{"id":421971,"date":"2022-03-26T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/disney-should-learn-from-netflix-how-to-handle-woke-activists\/"},"modified":"2022-03-26T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T12:05:11","slug":"disney-should-learn-from-netflix-how-to-handle-woke-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disney-should-learn-from-netflix-how-to-handle-woke-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"#Disney should learn from Netflix how to handle woke activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3688fd47684\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3688fd47684\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disney-should-learn-from-netflix-how-to-handle-woke-activists\/#%E2%80%9CDisney_should_learn_from_Netflix_how_to_handle_woke_activists%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Disney should learn from Netflix how to handle woke activists&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDisney_should_learn_from_Netflix_how_to_handle_woke_activists%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Disney should learn from Netflix how to handle woke activists&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Remember the controversy of the century from five months ago? Activists demanded all sorts of concessions from Netflix because they were offended by Dave Ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>elle. Netflix didn\u2019t back down. Deprived of oxygen, the story gasped, sputtered, wheezed and finally died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Take a note, corporate America! You don\u2019t have to bow down before to the wokeagentsia. It\u2019s a completely workable strategy to just ignore the demands of lefty activists (you know, the way you ignore the demands of conservative activists). Stick to your principles and, wonder of wonders, you might just find yourself winning.<\/p>\n<p>Last October, activist hysterics falsely labeled Chappelle a hate monger and a transphobe because he made some jokes they didn\u2019t like about transgender people in his special \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i1UEj_6T1RE\">The Closer<\/a>.\u201d They demanded a disclaimer be attached to the special alerting viewers that it contains \u201ctransphobic language, misogyny, homophobia, and hate speech,\u201d they demanded lots of new jobs for their pals, and they even demanded that imagery of Chappelle be removed from Netflix offices. At a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dave-chappelle-netflix-employees-walkout\/\">small walkout<\/a> that was covered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> as though it were the Selma to Montgomery March, shrill activists absurdly tried to implicate Chappelle in \u201cgender violence,\u201d because to these people, words are violence but violence is merely speech.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-walkout.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Disney cast member Nicholas Maldonado participated in the employee walkout at Walt Disney World this week.\" class=\"wp-image-21649314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-walkout.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-walkout.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-walkout.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Disney cast member Nicholas Maldonado participated in the employee walkout at Walt Disney World this week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apart from a bit of press-release groveling \u2014 a big mistake on the part of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who shouldn\u2019t have indulged these babies\u00a0\u2014 the activists got zilch. The special remains up, without a trigger warning. Far from ditching Chappelle, Netflix is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/19\/dave-chappelle-producing-four-new-comedy-specials-for-netflix\/?_ga=2.94147029.97952861.1647974210-1537475746.1632838931\">re-upping with the standup<\/a>, who has agreed to produce and host four new specials highlighting other comics whose work Chappelle likes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the activists? They just sort of\u2026.shut up and went back to work after their meaningless little break. Maybe some of them quit the company. From Netflix\u2019s point of view, who cares? Chappelle is a huge draw to the service. Retaining him matters a lot more than whether a handful of self-righteous fringe characters are happy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dave-chappelle.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rather than cancelling Dave Chappelle in the wake of outrage over his special &quot;The Closer,&quot; Netflix has re-upped its commitment to the comic, who has agreed to produce and host four new specials for the streamer.\" class=\"wp-image-21649350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dave-chappelle.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dave-chappelle.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dave-chappelle.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rather than cancelling Dave Chappelle in the wake of outrage over his special \u201cThe Closer,\u201d Netflix has re-upped its commitment to the comic, who has agreed to produce and host four new specials for the streamer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mathieu Bitton\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Netflix\u2019s refusal to make any substantive policy concessions should be a model to every company that is getting bombarded with demands from the people who came of age on woke college campuses where it\u2019s the norm to boycott, block or shout over people you disagree with. As anyone who has ever been the cause of a social-media tornado can attest (been there, enraged that), these things always blow over after a few days. Log off, listen to some music, cook a few nice meals, and by the time you check back in, the mob will be bellowing about something else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/netflix-protestors.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A small Netflix employee walkout in October was covered by the media as though it were the Selma to Montgomery March, but the company \u2014 for the most part \u2014 held its ground.\" class=\"wp-image-21649362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/netflix-protestors.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/netflix-protestors.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/netflix-protestors.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A small Netflix employee walkout in October was covered by the media as though it were the Selma to Montgomery March, but the company \u2014 for the most part \u2014\u00a0held its ground.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times\/Polaris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Georgia passed a heartbeat bill restricting abortions, there was much chatter about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/05\/30\/disney-ceo-it-would-be-difficult-to-film-in-georgia-if-abortion-law-takes-effect\/\">Hollywood boycotting the state<\/a> \u2014 but since the movie studios long ago moved a big chunk of their production to the Peach State, that much-talked about boycott <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/why-hollywood-isnt-so-quick-to-boycott-georgia-despite-that-new-restrictive-voting-law\/ar-BB1f8zf5\">didn\u2019t happen<\/a>, except on a microscopic scale. Activists are currently up in arms about a Florida law that bars teachers from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/florida-legislature-passes-parental-rights-bill-on-lgbt-ed-for-young-children\/\">teaching sex to third graders<\/a> because the bill is supposedly \u201canti-gay,\u201d and they\u2019re training fire on Disney for supposedly not doing enough to stop the legislation. Disney CEO Bob Chapek <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/disney-to-pause-political-donations-in-florida-11647028301?mod=article_inline\">begged for forgiveness<\/a> from the activists, but he should have just said, \u201cWe don\u2019t make the laws of Florida.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ted-sarandos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A part from a bit of press-release groveling \u2014 a big mistake on the part of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos (above) \u2014 the activists got zilch.\" class=\"wp-image-21649421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ted-sarandos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ted-sarandos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ted-sarandos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A part from a bit of press-release groveling \u2014 a big mistake on the part of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos (above) \u2014 the activists got zilch.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Licensing\/MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What is Disney supposed to do to satisfy the mob? Move Disney World to one of the dwindling number of non-problematic states? There are only 22 left, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2022\/03\/san-francisco-is-now-boycotting-most-of-the-united-states\/\">according to San Francisco<\/a>, which is boycotting all of the others for various woke infringements and is now having to rethink its procurement process for routine goods and services. Among the states San Francisco won\u2019t do business with are\u00a0New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Disney didn\u2019t count on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10648001\/Conservative-workers-call-Disney-politically-neutral-Dont-Say-Gay-bill.html\">conservative employees speaking out<\/a> to support the popular education bill (which enjoyed majority support in a recent poll). An open letter to the company leadership this week noted that these employees didn\u2019t like \u201cbeing condemned as villains\u201d and called for the company to revert to being politically neutral. Anytime Disney chooses a side, someone\u2019s going to get angry, so why not stay out of political beefs entirely?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/raven-symone-issac-ryan-brown.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Disney producer and star Raven-Symon\u00e9 (above on her show, Raven's Home) joined other protestors railing against Florida's so-called &quot;Don't Say Gay&quot; bill this week.\" class=\"wp-image-21649658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/raven-symone-issac-ryan-brown.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/raven-symone-issac-ryan-brown.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/raven-symone-issac-ryan-brown.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Disney producer and star Raven-Symon\u00e9 (above on her show, Raven\u2019s Home) joined other protestors railing against Florida\u2019s so-called \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill this week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chapek and the rest of the CEOs who cower and cringe every time someone with more than 12 Twitter followers launches a hashtag war need to rethink their strategy of begging forgiveness. Instead they should point out that different states have different policies and that being a grownup acknowledges you may work with or near people you don\u2019t agree with on everything. It\u2019s a big, diverse country, so try to learn some tolerance. You know, that thing you always claim other people lack?<\/p>\n<p><em>Kyle Smith is critic-at-large for National Review.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Activists demanded all sorts of concessions from Netflix because they were offended by Dave Chappelle. Netflix didn\u2019t back down. Deprived of oxygen, the story gasped, sputtered, wheezed and finally died.\u00a0 Take a note, corporate America!&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":421972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/magic-kindgom-protestors.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[127192,14484,1648,1569,1377,83568,70291],"class_list":["post-421971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3-26-22","tag-dave-chappelle","tag-disney-world","tag-disney","tag-netflix","tag-social-justice-warriors","tag-transgender-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}