the stocks highest point ever was.

$186+ in April 2021

52 posted on 10/05/2023 11:47:47 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: central_va

I can’t give you a room cost, since my last trip was based on DVC points & doesn’t have a dollar cost.

I can tell you my discounted DVC pass renewal is around $800. Ticket pricing was around $150 per day for the Magic Kingdom. Add $25 to park.

Figure $15 to $20 for a hot dog, fries, & drink at lunch. $30 for dinner, excluding alcohol.


53 posted on 10/05/2023 11:51:32 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: CFW

Who knew constantly insulting your core customers, spitting on their values and trying to corrupt their kids would be bad for business?


54 posted on 10/05/2023 11:53:58 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: bobcat62

Bob,

As I previously stated this was EIGHTEEN years ago.
At the time I think the Dolphin was in the $250/night range. We got the Starwood employee rate at the time.
We went from the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving. Left the Friday after. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the park is empty.

There are books/websites now that show when the best/worst time to go are.


55 posted on 10/05/2023 12:17:10 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Responsibility2nd

The reason the economics are successful is because they are not boycotts. People insist on calling them boycotts because they don’t know what a boycott is and the current phenomenon looks a lot like a boycott in that it is accomplishing what a boycott wants to do. A boycott is a coordinated effort to force a company to change its behavior based on the possibility that sales will suffer. Boycotts do not work because people inevitably will go to Target or WalMart ot will continue to buy the product because they need them more than they care about boycotting them.

Risney, Target and Bud Light are not being boycotted, they are being rejected. People will not simply start drinking Bud Light when Anheuser Busch admits they screwed up. They have been rejected. I am not drinking bud or bud light and it is too late for them nothing they can do even giving it away will get those customers back. Disney has peed in the bath water so much that nobody wants to get back in the tub. A boycott would be people getting back in the tub if they will just filter the water.


56 posted on 10/05/2023 12:35:33 PM PDT by webheart
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To: desertsolitaire

$190.80 in March 2021.


57 posted on 10/05/2023 1:19:36 PM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Max in Utah

Most of the men at Disney World Florida are gay…my daughter did an internship there and could not get a date very often….


58 posted on 10/05/2023 1:44:39 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hattie
News headline this morning said Disney is cutting admission costs for children.

Yeah, I don't think that will work anymore. I saw a photo of a bearded, overweight MAN, in a Disney-style dress, greeting a child. My mind was blown. I have been reading about this stuff; but, seeing it is a revelation. The confused look on the child's face really said it all. (Kind of like the look on every little girl's face that PedoJoe is interacting with.)

My daughters are grown adults; but, I would not be a Disney fan if I still had little girls.

59 posted on 10/05/2023 1:47:47 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: webheart

My husband says something similar. He puts it that it is not a boycott, it is an abandonment.


60 posted on 10/05/2023 1:54:59 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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