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Corporate Execs Claiming They “Get” Why DEI Hurt Them And Are Fixing It Protest Too Much, Methinks — An Editorial by LW Ghost

August 22, 2025  ·
  LW Ghost
Rivers of America Drained

The Rivers of America drained Walt Disney World in the Magic Kingdom - Photo Credit: Ron E. Bradley

The folks at Imagineering now have a story they’re telling, and we all know they loudly proclaim that it's all about the story, right? This one’s a real doozy. They claim draining the Rivers (now swamps) Of America and removing as much Americana as they can from Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom is part of “reimagining” and helping guests discover and create “their own folklore.” (And the unstated subtext, as with all such pronouncements from Disney management in the past 10 years or so is—“…and if YOU disagree, you’re an ikky, yukky doodoohead, so there!”)

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Author: LW Ghost
LW Ghost is a writer, director, producer, designer, and former officer and contract negotiator within the entertainment guilds and a contributor on many of the shows you recall with vivid detail. Mr. Ghost now enjoys retirement and writes, when so inclined, about all things modern and past Hollywood on back, front, and even sidelots he once roamed. Having grown up literally with Disneyland, he has now decamped the SoCal madness and resides in the not-quite-so-mysterious Southeast. He shares the philosophy about attention and fame of his namesake seen in the photo who famously advised "Stay out of the spotlight--it'll fade your suit." SOCIAL MEDIA: X: http://x.com/TPPNewsNetwork YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatPodPlace Patreon: www.Patreon.com/LewsViews
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devilman013

If they truly got it, they would have fixed it years ago.