The Patriot Post® · Don't Say the Truth

Gov. Ron DeSantis is probably used to it by now, but he continues to be the object of rage and raving from liberal politicians and cultural icons.

This week the President of the Disney Corporation, which once confined itself to child-oriented and adventure-themed entertainments like Davy Crockett, Snow White, and Cinderella, attacked DeSantis over his intention to sign a measure LGBTQ+ forces have labeled the “don’t say gay” bill.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced that the company is giving $5 million to the radical Human Rights Campaign Fund. He also said that Disney is suspending its donations to Florida politicos because of the controversy.

There may be some value in getting Disney and its corporate values out of political finance, but the hypocrisy of it all is what’s really galling. Disney has no problem pocketing proceeds from the earnings of parents who associate it with endearing cartoons, dazzling colors, and musicals — then turning around and spending that money on a deliberately deceptive campaign against a bill a strong majority of parents support.

DeSantis wasn’t fazed by an in-state corporate giant. “You have companies like a Disney that are gonna say and criticize parents’ rights, they’re gonna criticize the fact that we don’t want transgenderism in kindergarten and first grade classrooms,” he said. “If that’s the hill that they’re gonna die on, then how do they possibly explain lining their pockets with their relationship with the Communist Party of China?”

Chapek was just the tip of the spear. Apple’s Tim Cook said he opposes the bill and stands with “vulnerable youth.” The Washington Post, never late for the parade, claimed the bill “will hurt all children.” Saturday Night Live actress Kate MacKinnon used an SNL segment to condemn the bill and chant “gay, gay, gay.”

President Biden called the bill “hateful.” Taking his cue, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was described as saying the bill was “hurtful to kids’ health.” Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona accused “leaders in Florida” of “prioritizing hateful bills.”

By now these criticisms are liberal boilerplate. Chapek and Cook and their coterie surely know what the bill prevents. It bars teacher-led discussions of homosexuality, gender fluidity, transgenderism, and related topics from kindergarten through 3rd grade. Even liberal comedian Bill Maher was affronted by the campaign against the bill: “Maybe kids that young shouldn’t be thinking about sex at all,” he said.

If you ever need conclusive evidence of the gap between the typical American, much less a typical parent, and the nation’s media and political power brokers, this is it. The Human Rights Campaign believes it is good to expose young children to pansexual propaganda like Julian is a Mermaid. They include the book in a K-3 curriculum guide and its author claims it’s fit for a preschooler. It’s the tale of a very young boy who longs, one review says, to be a “flowy haired, swishy-tailed mermaid.”

The DeSantis bill says this is not proper subject matter for children. Meanwhile in California, public school teachers were caught having a changing room at the school where kids could arrive in the clothing their parents gave them and change into the garb of the other sex.