Republicans Are Bullying Mickey Mouse, But Does That Seem Like a Good Idea?

There appears to be so much nonsense in today’s political strategies here in the U.S.  Obviously the far-right wing is getting great mileage out of ridiculing the idea of “wokeness,” a word that hateful and ignorant people use to discredit the values that all Americans used to share: fairness, compassion, and decency.  But do you seriously want to direct this anger against Disney?

My mother grew up on “Steamboat Willie” in the late 1920s.  Later in her life, “Snow White” and “Cinderella” came along.  Smoking weed and going to Disney World was very popular in my college days.  After my kids wore out the VHS recordings, my wife and I took them to see Broadway productions of “The Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast.”

These people have 203,000 employees, a market cap of $226 billion, and the abiding respect of most Americans.  Picking on the Karl Marx Foundation makes sense, but Disney?