In a shocking move that made both Hollywood and Wall Street take notice, corporate behemoth Disney jettisoned their immensely unpopular CEO Bob Chapek and replaced him with his predecessor Bob Iger. The days following the announcement saw a number of self-proclaimed experts weighing in on the reason for the coup. More than a few pinpointed the company's creepy obsession with sexual politics.
There's no doubting the fact that Disney has gone all-in when it comes to culturally revolutionary LGBT activism. It mindlessly shot itself in its own oversized mouse foot by lobbying against a Florida law to protect elementary school children from exposure to radical sexual curriculum in schools. That might have seemed peculiar, but this is the same company that loads almost every one of its park gift shops with "Pride Collection" paraphernalia, and comically over-represents LGBT characters and themes in its television programming and movies.
The latter point has left the company deservingly vulnerable to the withering scorn of social commentators and satirists:
But it's not just left-wing sexual politics that Disney seems incapable of quitting. A recent article in World Magazine highlighted the fact that the company's wayward drift is far more fundamental. Author Samuel James asked this of the company's alleged commitment to inclusion and representation of all demographics:
If representation were the goal, why is seemingly every Disney film a metaphor for irreligious people who leave home, abandon commitments, and chase adolescent dreams? Where are the characters who pray and stay?
To be fair, that's a question for the entire entertainment industry, not just Disney, which is one reason I think the "Bob exchange" in the company's front office isn't an attempt to correct Disney's debauchery. For one thing, Bob Iger is just as dedicated to the moral madness as Bob Chapek. The company's penchant for perversion didn't start in the last two years.
That's precisely why it's silly for anyone to buy into the recent ruminations that Iger's return will mean a corporate retreat from the activism. That was the apparent conclusion of independent journalist Christopher Rufo, who hopefully posted comments Iger made regarding his desire to "quiet things down" at Disney relative to the culture wars.
Anything is possible, but reason and experience should forbid anyone to believe that a left-wing CEO like Iger has developed some kind of moral hesitancy about suffocating the public with his company's brand of perversion-by-pixie-dust. Note specifically his caveat about wanting to be a "good citizen of the world." While that sounds quite noble, understand that Iger isn't commending a Christlike approach of loving our neighbors as we love ourselves. No, the command of Jesus to put away childish things and to act in the best interest of another doesn't sell in the current global marketplace.
Iger speaks the language of those who worship the spirit of the age, which eagerly promotes self-indulgence and intemperance. It's euphemistic language coming from a movement that never believes its political agenda is political. While speaking in moralistic terms and articulating them with belligerence, they convince themselves that they are not dogmatic religionists seeking to impose their narrow ideology on good people who see the world differently. No, they are merely being "good citizens of the world."
- Woke politics is "inclusive"
- Abortion is "women's rights"
- LGBT is "compassion for the marginalized"
That's why despite the hopes of those on the right eager for a victory in the culture war, I tend to believe that Iger's promise to "quiet things down" is far more about covert strategy than seeing the light. Time will tell, but don't expect Disney to distance itself from moral depravity and sinful decadence, but simply to do a better job masking their agenda.
