Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors the company will “quiet the noise” in a culture war that has pitted social conservatives against the global media and entertainment conglomerate, according to an analyst note on Wednesday.

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    They knew that they were implementing a gay kiss because there’s such a thing as gay couples in the world? Including parents of plenty of kids who’d go to see that movie? What part was too far?

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      If I were to guess, people have a problem with sexuality and what they consider advanced sexual topics, on the nose diversity, and feminism at the cost of incompetent or subservient male characters being in their family films.

      I think people prefer content such as Toy Story, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, etc. These were good films that had a universal, moral message without having to do with politics or controversies.

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        Is it an advanced sexual topic when a hetero married couple, like a child protagonist’s parents, have a similar quick peck on the lips? Because if so, that seems overly prudish, and if not, the people who have a problem with it can grow up. To my knowledge, having not seen the movie, that kiss was really only showing that they had someone important in their lives, and I know that Bo Peep could get away with kissing Woody in Toy Story 1 with no controversy at all. There’s also still politics within Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo without looking very hard, and I seem to remember the extremely political Wall-E being wildly popular with audiences and critics, even if I didn’t care for it.

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        And yet you didn’t see parents complaining about hetero couples kissing… 🤔

        This is 100% a bigotry issue, they’re just using sexuality as their cudgel to attack the LGBT+ community.

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        Bo Peep and Woody flirting isn’t universal … and being unwed, the sexual innuendo presents a double standard. But that’s not politics to you.

        But make her a him, call him Beau Peep and change nothing else in the same sentence? “Politics”. Ugh.