Random Thoughts - Current Events edition

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Disney isn't leaving Florida. Can you imagine the cost for Disney to up and abandon Disneyworld and what, rebuild it from scratch somewhere else? Somewhere less desirable, even?

The trouble with this is that it should have been something to hold over Disney. Like, "you better knock this sh** off, or we'll do X." Not even giving the threat and just doing X doesn't accomplish much and doesn't give Disney any incentive to not just continue business as usual, because they no longer have anything they can lose.

I admit, it's unlikely, but people and corporations have a way of going to extreme lengths to avoid the taxman.

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from all this SHOULD be, "A corporation has been operating for decades as its own autonomous entity on U.S. soil, exempt from regular laws and guidelines."

Like... is that in ANY way excusable? That a company (or more accurately, said company's theme park) can in essence be its own "Sovereign nation", simply because the parent corporation is that huge and influential? There's just so much wrong with that, to me. It's a theme park, operating as its own country. That's... insane.

I think they're too entrenched in Florida to leave as well, for one thing they specifically chose to build their theme parks in Florida and California because they're the two most popular tourist/vacation states in the U.S. So they're kinda stuck, even if they wanted to leave, there's no place to realistically accommodate them in either space or tourist dollars. But in any case the governor has already promised that they're gonna be on the hook for a lot more tax money going forward, no more "breaks". You already hear a lot about Disney treating their theme park employees like sh*t so you can expect things to get worse, not better, across the board. This will not be a good situation for anyone.

And all because Disney just HAD to appease the pink hairs. They had the right idea in the first place, just keep quiet and weather the storm. Oh, they got caught giving donations to Republicans? You don't even need to explain that, but if you feel forced, you say "Yeah, we do give money to Republicans and Democrats too, just like Nike and Marlboro and Viacom and Budweiser. We give money to ALL the politicians because that way, we get to do whatever we want no matter who's in charge. What, you idiots didn't know that? That's how it works, dummies."

The LGBTQ crowd acts like because Disney gave money to a political party, they're openly in support of every bit of legislation they enact. That's not how it works. They give money to Republicans because Florida is a Republican state, Disney operates in that state, and they'd like for things to go their way more often than not. It's just common sense.

Now, they went and sh*t where they eat and they're dealing with the consequences. And it's all needless.

All because SOME people really, really, REALLY think it's Disney's responsibility to tell your 5-year old, "If you wanna suck a dick and wear a dress, Timmy, by all means, go ahead." No, it's not their responsibility.

Nor is it the responsibility of ANY schoolteacher in the state of Florida, which is what all of this is REALLY all about.

I'm guessing that the LGBTQ community chose to derisively call the bill the "Don't Say Gay" law because calling it the "Don't Talk About Sex With My 5-Year Old You F*cking Pervert" Bill wouldn't garner the "correct" emotional response from people who only read the headlines. But it WOULD be a much more apt descriptor. But then, we know how well Liberals and Facts get along on a good day.