Didn’t say it was…but any way one side can attack the other for political or personal advantage is what happens on a daily basis unfortunately. It’s why people and companies have to be careful what they do and say sometimes. Don’t give them a reason to come after you.
Look at how many people have been cancelled or companies boycotted over things they’ve said. Is that free speech?
I hate politics. It’s more show than anything and no one comes out a winner. Exhibit A right here with this reedy creek Disney circus
These are not all the same thing. There are fundamental differences with them that are important. This isn't just some small nuance either, it's the entire ball game. That you keep comingling them is the exact issue.
Disney, any company, any person, whomever can 100% though speech in all it's various forms, express opinions about politicians and policy.
The government can never retaliate against that ever. There's no both sides here.
Politicians, consumers, other businesses, whomever are completely fine to push back on those opinions.
Those are not the same things. If Ron wants to give speeches, organize rallies, call for boycotts, not personally give Disney any money. Those are all completely fine. If Ron wants to use the power of the government to punish Disney, that's crossing a line that should never be crossed. There is nothing that should ever be worried about where that is the outcome. In every post, you treated both of these responses as the same, when they are fundamentally different. You keep saying "you didn't say" in the very same posts where you are "completely saying" it.
If you want to go on the radio, street corner, or live stream right now and express for hours how you disagree with some FL policy, that's your right or Disney's right. If because of that, people don't want to talk or do business with you, that's completely acceptable. However, if the state wants to impose the force of government on you for it, that's 100% not acceptable. There is no, "well, shouldn't have been yelling those things, should have kept to yourself". That's not a thing.
Totally agree. A company taking a side (in this case TWDC) is what caused this RCID mess in the first place in my opinion.
As
@GhostHost1000 just said, companies should focus on running their business.
I don’t think this was even “political speech” on Disneys part at all. It was a business decision based on labor and it was an easy one to make.
This is severely overlooked in these discussions too. Those that excuse the government response with "they should just run their business" keep completely missing, they were 100% running their business here. This was an employee and customer relations action. They made the business decision that the response was better for maintaining their labor force and for overall customer relations than not having a position.
Are they only allowed to manage labor relations when it doesn't upset the government? Is there a list of which business decisions are fine and which ones are not allowed because they're too "political"?
