I've done research on Walt Disney in the past. From what I've seen, he was a very conservative guy who hated communists. The communists tried to screw him over with the strike for unions in the early 40's along with foreign communist countries never paying the company for movies they sent over. He was not a Nazi. He produced pro-US propaganda for cost (this nearly tanked his studio), along with producing Victory Through Air Power, which I've heard was very influential for military strategy for WWII. He was also not anti-Semitic or racist, and the people who knew him deny that he was one. This includes one of the big strikers who hated Walt, Art Babbitt, who happened to be Jewish. At least from what I've read from people who knew him, he was a guy who was very pro-American values and who wanted to treat everyone well as long as they treated him well. My guess is that a lot of the slander against him is either from leftists trying to smear mud against a historical conservative (very similar to how we are called racist and sexist) or a reflection of what happened once Eisner got into power (i.e. the pedo stuff). Then again, maybe there is something towards Walt not being a good guy behind the scenes, but I haven't heard anything that truly pushed me to believe it.
While I'm on the topic of Walt Disney, I heard a story about him meeting Lyndon B. Johnson to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom back in 1964. While meeting with the President, Walt flashed a pin of the Republican opponent, Barry Goldwater, directly at Johnson. Walt was trolling the Democrats in 1964.
I've done research on Walt Disney in the past. From what I've seen, he was a very conservative guy who hated communists. The communists tried to screw him over with the strike for unions in the early 40's along with foreign communist countries never paying the company for movies they sent over. He was not a Nazi. He produced pro-US propaganda for cost (this nearly tanked his studio), along with producing Victory Through Air Power, which I've heard was very influential for military strategy for WWII. He was also not anti-Semitic or racist, and the people who knew him deny that he was one. This includes one of the big strikers who hated Walt, Art Babbitt, who happened to be Jewish. At least from what I've read from people who knew him, he was a guy who was very pro-American values and who wanted to treat everyone well as long as they treated him well. My guess is that a lot of the slander against him is either from leftists trying to smear mud against a historical conservative (very similar to how we are called racist and sexist) or a reflection of what happened once Eisner got into power (i.e. the pedo stuff). Then again, maybe there is something towards Walt not being a good guy behind the scenes, but I haven't heard anything that truly pushed me to believe it.
While I'm on the topic of Walt Disney, I heard a story about him meeting Lyndon B. Johnson to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom back in 1964. While meeting with the President, Walt flashed a pin of the Republican opponent, Barry Goldwater, directly at Johnson. Walt was trolling the Democrats in 1964.