Let's attack Disney's family image.

[Benfea]

I say we hit Disney where it hurts. They make their money off of their image as a company with "family friendly" products.

If Disney wants to align themselves with Bush, then so be it. They themselves chose to support Bush, so all we have to do is link Disney with Bush's actions to attack their family image.

How about if we organize local protests at all the Disney Stores around the country. At each Disney store, we hold up big signs featuring images from Abu Ghraib with the text "Disney supports this." The protests don't have to be large, you just have to make sure all the customers entering the Disney stores see the horrific images on their way in.

If we can coordinate it all on the same day, maybe we can get something in the news, which would further push the meme that Disney supports Bush's actions, and by extension, all that Bush has done. If we get the public to associate the crimes at Abu Ghraib with Disney, suddenly they don't look so cute anymore. We can't make an organized boycott work, but we can attack the image that Disney has worked so hard to cultivate, the image that really makes them their money.

[global1]

1. Was Walt A Pedophile Like Michael Jackson?........nt

[Benfea]

7. Huh? -NT

[Selatius]

2. If you want to hurt Disney, then don't go to their theme parks

Disney store chains were sold off several years ago to a third party company, I believe. They weren't exactly making the expected profit margins, so they allowed another company to license the products and sell them. Not going to their theme parks is going to hurt them a lot more.

If only 45% of the Democratic Party stopped going to Disney World/Disney Land, then the corporation would see the impact on their bottom line.

[Benfea]

3. Whether or not Disney owns those chains is irrelevant.

The point is to attack Disney's image, which is very much present at the Disney stores.

Look, if you and I and everyone who reads this board stops going to Disneyland, it won't make a dent in their profits, and you know it. However if we can successfully attack Disney's family image by associating them with Abu Ghraib in the mind of the public, we can have a very large impact on their bottom line.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

4. I have been working on this for years.

My union, Sheet Metal workers local 104 has been giving discount tickets to Disney for years. I have written them numerous times, objecting to this just becuse Disney supports sweatshops On occasion, I have gotten them to stop. Sooner or later, they offer them again. Fuck! If my union doesn't get it, how the hell do I get America to get it?

[Benfea]

6. That's why we attack the image rather than trying to organize boycotts

The conservatives' past problems with Disney shows that organized boycotts of Disney are doomed to failure. Disney knows this, and that's why they won't give a damn no matter how many of us send in angry letters and try to organize boycotts.

Thus the only recourse is to attack Disney's image. That's what the storefront protests are designed to do. Let every customer see images of naked men in Abu Ghraib lying in a pool of their own blood over the words "Disney supports this," and it will have a lasting impression on them, even if not right away.

Boycotts won't scare them, but I have a feeling they'd care very much about their precious image, and that is what we need to concentrate on attacking.

[The Straight Story]

5. 'Family friendly'?? It seems most cartoons are one parent family shows

Aladdin, Bambi, Little Mermaid, etc and so on.

Seems disney cartoons have no idea how to handle two parent families, and yet the rw'ers eat it up.

Snow white, cinderella, and the list just goes on. Same tired formula.