Disney's Social Media in the Wake of Tragedy

[bsiev1977]

Bouncing off you instead.

Going back to the topic title:
Walt Disney Company Donates $1 Million to OneOrlando Fund

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...company-donates-1-million-to-oneorlando-fund/

That's excellent. I wonder if that's enough of a response for everyone on here who was complaining about a lack of tweets and Facebook posts in the immediate aftermath of the attack?

 

[TubaGeek]

Thank you.
I did check the facebook page. Theres a lot! even from Tokyo Disneyland and other worldwide parks!

It's still going! And I KNOW there are more to add.

 

[MattM]

I feel sorry for you.

There are a lot of older people who may not necessarily agree with gay marriage, but they don't do anything to oppose it. These same people may have gay neighbors or gay friends whom they truly care for. But you would write off those people, because they have a view that is different than yours.

The smaller, angrier minds will have a hard to understanding this, but being for something doesn't make you inherently against everything that opposes it.

 

[Matt_Black]

Disney just released a statement and donated a million dollars to the One Orlando fund. I think they have made their position clear.

Good on them.

 

[Pixie VaVoom]

The smaller, angrier minds will have a hard to understanding this, but being for something doesn't make you inherently against everything that opposes it.

I really hope to not see this situation devolve into the same type of vibe as that scene in the movie "Malcolm X" where a white girl wants to help the cause and he he disses her and turns her help away BECAUSE she is WHITE.
If somebody, even a "purple people eater" wants to HELP, then let them HELP !! It is good for the soul - for both the giver and the reciever...If you can't accept that - then I think you are just using whatever difference you have as a shield and a bludgeon to mask your own issues, and that is just SAD.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

They have never done it before for anything other than entertainment purposes and despite the scale of this tragedy I canot see them using Cinderella castle in that fashion.

They did light it rainbow last summer when gay marriage was legalized.

 

[bsiev1977]

They did light it rainbow last summer when gay marriage was legalized.

Were you there in the parks at the time? I'm not trying to be contrary, but everything I've heard about that was that the picture wasn't real. Someone took the image of the castle and photoshopped the rainbow colors over it.

 

[Matt_Black]

Were you there in the parks at the time? I'm not trying to be contrary, but everything I've heard about that was that the picture wasn't real. Someone took the image of the castle and photoshopped the rainbow colors over it.

No, the picture was real, and had been lit up with rainbow colors, but that had been done years prior and strictly for entertainment purposes, if I'm understanding it correctly.

 

[bsiev1977]

No, the picture was real, and had been lit up with rainbow colors, but that had been done years prior and strictly for entertainment purposes, if I'm understanding it correctly.

You're right, that's something I believe I've seen on here recently.
Point being, the castle has never been lit in a special way to honor or commemorate any group, event or incident. As far as I know.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Were you there in the parks at the time? I'm not trying to be contrary, but everything I've heard about that was that the picture wasn't real. Someone took the image of the castle and photoshopped the rainbow colors over it.

Doesn't look photoshopped but this Instagram post makes it sound like it was taken that day.

 

[JohnD]

They're actually still supporting anti-LGBT groups as well.



Again, helping is good. Being consistently helpful is better.

You're really stretching. Dan Cathy, a Christian said he believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. That's a deeply held religious belief. I won't go into why. That's a discussion for a religious forum, not here. According to the article, that translates into "a history of anti-LGBT" activism, while the article doesn't see the irony in its own anti-Christian activism spelled out right there for all to read.

Just because someone believes that doesn't mean that you're "anti-gay" or "hate" gays. How many times have I been saying that on this thread? An olive branch is offered over and over. Yet you and others continue to close the door and call those of us offering condolences and support bigots and worse.

 

[donsullivan]

They did light it rainbow last summer when gay marriage was legalized.

They did not. Those photos were from many years before for a lighting package for SpectroMagic.

 

[wdwmagic]

I believe this thread has largely ran its course and is no entering discussion that isn't what we are here for. If any of you wish to continue it, please do so via private conversation. Thanks.