Tea at Trianon: The Sad Collapse and Corruption of Disney’s (Woke) World

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Sunday, April 10, 2022

The Sad Collapse and Corruption of Disney’s (Woke) World

From LifeNews:

On that score, few companies have fallen as far as the once wonderful world of Disney – which is anything but wonderful today. Footage of a leaked company-wide Zoom call confirms Disney’s desire to embrace an agenda that deliberately and blatantly rejects a Christian worldview of the family, as well as God’s view of human sexuality.
The meeting was held in response to the Florida legislature’s passage and Governor Ron DeSantis’ signing of HB 1557 – a bill that prohibits state teachers from introducing or pushing LGBT topics on children in kindergarten through the third grade. Critics of the legislation, along with willing accomplices in the press, have erroneously and deceptively and deceitfully labeled it as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

In reality, it’s common-sense legislation that recognizes parents reserve the absolute right to decide when and what their children are to be taught about such sensitive issues. But Karey Burke, president of Disney’s General Entertainment Content, feels strongly that if children aren’t going to be propagandized in school, they should be brainwashed and confused via Disney entertainment.
“I’m here as a mother of two queer children, actually,” Burke told employees. “One transgender child and one pansexual child, and also as a leader.” Burke went on to say she is committed to Disney producing content that features “underrepresented” individuals “We have many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories, and yet we don’t have enough leads, and narratives in which gay characters just get to be characters,” she said.

During another portion of the call, Disney’s “diversity and inclusion” manager, Vivian Ware bragged about discontinuing the use of the phrases “ladies and gentlemen” and “boys and girls” from announcements at their theme parks.

Many of us have warm and cherished memories of watching Disney movies and cartoons or maybe even taking a big family vacation to a Disney theme park. Sadly, that Disney is now long gone.

The Disney brand was once so beloved and ubiquitous in the world that the name “Mickey Mouse” was used as the password for entrance into Allied Supreme Headquarters in Europe on D-Day in 1944.

“Disneyland will never be completed as long as there is imagination left in the world,” Walt Disney once said.

Tragically, God’s gift of “imagination” has been deeply corrupted in this case, bringing to mind the words and warning of the apostle Paul to believers in Rome:

“And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God,” he wrote, “God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done” (1:28).

As parents, many of us appreciate entertainment for children that feature gentle and innocent themes. There will be enough time for our kids to be exposed to the harsh realities of a broken world. We don’t need sinister or confused screenwriters corrupting the beautiful minds of our young ones. (Read more.)