That Park Place is not a political website. We take no official position in regards to any political movement or policy. We are covering this topic out of necessity because of the implications on an entertainment corporation that runs theme parks. We would much rather be covering the new brunch items inside the Beast’s Castle at Magic Kingdom.
The Disney Walkout organization which worked to orchestrate a protest in early March featuring Disney employees has come out with particularly negative assessments of the Burbank protests from yesterday. In those protests, individuals seemed to advocate for a Disney boycott and were negative towards the goals which the Disney Walkout group has advocated for.
Why it matters:
The Disney Walkout organization has been determined to include individuals from The Walt Disney Company leadership and thus is not your run-of-the-mill grassroots organization inside a company. See the statement below:
The TWDC LGBTQIA+ Advisory Council, made up of BERG leadership, and those within the Disney Walkout movement would like to address our coworkers together.
You may recall that the LGBTQIA+ Advisory Council has had its members used in parts of the Reimagine Tomorrow “listening sessions” that were leaked by independent journalist, Christopher Rufo. Here’s Nadine Smith who is an activist partner:
Christopher F Rufo: "Disney's activism partner Nadine Smith of Equality Florida tells LGBTQ employees that DeSantis and Pushaw want to "erase you, criminalize your existence, and take your kids." pic.twitter.com/w9BlqLBm1V
— Apex World News (@apexworldnews) March 31, 2022
So when the Disney Walkout group provides statements via Twitter, we now know that they have membership from persons of significant power in The Walt Disney Company. Thus, when the organization claims that white supremacy is to blame for protesters against Disney, that may have some reflection on leadership’s non-public thoughts. If not, Disney needs to disentangle from the organization and make a public statement that they are not representative of the company. Here are the tweets from Disney Walkout that one might find interesting:
(2/2) When the entirety of the white supremacist, right wing media paints nearly 200,000 employees of Disney as "groomers" this is priming people to commit acts of violence against them.
If anything happens this will be on them and we must work to hold them accountable.
— Disney Walkout (@DisneyWalkout) April 6, 2022
Peaceful so far, good, but:
1) They prob don't have a permit(2 days isn't enough time)
2) Illegally blocking sidewalk
3) Parked in a no park zone
And appears @BurbankPD is allowing this/working with them
What gives @KonstantineinCA? https://t.co/OBoBeoPK6R
— Disney Walkout (@DisneyWalkout) April 7, 2022
And now literally blocking the street, how is this being permitted? pic.twitter.com/9mvo9bRKcc
— Disney Walkout (@DisneyWalkout) April 7, 2022
How is literally facilitating this clear act of hate and intimidation towards Disney employees the appropriate response? @BurbankPD @KonstantineinCA
Employees literally have been warned about this and instructed how to avoid it for their safety, but sure, let them stay. https://t.co/ZLapM2tXNB
— Disney Walkout (@DisneyWalkout) April 7, 2022
And if you think all of this is just about equality, equity, legislation in Florida, etc… and that it is divorced from politics (i.e. Disney is taking a moral, not political stand), just remember one of Mrs. Nadine Smith’s recent tweets:
This is who Trump supports.
This is who Fox cheers on.
This is what DeSantis ducked condemning for fear of alienating the GOP base.
This is the existential threat to democracy here and abroad. https://t.co/FwgaCeZudS— Nadine Smith (@1NadineSmith) April 4, 2022
It’s all political and that’s the problem.
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