RADIOMarch 31, 2022

Glenn is CANCELLING his Disney subscription. Here’s why.

A recent staff meeting for The Walt Disney Company sheds light on how the entertainment conglomerate plans to spread its woke, far-left agenda. Glenn plays just some of meeting’s MOST SHOCKING moments, thanks to video leaked by journalist Christopher Rufo. Listen to the clips for yourself — featuring top Disney executives, coordinators, and producers — to decide if it’s time to cancel YOUR Disney membership like Glenn plans to do…

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GLENN: Oh, my gosh. The Disney executives in charge of content. Oh. Have decided that they are going to up the ante on gender politics. They had an all hands meeting. Promising that at least half the characters now in his productions, will be LGBTQIA2 plus. Or from racial minorities. By the end of the year. Thank you, Disney. Somebody has finally done it. They have finally done it.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Now, this is great. They're also going to overturn. They're going to work. Their company's mission is to overturn this law, in Florida. Now, Ron DeSantis had something to say about it. Here is Ron DeSantis' response yesterday.

VOICE: For Disney to come out and put out a statement, and say that the bill should have never passed, and that they are going to actively work to repeal it, I think one, was fundamentally dishonest. But two, I think that crossed the line. This state is governed by the interests of the people of the state of Florida. It is not based on the demands of California corporate executives. They do not run this state. They do not control this state. I also thought it was interesting. I talked to the Speaker of the House yesterday afternoon. And he said Disney never called him while they were putting this through the house. They didn't seem to have a problem while this was going through. If this was such an affront, why weren't they speaking out at the outset. And yet they won't. If they would have put in the bill, that you were not allowed to have curriculum, that discussed the oppression of the Uighurs in China. Disney would have endorsed that a second.

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GLENN: He is so good.

STU: That is good, man.

GLENN: He is so good. You notice what they just did? They didn't call Durham while they were in the House. He just threw a log on the internal fire.

STU: Yeah. Every Disney employee knows, they didn't move a muscle. Because they didn't -- they don't actually care about any of this crap.

GLENN: No. No. So here's the thing. I think the people who are in charge of the craziness. They do care. Those employees, they absolutely care. And -- and it is -- it's now the absolute woke, that are realizing Disney. I want to play the -- the Disney executive in charge of general entertainment. This is what she said in a company-wide zoom call. That Disney -- they have to do certain things. Here she is.

VOICE: I'm sure as a mother of two queer children, actually. One transgender child. And one pansexual child.

GLENN: Pansexual.

VOICE: And also is a leader. And that was the thing that really got me. We had an open forum last week, the 20th. Where, again, the home of really incredible, groundbreaking, LGBTQIA stories over the years. Where one of our execs stood up and said, you know, we only had a handful of clear leads in our content. And I went, what? That can't be true. And I realized, oh, it actually is true. We have many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories. And -- and yet we don't have enough leads.

GLENN: Yes.

VOICE: And narratives in which gay characters just -- just get to be characters.

GLENN: Right.

VOICE: And not have to be about gay stories. And so that's been very eye-opening for me. And I hope this is a moment where the 50 percent of the tears -- sorry, are coming. We don't -- we just don't allow each other to go backwards.

GLENN: Okay. So she's not going to allow anyone to go backwards. And she means this. She's crying about this. So she means this deeply. And how she must -- how she must have just felt now that no one, you know -- if it's not for them. If it's not for these cartoons, who is going to accept her pansexual child? Who is going to do that? I like the ages of her kids. I would like to know how old they were, when they decided to change gender. Anyway, now cut two.

Queer stories in Disney.

VOICE: I'm on the production side. Part of the work that I feel like I can put in, is making sure that we -- particularly as a modern day New York. Making sure that's an accurate reflection of New York. So I put together a tracker of our background characters. To make sure we have the full breath of expression. And we got into a very similar conversation, Carrie, of like, oh, all of our, like, gender nonconforming characters are in the background. And so it's not just a numbers game of how many LGBTQ+ characters you have. We got -- the further -- the more centered a story is on a character. The more nuanced you get to get into their story. And especially with like trans characters. You can't see if someone is trans. There's not one way to look trans. And so kind of the only way to have these, like, canonical trans characters, canonical asexual characters, canonical bisexual characters, is to give them stories where they can be like their whole selves.

GLENN: Wow. Now, here's a Disney executive producer on the not at all secret gay agenda.

VOICE: Like, I love Disney's content. I grew up watching all the classics. It's been a huge informative part of my life. But at the same time, most of my career. And I heard, you know, through the whispers. I heard things. Like, oh, you know, they won't let you show this. On the Disney show. Okay.

So I was a little sus, when I started. But then Mike Salarius was bafflingly the opposite of what I had heard on my little pocket of, like, you know, crowd family Disney TBA, the show runners were super welcoming, Meredith Roberts. And like our leadership over there has been so welcoming to like my like, not at all secret gay agenda. So I feel like, I felt like it was -- I mean, maybe it was that way in the past. But I guess like something might have happened in the last, you know -- they were turning it around. They're going hard. And then all that momentum, that I felt, like that sense of -- I don't have to be afraid, to like, let's have these two characters kiss. In the background. I was just -- wherever I could just basically add queerness to -- and you'll see anything queer in the show. But I just was like. No one would stop me, and no one was trying to stop me.

GLENN: There you go. So that's what Disney is. Now, I happen to have the Disneyland perspective. This is what Walt went to all of the banks to try to get them to do Disneyland. And he clearly spells out what Disney is all about. And what Disneyland is all about. Now, let me ask you: With this agenda, does this match Walt Disney World? And why Walt Disney and Walt Disney World has been the brand and the name that you could trust.

Walt Disney, sometime in 1955, will present for the people of the world to children of all ages a new experience in entertainment. In these pages, is proffered a glimpse into this great adventure. A preview of what the visitor will find in Disneyland. The Disneyland story. The idea of Disneyland is a simple one: It will be a place for people to find happiness and knowledge. Oh.

It will be a place for parents and children to share pleasant times in one another's company. A place for teachers and pupils to discover greater ways of understanding and indication. Oh, it sounds like this fits right in, doesn't it? Here the older generation can recapture the nostalgia of days gone by. And the younger generation can savor the challenge of the future. Here will be the wonder of nature and man for all to see and understand. Okay. Well, what's the problem? You could interpret that. I'm sure Walt meant, let's have transgender people all over -- we need a Disney -- hey. Right over here. I'm your Disney princess. I'm sure that's what he meant, until you get to this part. Disneyland will be based upon and dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts, that have created America. It will be uniquely equipped to dramatize these dreams and these facts, and send them forth as a source of courage and inspiration to all the world. Disneyland will be something of a fair. An exhibition. A playground. A community center. A museum of living facts. And a showplace of beauty and magic. It will be filled with the accomplishments, the joys and hopes of the world we live in. And it will remind us, and show us, how to make these wonders a part of our own lives. The problem with this is, Disney and Disneyland, was based on the facts. And the ideals. That created America. Disney has gone so far off the rails, I am canceling my Disney subscription. I will not go to their parks. And this kills me as a guy who has always loved Disney. I will continue to buy up the artifacts and the -- and the real, true history of Disney to preserve it. So some day people can remember what Disney was. But this is no longer Walt Disney's company. It is truly in name only. And I have to tell you, I have been waiting for a while to start a fundraiser. And I wasn't going to ask you for your help. But I can't wait any longer. I can't tell you what I'm working on. But I need the seed money. I need a million dollars in seed money. And I just want you to go. It's something for Mercury One, hang on just a second. This has been its inspiration the whole time. It will, if I may quote Walt, it will based upon and dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and hard facts that have created. It will be uniquely equipped to dramatize these dreams and facts and send them forth as a source of courage and inspiration to all the world. You want to help me with something, I'm just going to call it in honor of Walt. Project Florida.

I want you to go to -- I wasn't planning on doing this today. I want you to go to mercuryone.org. And either donate to the general fund. And if you can on the website, I don't know if you can do it. Just market the Florida project. Will you? I need to raise a million dollars for something that we can turn around in pretty quick time, that will truly be something -- I've been talking about it internally for about three years. Will truly get your children to experience history. Real history. In a way that they will leave saying, when can we go back? When can we go back there? I've been thinking about this for over ten years. The technology was available about five years ago. It was about a billion dollars. I can now do it for a million. And I would love for your help. This will be for the Mercury One museum. And I plan on taking it on the road. If you would like to donate, it will be tax deductible. It you do it at mercuryone.org. That's mercuryone.org. Disney, we've had enough. We've had enough. Good luck with your future! Good luck! Back in a minute.

Shocking train video: Passengers wait while woman bleeds out

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

Transcript

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GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.