{"id":1437017,"date":"2022-04-14T08:15:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437017"},"modified":"2022-04-14T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:17:39","slug":"disney-heiress-abigail-disney-calls-on-company-to-get-more-political-wants-them-to-fight-right-wing-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-heiress-abigail-disney-calls-on-company-to-get-more-political-wants-them-to-fight-right-wing-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Heiress Abigail Disney Calls on Company to Get More Political, Wants Them to Fight \u201cRight-Wing Agenda\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-heiress-abigail-disney-calls-on-company-to-get-more-political-wants-them-to-fight-right-wing-agenda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In continued support of the company\u2019s opposition to Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education law, Disney heiress Abigail Disney has called on the House of Mouse to both \u201cadmit that there is no longer such a thing\u201d as political neutral ground and further commit itself to fighting \u201cthe right-wing agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keynote presentation by Abigail Disney, Filmmaker &#038; President and CEO, Fork Films Photo Credit: U.S. Institute of Peace, CC BY 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/04\/12\/major-media-companies-including-disney-warnermedia-comcast-and-paramount-to-run-glaad-ad-promoting-transgenderism\/\">Major Media Companies Including Disney, WarnerMedia, Comcast, And Paramount To Run GLAAD Ad Promoting Transgenderism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Penning a recent op-ed for <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/pDII0\">The Washington Post<\/a>, Disney asked, \u201cIf my grandfather\u2019s company doesn\u2019t stand for love, what\u2019s it for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo find its way again, Disney needs to muster the courage to weather the momentary outrage of people who will not be satisfied until they have erased an entire class of human beings,\u201d she added. \u201cBecause if this brand does not stand for love, what on earth is it for?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156469\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.06-09.00-themixnet-624dff5fe2393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"747\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Fox &#038; Friends, YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beginning her criticism with corporate heads, Disney observed, \u201cBusiness leaders like to claim political neutrality, suggesting they be left alone to \u2018just do business.\u2019 But changes to tax, antitrust and regulatory policy in recent decades, directly affecting (and benefiting) profitability, make it clear that just doing business has been very political indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021.03.05-05.16-themixnet-6042678857d81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1329\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr user: Michael Gray Wantagh, NY, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/04\/10\/twitter-locks-out-agent-poso-creator-jack-posobiec-over-boycott-groomers-disney-parody-merch\/\">Twitter Locks Out Agent Poso Creator Jack Posobiec Over \u2018Boycott Groomers\u2019 Disney Parody Merch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, voices on both the left and right have embraced the mantra that \u2018markets fix everything,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cBut the most vigorous defenders of extreme subsidies, tax breaks, deregulation and disempowerment of workers are consistently found on the right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[In their desire to remain neutral] Disney hasn\u2019t been behaving any more nefariously than other corporations,\u201d she admitted. \u201cThis is just how the game has come to be played.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.22-05.46-themixnet-623a0b6647191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"910\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Disney+ Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Referencing Fox News host Laura Ingraham\u2019s recent warning to Disney that \u201cWhen Republicans [\u2026] get back into power, Apple and Disney need to understand one thing: Everything will be on the table. Your copyright, trademark protection. Your special status within certain states. And even your corporate structure itself,\u201d the heiress continued, \u201cAs much as I hate agreeing with [Laura] Ingraham, she is right about one thing: Protections for rent-seeking practices ought to be reviewed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.11-10.16-themixnet-622bca2a3aef6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1168\" height=\"630\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Disney Parks YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/04\/09\/numerous-disney-employees-call-out-companys-radical-opposition-to-floridas-anti-grooming-bill\/\">Numerous Disney Employees Call Out Company\u2019s Radical Opposition To Florida\u2019s Anti-Grooming Bill<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Comic Culture from Bounding Into Comics. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd as much as I have to lose as a shareholder from saying so, I will admit: Disney is a creative company that for far too long has relied on crafty political machinations to protect its advantages while doing very little creative production beyond sequels, remakes, tent poles and so on \u2014 with the notable exception of animation,\u201d declared Disney.<\/p>\n<p>However, remiss to fully agree with Ingraham\u2019s position, Disney argued, \u201cBut what Ingraham suggested is selective enforcement of such reviews or protections that amount to punishment for speaking up against right-wing positions, rather than a desire to challenge the imbalances that endow corporations with these advantages to begin with.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.02.22-02.30-themixnet-6214f37d824cd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Kingdom Hearts III (2019), Square Enix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis time, the far-right-wing political machine appears to have gotten out over its skis,\u201d she wrote. \u201cPoliticians should be asking whether, come next election cycle, Disney or any other corporation will back them given these threats of arbitrary punishment under a potential Republican administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas allowing zealots (and opportunists) to take charge of the right-wing agenda effectively bitten the corporate hand that has fed the right for so long?\u201d Disney asked. \u201cThe world has changed since my grandfather\u2019s day. Corporations looking to occupy neutral ground \u2014 including Disney \u2014 would do well to admit that there is no longer such a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.12-02.46-themixnet-625590b111460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1372\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">120613-N-LE393-021 NEWPORT, R.I. (June 13, 2012) Abigail Disney, executive producer of the documentary film series \u201cWomen, War and Peace,\u201d gives a keynote address during the 2012 Current Strategy Forum at the U.S. Naval War College. This year\u2019s forum explores global trends and the implications they have on national policy and maritime forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Dietrich\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/04\/08\/more-disney-rot-exposed-company-uses-benefits-programs-for-gender-affirmation-procedures-to-assist-their-employees-and-children-to-transition\/\">More Disney Rot Exposed, Company Uses Benefits Programs For \u201cGender Affirmation Procedures\u201d To Assist Their Employees And Children To \u201cTransition\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drawing her op-ed to a close, Disney opined, \u201cThe political backlash against Disney is a monster of corporate America\u2019s own creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce content to stay quiet and feign neutrality while real people were actively harmed by right-wing policy machinations, the mob has now come for businesses,\u201d she said. \u201cWe need corporations to step up on principle, regardless of what the resulting backlash might look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2021.10.05-08.02-themixnet-615caf571c8e5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: KINGDOM HEARTS III (2019), Square Enix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/04\/12\/disney-heiress-abigail-disney-reveals-her-ignorance-about-floridas-anti-grooming-bill-as-well-as-the-walt-disney-companys-grooming-practices\/\">Disney Heiress Abigail Disney Reveals Her Ignorance About Florida\u2019s Anti-Grooming Bill As Well As The Walt Disney Company\u2019s Grooming Practices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disney ultimately proclaimed, \u201cThe only option for corporate leaders is to stand tall for authenticity, generosity, joy and decency. These things are kryptonite for the right-wing agenda. Fortunately, they are also the heart and soul of the Disney brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The heiress would later expand on her op-ed during a subsequent appearance on CNN\u2019s Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter, stating that the recent pushback against Disney\u2019s political ventures was the result of \u201ca pretty coordinated, strategic plan unfolding,\u201d with the company being made \u201cthe biggest target because it is so woven into families.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.07-03.02-themixnet-624efcf0965ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"886\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Marvel\u2019s Voices \u2013 Pride Vol. 1 #1 \u201cIntroduction\u201d (2021), Marvel Comics. Words by Luciano Vecchio and Mike O\u2019Sullivan, art by Luciano Vecchio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd so if you can create this idea that somebody is in there trying to indoctrinate your child, my goodness, the paranoid imagination can run circles with that,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Continuing, Disney maintained, \u201cAnd so I understand why it\u2019s been selected in whatever strategic meeting they had for what they would turn to next. But this is absurd. The thing that Disney stands for more than anything in every film and especially in the animation, whether there is a gay character or not, is love and acceptance and family and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.03.11-10.16-themixnet-622bca2c1dd74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1173\" height=\"627\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Disney Parks YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/04\/07\/amid-promises-to-promote-more-radical-gender-ideology-to-children-disney-casts-transgender-actor-in-willow\/\">Amid Promises To Promote More Radical Gender Ideology To Children, Disney Casts Transgender Actor In Willow<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they are trying to inject something into what Disney does that has nothing to do with what Disney does whether or not there are gay characters,\u201d she claimed. \u201cAnd I keep wondering what is their theory of change exactly? Because if you were to erase every reference to gayness and gay people from the planet, which is sort of what the \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 bill feels like. Will children not become gay? Do they need to be recruited and groomed or are people just gay?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.12-02.46-themixnet-625590b40c850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Amanpour and Company YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s a hard question they need to ask themselves because if you go back through history there\u2019s been gay people whether or not the word was ever spoken,\u201d said Disney. \u201cSo this is an ineffective way of going about what they want. It\u2019s an attempt to push history backwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt denies the fact that everyone conservative or not that has a gay friend or a transgender family member,\u201d the heiress concluded. \u201cWe are all in it together, now. And I think it is all of our fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022.04.07-10.16-themixnet-624f62b247ffa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Disney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Disney\u2019s op-ed for The Washington Post? Let us know your thoughts on social media or in the comments down below!<\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/04\/07\/gay-disney-employee-condemns-companys-fight-against-floridas-parental-rights-in-education-law-warns-they-are-planning-to-go-even-harder-with-gender-ideology\/\">Gay Disney Employee Condemns Company\u2019s Fight Against Florida\u2019s Parental Rights In Education Law, Warns They Are \u201cPlanning To Go Even Harder With Gender Ideology\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In continued support of the company\u2019s opposition to Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education law, Disney heiress Abigail Disney has called on the House of Mouse to both \u201cadmit that there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1437017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1437017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1437017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}