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Disney announces the opening of a new Disneyland in Abu dhabii

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by g8orbill, May 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM.

  1. g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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  2. wgbgator

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    So I guess its safe for conservatives to go to Disney now
     
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  3. wgbgator

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    Also UAE, Florida ... kinda the same thing now
     
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  4. duggers_dad

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    True, homosexuals are being dragged from their Florida homes and are being burned, en masse, in the streets.
     
  5. wgbgator

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    That's not happening in UAE either
     
  6. gaterzfan

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    This a bit of a head scratcher given Disney’s political posture in Florida.
     
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    Then we’re on the same side. There is no war on LGBTQ.
     
  8. rivergator

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    What could possibly be the reason for this?

     
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    This is not being built or run by Disney, they are just licensing their IP. Similar to Tokyo Disneyland, which is superior to Disney world.

    Let's hope it is run better than Ferrari world.
     
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  10. g8orbill

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    In Abu Dhabi, homosexual acts are criminalized under Article 268 of the Federal Penal Code, prohibiting private consensual acts between adult men. The penal code also criminalizes "unnatural sex acts," potentially including same-sex sexual acts, with penalties of up to 14 years in prison. Additionally, the UAE, including Abu Dhabi, does not legally recognize gender identities beyond male and female.
     
  11. mikemcd810

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    I'm not going to disagree that it's strange on the face of it, but I suspect much of pushback in Florida was due to many of their employees being affected by the law.
     
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    And maybe higher standards for the United Stares than, say, UAE
     
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    This reminds me of the “bathroom bill” controversy a few years back in North Carolina. HB2 reined in perverts, i.e., men demanding access to women’s facilities.

    What followed was a baboon-howling cacaphony of virtue signaling from companies refusing to expand to the state.

    So some of these same companies preceded to set up shop in countries hostile to LGBTQ.
     
  14. g8orbill

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    how are any Disney employees affected by it? The law was not a no say don’t say gay like everybody tried to say it was there was nothing in the law that said you couldn’t say the word gay. It was strictly an educational bill that said you couldn’t read explicit BS about homosexuality and LGBTQ and all that crap to elementary school kids - people made it into something that it wasn’t.
     
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  15. mikemcd810

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    Because they employee a large number of LGBTQ employees who live in Florida and they were upset by it? You get upset about things that have zero impact on you all the time. If the law was passed in someplace like Texas then Disney wouldn't have gotten involved.
     
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    Disney:

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  17. CHFG8R

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    Are you sure. Afghanistan? UAE? Same thing, right?

    Since when do the Afghanis buy soccer teams?
     
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    How so? That was a money grab and this is a money grab?

    Oh, you thought Disney actually cared about these things. That's so cute.