How Disney Outsmarted Ron DeSantis

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[@ARTSONICFAN990]

Disney, as always.

[@MajorHenryL]

As a Floridian I'm rooting for Disney.

[@arjaygee]

Definitely Disney. DeSantis doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[@osmosisjones4912]

So trump give banks freedom to fail but get bailed out for supporting his party and he's the fascist . Not Guy did bail out bank for supporting his party never mind fascism actually means

[@shadowturtleyinyang]

does the fact that king charles the 3rd is not the king of england but the king of britain matter? his full style Let us humbly beseech Almighty God to bless with long life, health and honour, and all worldly happiness the Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Monarch, our Sovereign Lord, Charles III, now, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. his uk style His Majesty Charles the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

[@HylianFox3]

The whole "you're not allowed to criticize the government" thing is just outright fascism. Plain and simple.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Yeah, I don't understand why more people aren't pointing this out, including Disney themselves. Ron's only going after them because they opposed his stupid bill. This is like THE textbook example of violating the first amendment, but I guess nobody cares because they think every 1st amendment violation is someone on facebook telling them to shut up.

[@sheepisleep]

They didnt criticize the gov, they demanded political action and outright lied calling his bill something it wasnt, even this video lied about what it actually does, it doesnt make "discussion illegal" it makes "instruction from teachers illegal". They involved themselves into politics and most people in orlando are so sick of disney that they loved every second of it. This video also isnt completely honest, it seems to start at disneys "win" and stop before their utter defeat. Classic lawyer bs lmfao. Lets just say disney is "paying their fair share" now.

[@pattyofurniture]

@@Bonewolf07 not relevant.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Not even fascism, just authoritarianism. It’s in connection with the other 13 characteristics that the GOP is outright fascist 😂

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

No no, it's not "You're not allowed to criticize the government" - it's that we're not allowed to criticize *Republican* governance.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

DeSantis managed to achieve something incredible, to be fair. He managed to get people to actually cheer on Disney's lawyers.

[@TamarLitvot]

So true!

[@mariapilarme]

Hahaha 😝 I agree!

[@m.jasondoty9062]

To be fair to DeStracted, I'm not sure who he thought he was going up against. The mouse may be joyful for the children to see, but the snakes he has working for him are not to be trifled with; piranhas have more compassion and mercy.

[@Abrasive-Heat]

You either die a villain or live long enough to see yourself become the hero. 😂😂😂

[@Sigil_Firebrand]

The cruel, vile irony...

[@SpadeOfAces55]

"Guys, get Disney where they're weak: their legal team!" Edit: well that aged poorly.

[@dianacat5966]

Corporations rob us of our dignity and independence and that these systems must be ripped down, burnt down, or leveled by any force necessary.

[@HawaiiBlueMermaid]

LOL!!!

[@bananaempijama]

😂😂😂

[@Coolgirl_ig_]

ayyyy, fellow ace.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

The only way you would have a worse chance of beating mickey mouse is going into a war against the actual character: the character can create a sword from his own heart that shoots magic (which if death battle is to be believed is superior to yoda’s lightsaber and the forc) the mouse also has army allies from every kingdom of every country (including the oceans), the rebel alliance, the imperials and the avengers. Ron desantes couldn’t beat that army, cathulu couldn’t beat that army.

[@piccolofan24]

DeSantis calling Disney “woke” has got to be the funniest thing I heard in a while.

[@dianacat5966]

the new Disney series Pauline is about a pregnant teenager falling in love with a devil

[@dianacat5966]

Corporations rob us of our dignity and independence and that these systems must be ripped down, burnt down, or leveled by any force necessary.

[@Dundoril]

​​@@dianacat5966 it's about a 18 year old woman. But sure use teenager because then it sound like it's about a 14 years old or something. Btw: what's woke about being pregnant? Or a woman?

[@peestrem31]

whats your point? they are woke they put about 50 gays in every kids show

[@tay_kenz5862]

@@dianacat5966 isn’t that a German show that’s going to be on Disney+? Disney+ also has the Simpsons and other non-children friendly shows so that doesn’t seem like a huge deal?

[@gilolaes4725]

Who would have thought that the company capable of keeping Mickey Mouse out of the public domain for decades would have really good lawyers?

[@osmosisjones4912]

So Ron removed those authorities and power's from Disney and he Lost

[@joachimschoder]

The credit for that abomination belongs to their lobbyists.

[@doomse150]

@@joachimschoder Fair enough. But still, their legal department is not one to be messed with. It's still kinda weird to see them stand at the right side of history for once (relative to general public perception), usually they're depicted the villain of the story.

[@BodyByBenSLC]

If they keep messing with Ron. I think letting them have Mickey Mouse is a small price to pay. Go Disney

[@TimothyCHenderson]

@@doomse150 I also feel torn about it all. Desantis has to be that bad to come off the villain vs Disney (which he is). Disney should have never been allowed to form it's own autonomous county within a state but... Desantis is the monstro stalking our freedoms.

[@WeebJail]

imagine being in a political battle with a huge soulless corporation and being squarely in the moral wrong lmao

[@Aquatj999]

Absolutely unbelievable. How do you do such a bad job that you make Disney the blatant [anti]heroes of the situation?

[@steveaustin2686]

@@somerandomperson1619 The GOP in multiple states is blocking bills to raise the legal age of marriage. One GOP sleaze in Missouri likes the idea of 12 year old children married to adults. Every GOP accusation of grooming actually has been a confession.

[@WeebJail]

@@somerandomperson1619 imagine your country so out of touch it does nothing about the hordes of children being murdered in mass shootings literally almost every day but REALLY feels the need to protect kids from accidentally learning that some people can have 2 dads lmao

[@delta3244]

​@@somerandomperson1619 You probably _should_ hate when the govt. says that, because "we must protect the children!" is one of the statements that bad laws constantly hide behind (alongside "but we need these powers to fight the [terrorists/china/scary clowns/etc.]!" and "we are naming this law after (person who died tragically) because this law will prevent their tragedy from happening again").

[@bararobberbaron859]

@@somerandomperson1619 Because public schools where child abuse rates exceed even the worst years from the Roman Catholic Church can certainly benefit from allowing adults to inspect the bodies of minors. Yup, that's totally a plus and will lead to less terrible situations, totally.

[@TheNormExperience]

“This is how it works Democrats, and I didn’t make the rules.” But…but you DO actually, because you literally JUST helped the new rule be passed! That’s making the rules!

[@michaeldunkel1582]

That's the Fascist playbook: lie to your face just to demonstrate that they can.

[@jmrgamer8473]

I think he’s talking about a moral rule. You don’t let strangers talk to your kids about sex. He didn’t make that moral rule, but if he has to enforce, he will.

[@Nina-zm4ej]

@@jmrgamer8473 so what’s sex ed?

[@jmrgamer8473]

Sex Ed and lgbtq are not equivalent. One is biology, one is either a mental illness, a sexual fetish, or people trying to fit in to a group. They all need help and love, but I promise you “affirming” them isn’t helping. If you look at the charts, as affirmation goes up, suicidality goes up.

[@jmrgamer8473]

@@Nina-zm4ej and honestly, the sex Ed I had in my school was borderline pornographic. A couple of my friends actually got addicted to pornography afterwards and it’s caused them a host of problem. I personally think that it should be taken down a ton of levels, or be left up to the parents, though I know not all parents will explain it.

[@theawickward2255]

Reminds me of the time people got rid of sites that used bots to bootleg artwork for merch by tricking the bots into going for copyrighted Disney artwork and then tattling on the site to Disney.

[@desertels5119]

Nice!

[@AndyMcCavish]

"Don't get in a legal fight with Disney" should rank up there with "Don't invade Russia in the winter" in the sayings to live by category

[@SinHurr]

I dunno, Russia isn't doing so hot these days. "Don't invade Soviet Russia in the Winter" is where I'll peg it.

[@churchA.I]

​@@SinHurr don't threaten me with a good time

[@wiltarthebarbarian1988]

Also, "Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line."

[@jooleebilly]

"Never start a land war in Asia."

[@nlpnt]

@@SinHurr It's literally what Russia did but going in the other direction (not very far, as it turns out).

[@daiakunin]

Nothing says "anti-grooming" like enacting legislation that allows for the inspection of children's genitalia.

[@andyme3541]

Lets not forget the GOP is the party that has a state senator who defended 12 years being married to Adults, by saying he knows such a couple and they are 'Still together' this is the party that accuses the other of 'Grooming'

[@--Nath--]

It is some seriously creepy AF stuff they are legislating. Stuff that would genuinely be child abuse grade harm to kids. Imagine being forced to do that as a kid..?

[@scifisyko]

EVERY Republican accusation is actually a confession, without exception. Conservatives are uncreative and cannot conceive of anyone being better human beings than they themselves are. Since they are scoundrels, they assume everyone is a scoundrel. So yes - the republicans latched onto “groomer” harder than anything because they are the party of sexualizing children.

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

What's actually going on with that republican law to have gym teachers inspect girls genitals in case any boys are hiding there? Yuck. Is that still gonna happen? I'm honestly too exhausted diving through republican sewage to check.

[@zdtu8]

No doubt you think that's what the bill says. But it doesn't. It does not state to do an 'inspection'. It is something between the parents and the DOCTOR. It is NOT saying that school personnel will be doing an inspection. Don't be ridiculous. Or continue believing whatever the left tells you. Perhaps.. you are being lied to.

[@suitov]

The reason corporations CAN frustrate the democratic process is that the entire-ass country is set up that way. Much of it done by repugs. This time, it just happens to be much more public than usual and the corporation is, however marginally, the good guy.

[@roland228]

The original position fallacy is so core to a rightist ideology that removing it from one is like trying to remove hydrogen atoms from water molecules and continuing to have water molecules.

[@ignatiusjackson235]

The corporation is not the good guy. You lunatics have just flagrantly betrayed the proletariat because of butt stuff.

[@boshwa20]

All they do is make bad movies. Destantis is ignoring basic human rights

[@ignatiusjackson235]

@@boshwa20 You are so, so, so full of shit. Disney is one of the five or six conglomerates that control all the news and information you get to hear. Read some Chomsky to learn about what all that entails. Desantis - and I'm no arse sniffer of his either - just made a lot of people mad because he had the sheer audacity to believe that 3rd graders shouldn't be learning about butt stuff... 🙊

[@ignatiusjackson235]

@@paladinely3337 Thank goodness I'm not the only one here who makes any sense!

[@partlycloudy7707]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, i suppose? Never did i think i would actively root for Disney's lawyers, but if theres anyone that can knock out Desantis, its the mouse.

[@arthurmachabee3606]

Lions and crocodiles both are known to eat antelope, but if I were an antelope being chased by a lion, and then that lion got into a fight with a crocodile who was just chilling on the river bank, I would definitely root for the reptile ;)

[@mwelite1706]

The OP’s comment is quite accurate, but for me, I’m rooting for Desantis. Sure he doesn’t respect me but Disney is morally bankrupt enough to spit on their own fans, and work with concentration camps in china, so really…

[@swamp1138]

Except they didn't DeSantis successfully disolved the RCID before you made this post. It happened in June.

[@SteveDe935]

​@@swamp1138it'll come back

[@swamp1138]

@@SteveDe935 It's not going to. Especially after the recent audit. There is no way they will ever have that ammount of control over that district ever again. Disney messed around and found out.

[@thundercactus]

My favourite part of this whole debacle was the part when a Republican politician thought they had access to better lawyers than... *checks notes* a $183 billion dollar 100 year old corporation with an illustrious history of legal litigation almost exclusively in contract and copyright law.

[@TheShuuman]

Its actually kind of amusing is that Disney wasn't much of a business man when he started and it was after he got backstabbed by a business partner which is why Mickey's older brother got lost to time. So one could look at this situation as beyond death vow to never be swindled again. Now if only Disney applied that power to well...anything then what it is currently doing things would be pretty chill.

[@JERiv1977]

When you're used to being the top bully/king of the playground it comes as a shock to realize that outside of said playground you're just a pathetic chump. Sucks for DeSantis. Same to all the little sycophants who thought they'd be able to wield any actual power against Disney by donating money to DeSantis. That group of leeches and hanger-ons are even worse. Can you imagine just how sad and pathetic that group must be after their delusions of grandeur whereby they convinced themselves that they'd be able to bring Disney to heel and turn it into a religious/conservative organization? 😂

[@The_Viscount]

Well, your first mistake was expecting a modern Republican politician to be a critical student of history, so...

[@TheShuuman]

@@The_Viscount Bold of you to assume that I believed many a modern person in general is a critical student of history.

[@MickeyMouse-lm6zj]

Corporations should not have their own district. Kids should not be taught sexuality. DeSantis won by as much as he did for a reason. You don't see many people that agree because they get shadowbanned. Luckily, we have Democrats to make cities like Portland, where over 75% of businesses get vandalized and half the population are drugged up zombies.

[@misterbennnn]

If you have to give Ron Desantis credit for anything, it's that he actually managed to make Disney's infamously vicious lawyers the good guys in a story.

[@pepperonipizza8200]

Or you just never want to agree with Ron no matter what he says.

[@papaquonis]

@@pepperonipizza8200 That's absurd. If Ron says puppies are awesome, I'm certainly perfectly willing to agree with him.

[@Quantumwolf45]

@@pepperonipizza8200 I agree. Ron is a white supremacist ally who shouldn't be agreed with. Like a serial killer, he just needs to be removed from society immediately to mitigate damage to innocent people.

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@juice6521 A dystopian society would be one where your Republican Party gets its way.

[@rangerleaf1505]

@@papaquonis I... Yeah but........

[@SloppyPuppy]

Did legal eagle go to Disneyland just for one site gag? No, they went to Disneyland to film many side gags, because he's thorough enough of a lawyer to understand what is required of him to get his Disneyland trip written off as a business expense 😂.

[@Smuelaham]

Fantastic

[@dizwiz963]

Oops!! Now who's laughing!! Federal case dismissed!!

[@user-su6tl2jp8b]

And another L for Disney today. Legal Eagle and his fans really shouldn’t have taken a victory lap so quickly.

[@lluewhyn]

The "How dare you try to legally defy the legislation we specifically drafted to punish you" outrage is what gets me.

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

So you're fine with a corporation owning part of the US and making up their own rules? People on the left are so delusional

[@emb5048]

These are the same people literally weaponizng the government against a private entity that spoke against them, while whining about the 1st Amendment when they get banned from Twitter.

[@rabd3721]

Ronda Santis clutching his pearls yet again.

[@monkeycat48]

@@rabd3721 LGBTQ Lets Get Biden To Quit

[@Alex-cq1zr]

@@monkeycat48 Biden's currently better than any republican. Admittedly, it's a low bar, but there isn't a lot of other options. Namely, there is currently none.

[@kyletucker3811]

Man Ron DeSantis is talented. He's probably the only person that could get someone to cheer for Disney in a legal battle.

[@theskepticalpangolininther3538]

fr

[@randomjunk1977]

That is impressive in a way

[@josephippolito1402]

Yeah

[@condorboss3339]

Yeah. I detest Disney (mostly for their copyright shenanigans*) but DeSantis somehow managed to get me to support them. The way Disney controlled the district stank to high heaven, but supporting LGBTQ+ was not one of the problems. *(The Star Wars Sequels didn't help.)

[@TheRibottoStudios]

I guess you could say it's....MOST impressive. I'm not sorry lol

[@louisrobitaille5810]

5:31 "insisting the company had no rights to criticize the government." 1st Amendment: Hold my beer.

[@braedenh6858]

The case was dismissed.

[@Phone-Gamer2024]

Constitution says Congress shall make no law. Barring citizens to speak freely, practice religious events, freedom of the press, ect it said nothing about private businesses.

[@thunderspark1536]

​@@Phone-Gamer2024By law businesses are considered people. I wonder who made that law?

[@universalplayz7496]

@@thunderspark1536do the courts recognize businesses being equal to the citizen part of the first amendment in this case?

[@thunderspark1536]

@@universalplayz7496 "The Supreme Judicial Court upheld the constitutionality of the statute, finding that a corporation could only claim first amendment protection when speaking on an issue materially affecting the corporation's business, property or assets." In non-legal speak, basically the same as a person, since whatever a company says can materially affect them (stocks, public opinion, etc).

[@abendroid]

Legal Mindset was right, this really did aged like milk.

[@Anvilman]

Not really? Disney chosing to settle out of court doesn't contradict anything LE said.

[@Nadaters]

​@@Anvilman settled by dropping their litigation and admitting the agreements the former reedy branch district made right before it was taken over would be null and void.

[@Anvilman]

@@Nadaters You neglected to mention that in exchange, a key member of the board has been replaced by someone friendlier to Disney, and they'll be negotiating a new Development Agreement.

[@user-su6tl2jp8b]

@@AnvilmanThis video is about Disney’s last-second Reedy Creek agreement. Today’s settlement officially makes that agreement null and void. That’s why this video objectively aged like cheese. It’s not rocket science.

[@Anvilman]

@@user-su6tl2jp8b In exchange for things Disney wanted, yes. That is why this video did not objectively age like cheese, it's not rocket science.

[@ngiracomputerchuser8951]

Thanks to Desantis, I now find myself begrudgingly rooting for a soulless corporation. How delightful.

[@JTmoney2424]

Why would you root for a company that wants to groom kids and that wants special privileges that no other company gets?

[@Deckzwabber]

The lesser of two evils

[@steffenjensen422]

Yeah, if I didn't hate DeSadness enough already, this certainly did it

[@thecrazycapmaster]

I mean, upside is they know doing visibly good things brings good publicity and more money, and a soulless corp fills the soul hole with gold 🤣

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

Side with the people the corps are pandering to, not the corps themselves

[@FutureCommentary1]

This is a PERFECT law for Malicious Compliance. Take the most "Karen" parent and send them daily notifications of changes in behavior: child asked to change seat, child drank milk, child stepped out at un unusual time to go to the bathroom, child has a new friend, child asked to join a glee club, drama club, science club, child asked a disturbing question in class, etc. Comply the hell out of that law.

[@Jehty21]

I like to think that back when I was a kid my classmates and I would have had a field day with that law. Every other day someone else would come out as L, B or +

[@googleoogle]

"male child was seen walking down the hall in a disturbingly feminine way" "female child elected to wear pants for the fifth time this week" "timmy reached for a pink marker in art class today, the proper authorities have been notified" but yea no, we're definitely the creeps 😭 not caring about a middle schoolers gender experimenting is definitely grooming, obsessing over it, heavily monitoring it, and passing laws to tightly control it and make it unsafe? well that's just family values, sorry commies!

[@mmseng2]

Some parents would probably love that.

[@recycledapathy7411]

"Child read a book after doing class work. It is a different book than the one they read yesterday."

[@johnlach3700]

Sounds great until the state starts taking the kids away

[@chadwickmyers3285]

Remember kids, for every winning lawyer there is a losing lawyer and each is getting paid to represent. Sometimes you give legal commentary about areas you don't practice in and end up having this memorializing your legal career. Disney ended up folding more than a wrapper of trash from their overpriced concessions.

[@tourmelion9221]

Using terms like grooming in vain, lying to smear a minority, it's just forsakes everyone included in it, those who have been groomed and the innocent people being smeared

[@williamsohl9681]

Republicans: we should allow businesses to operate without government interference! Disney: *makes deal to keep government out of their business* Republicans: Nooooo! Not like that!

[@darkithnamgedrf9495]

They didnt care until Disney started disagreeing with them as well lmao

[@nathanfisher6925]

:: shocked Pikachu picture ::

[@paulbutkovich6103]

@LTNetjak We just find the details of why that power was clawed back to be troubling. Pendulum swinging too far the other way.

[@darkithnamgedrf9495]

@LTNetjak it’s floridas own fault for giving extraordinary powers to a corporation and only caring once the corporation started disagreeing with them. If Disney hadn’t criticized the government desantis would not care whatsoever about the power Disney has

[@Brasswatchman]

Gee, it's almost as if spending decades giving a megacorp absolutely everything it wants can have some long-term consequences. Who knew.

[@this_is_patrick]

How could the party that's been allowing (and even fighting for) unchecked corporate influence in government be surprised when corporations actually use their unchecked influence in government?

[@bestaround3323]

You see it was only meant to be unchecked for those that agree with them.

[@realtalk13]

insert leopards eating faces meme

[@josephineparsons78]

Yeah but they really wanna bash the gays

[@me___5796]

GOP politicians receiving a few hundred million dollars casually from wealthy donors: Don't judge. Totally free speech. Gotta protect the business. Disney simply voicing opposition to the government: Crossed the line. No one is above the law.

[@ashleywatts888]

Insert shocked Pikachu meme

[@NativeHawaiian]

This aged well.

[@nicolasde9949]

Sarcasm?

[@angelovildasol2325]

Haha! I just posted the same comment. Looks like LE might need to do a followup on this (I'm not holding my breath)

[@CN45475]

@@nicolasde9949Disney lost. lol.

[@nicolasde9949]

@@CN45475 I know. I’m fully aware that legal eagle is the worse lawyer on KZbin

[@uss_cushing]

Yup Disney really outsmarted DeSantis. Not.

[@rectorsquid]

"Vow revenge" is one thing a politician should never be doing. It's not part of their job. It's a distraction from the work that politicians are elected to do. It's also childish and shows just how immature DeSantis is. it also reflects badly on every person who voted him into office - they should be embarrassed by all of this.

[@duelgundam]

you say that like conservatives understand the concept of shame

[@MickeyMouse-lm6zj]

Corporations should not have their own district. Kids should not be taught sexuality. DeSantis won by as much as he did for a reason. You don't see many people that agree because they get shadowbanned. Luckily, we have Democrats to make cities like Portland, where over 75% of businesses get vandalized and half the population are drugged up zombies.

[@JodyOwen-we6oo]

Democrats in national office had as their primary platform political revenge for the election of Donald Trump. The day he was elected many prominent democrats swore to impeach him, and even made one ludicrously weak attempt at it. Democrats generally are the party of political revenge. Quick bit of advice? Easier to dismount that absurd high horse than to fall off.

[@kindatim1798]

​@@duelgundamWhat? You don't see conservatives dressing up as girls or screeching when they don't like something or cancelling people.

[@Axeman20]

​@@kindatim1798 lmao, projection much?

[@megustAslagt]

It is so sad to see people calling educating children about sexuality "sexualizing children" and "grooming children". Especially knowing that teaching children how things work and what is appropriate and is not, actually helps them speak up and prevent prolonged sexual abuse. It is precisely this "anti-grooming" ideology that is making grooming easier.

[@megustAslagt]

And of course teaching about LGBTQIA+ issues actively prevents future misery for some children while having little or no negative impact on the other children (research even suggests that a more LGBTQIA+ accepting society would benefit everyone)

[@WildWorld81]

@@megustAslagt I’m seeing a frightening number of those sorts of comments in this thread

[@tomorrow4eva]

Yes! So much grooming is successful because children are not informed (at an appropriate level for their age). This law wants to treat children as property instead of people.

[@felicityc]

It's only because they build up these crazy strawmen and say that sexual education are drag shows or teachers "transing" kids or whatever. The only way they win these discussions is by outright lying and pretending things that don't happen are real.

[@MrFraknak]

​@Brendan Kruger I don't think anyone in these comments has read any of the actual legal documentation or kept informed on a legitimate unbiased source. Legal eagle is ridiculously biased left. But that's the reality. You're left or right. You're not a person or individual anymore no matter what each side tries to tell you lol

[@angelovildasol2325]

Wow... this video didn't age well at all. Looks like Disney lost this one after all

[@witchBoi_Connor]

"Are we really rooting for Disney right now?" "Let's be honest, we're rooting *against* DeSantis"

[@bananaempijama]

DBZA 😂

[@Sercotani]

I got that reference!

[@mam162]

Considering Disney once sued a daycare for putting Mickey Mouse on the walls, Ron DeSantis had absolutely no clue who he was messing with.

[@ian_snow]

No, he did. He just has the typical authoritarian conservative mindset that he’s the smartest in the room, and that he could outsmart and bully Disney into submission. He’s a stupid person’s idea of a smart man, and a weak person’s idea of a strong man. Desantis just assumed he could come in and bully his way through. I’m not a fan of Disney or their heavy handed legislative tactics, but I’m glad they’re punching back.

[@edwardcampbell1305]

Now if only the monster would choke to death while eating the doctor, this Frankenstein story would have a happy ending.

[@BirdLives7]

He knows I think he also knows he won't win. This is just to score easy headlines in republican media which is designed to help his win the republican nomination.

[@JoesGuy]

Actually, given that example, he probably does.

[@suigetsuhyuga7772]

@@BirdLives7 Well, he got the headlines but i doubt its good to have headlines basically calling you an idiot.

[@krazyknva78]

Imagine going to legal war with Disney, not realizing Disney villains are based on toned down versions of Disney's lawyers.

[@johnymustacio]

disney vailains lose every time, whats your point?

[@delta3244]

​@@johnymustacio That's what the "toned down" part does.

[@theshlauf]

@@johnymustacio Disney villains only lose because Disney says they do.

[@slymcfly123]

​@@theshlauf lol yeah

[@swa7169]

And 11 months later, absolutely everything this guy said turned out to be completely wrong.

[@Anvilman]

Not really? Disney choosing to settle out of court doesn't contradict anything LE said.

[@MrTekdude]

@@AnvilmanThey literally lost every single case and their settlement was them completely dissolving all their claims and accepting the new board with zero valid agreements made prior. They lost badly. Legal Eagle, as always, colors his analysis based on his political beliefs.

[@ThatParkPlace]

Just checking in on how this went.

[@Anvilman]

Quietly, both parties agreed to settle out of court.

[@eightiesman]

@@Anvilman You mean Disney didn't appeal and have a slam dunk win like you said would happen a month ago? I'm shocked!

[@Anvilman]

@@eightiesman Evidently Disney decided they could get what they wanted more easily by settling out of court.

[@eightiesman]

@@Anvilman What did Disney get? Tell me one thing they got as a win with this settlement?

[@Anvilman]

@@eightiesman Looks like they'll will be negotiating a new development agreement. Presumably, Disney be getting far more preferable terms then DeSantis and his cronies would prefer.

[@TheRealCodeBlack]

It's deeply amusing that part of how they got outsmarted was because DeSantis appointed to his board a bunch of people who agreed with him ideologically, but not legal or business law experts, and thus the people who appointed simply completely failed to notice what was right in front of them until it was too late to do anything about it, if only because that keeps happening with the GOP these days.

[@11Survivor]

Nepotism is the first sign of corruption.

[@Dayvit78]

Loyalty over competence.

[@MickeyMouse-lm6zj]

Corporations should not have their own district. Kids should not be taught sexuality. DeSantis won by as much as he did for a reason. You don't see many people that agree because they get shadowbanned. Luckily, we have Democrats to make cities like Portland, where over 75% of businesses get vandalized and half the population are drugged up zombies.

[@MisterDutch93]

When you get rid of anyone who doesn’t agree with you and only appoint yes men regardless of their quality, you’re not left with much. The GOP has been digging their own hole for years this way.

[@l00k4tstuff]

I'm amazed, with all the gnashing of teeth people had about "Atlas Shrugged" that people don't realize the Repubs are enacting the same objectionable behaviour.

[@smokinggnu6584]

Disney is now suing Ron in Federal court for using his office powers for political retribution against Disney.

[@electronics-girl]

Since Ron and his associates helpfully made it very clear why they were taking action against Disney.

[@user-ye3ds5jn6g]

Loving it.

[@tammytambrella6816]

Evidently Disney has a very strong case, as multiple past state and federal attorney generals have said.

[@tracyblanchard7663]

It's not a difficult case when the evidence is posted by the defendant on Twitter voluntarily for months.

[@XXMatt0040XX]

guy needs to be impeached so he cant run for president... I cant believe im saying this but I think he has a very good chance at being president one day...

[@swa7169]

And 9 months later, Disney's suit got dismissed, as any competent lawyer could have predicted.

[@roycho87]

Damnit, beat me to it.

[@Anvilman]

How is a competent lawyer supposed to predict such an absurd ruling? There's no way it'll survive appeal.

[@swa7169]

@@Anvilman The ruling is based on In Re Hubbard, which is 11th Circuit casellaw from 2016. The Court of Appeals is very unlikely to reverse their own precedent after just 7 years.

[@Anvilman]

@@swa7169 Nope. According to the ruling in question "a plaintiff cannot bring a free-speech challenge by claiming that the lawmakers who passed it acted with a constitutionally impermissible purpose.” If there was any truth to that, it would be effectively impossible to sue the government on first amendment grounds. In short, the first amendment would be dead.

[@roycho87]

@@Anvilman you don’t sue because of motive, you sue if it violates your rights. They’re not saying their rights were violated, they’re saying they were unjustly targetted. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@evehg117]

I mean, you gotta give it to them. It takes a special kind of talent to make Disney the heroes in a story.

[@DrumWild]

If a law cannot handle a bit of criticism, then it's probably a crap law. And if a lawmaker or politician can't handle a bit of criticism, well..... same thing.

[@alifelessrock48]

unfortunately no one in politics wants to hear criticism

[@osmosisjones4912]

No mention about the giving campaign contributions . Well breif mention like few court case trump won got mentioned by legal eagle

[@Natibe_]

@@mikevids342 ah yes, the well traveled and extremely real California Mayor! I hear he ate with the governor of Canada and the president of the Vatican City one time. I’d choose him on the squares paper again any month!

[@whatever3773]

yes, deporables are crap.

[@wakemiamigreatagain]

@@Natibe_ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You got a real LOL from me, good one!!!

[@AshenHawk96]

Update: Disney is now suing Ron DeSantis for government retaliation against free speech.

[@dianacat5966]

Pauline is officially the wildest series that Disney Plus has green-lit so far. About a pregnant teenager who falls in love with a devil

[@orion7763]

​@@dianacat5966 that's relevant to the case surrounding Reedy Creek how?

[@Tornado1994]

@@orion7763 Ron DeIdiot.

[@carrieullrich5059]

You don't get to violate the United States constitution... Disney's filing is on Leonard French's KZbin channel. I don't know if Ron has a valid legal defense strategy after admitting his crimes at press conferences and in his book.

[@darklelouchg8505]

Legal Mindset destroyed both Legal Eagle and French on this. Unsurprising given it is his express area of law

[@aethlexq7451]

This hasn't aged well

[@willdoteabaggins]

I don't need to say anything. That comment section is already on it. Lol

[@austinhernandez2716]

"We don't want our children to be sexualized!" "We also support child marriage"

[@sweetsugarjones]

Just like they’re not trying to shut down all the churches despite overwhelming evidence of real grooming and pedophilia taking place in that setting.

[@JayTemple]

This resident of the state you're talking about in the second instance is kicking himself for not making that connection before you did.

[@Grimmtoof]

And they were perfectly happy when Disney was putting out films about princess getting married to their true love after only knowing them for a day.

[@Akira-jd2zr]

GOP "logic"

[@ericjohnson6675]

@@sweetsugarjones Exactly. Drag shows pay taxes. Churches pay hush money.

[@mrlaine1666]

DeSantis fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia,’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against Disney when money is on the line!'

[@phyternl]

🤣 * chef's kiss *

[@unrulysimian3897]

👌🏻

[@authorrayrogers]

Inconceivable!

[@Hawkwinter01]

@@authorrayrogers You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@SteefPip]

You see, you use different moves when you're fighting half a dozen Disney attorneys than when you only have to worried about one.

[@flamestorm21]

This video really aged terribly.

[@Anvilman]

Not really? Disney choosing to settle out of court doesn't contradict anything LE said.

[@flamestorm21]

settled but lost everything they had when it comes to reedy creek

[@Anvilman]

@@flamestorm21 I'm sure your preferred propaganda outlet did an excellent job convincing you that's what happened.

[@flamestorm21]

@@Anvilmanyou clearly haven't read the read the transcripts cope harder

[@Anvilman]

@@flamestorm21 I have, in exchange for Disney dropping their lawsuits and such, they got a key member of the board replaced with someone friendlier to Disney, and will be negotiating a new Development Agreement, almost certainly in Disney's favor.

[@TheRealSuperShadow]

Well this video didn’t age well….

[@evan258]

Like most of Legal Eagle's videos over time lol

[@ketheric]

A masterclass in how to claim a trip to Disneyworld as a business expense.

[@electronics-girl]

Except that he went to Disneyland.

[@chronomatt6990]

He’s a far Leftie Californian. He’s at Disneyland.

[@emb5048]

@@chronomatt6990 Or just a Californian.

[@ZairUmbras]

@@chronomatt6990 Far leftie..? Californian, sure, but far leftie? Lmao.

[@hansbass8119]

​@@ZairUmbras don't you know? Any one slightly left is a far left to the republicans

[@FieldMarshalFry]

I mean... what did Ron expect? Disney has literal ARMIES of lawyers for exactly this sort of thing!

[@exilhamburger4802]

The people he usually picks on (former felons, minorities and LGBTQ people) don't have those armies of lawyers! He wasn't expecting any backlash, for him the problem was solved, the moment he had signed the law!

[@bobbsurname3140]

Yay for corpocracy!

[@witchy90210]

That they comply to his autrocratic demands.

[@FieldMarshalFry]

@Bobb Surname Well... it's a step up from fascism for now so I'll take the win!

[@MrHaighahatta]

While DeSantass brings in expensive (on the state taxpayers' dime, of course), conservative law firm, D.C., "hired guns" to try to wipe the mouse droppings off of his face.

[@entwixed3406]

The irony of it all is, well- Desantis is just gonna now have this as a blemish on his history- Anyone can now just be like: "*Why should we vote for the dude who can't even stop a corporation from getting past him?*"

[@dianacat5966]

Christine McCarthy says they “will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms.”

[@edwardlenovo3240]

DeSantis is winning. Disney is trying to eviscerate their own federal lawsuit before it is tossed completely.

[@swamp1138]

Your comment didn't age well. DeSantis successfully disolved the RCID in June 😂

[@luless666]

He won. But people won't vote for him, because he went against Trump, that was his biggest mistake.

[@kenth151]

Yet other results of Disney’s corporate cronyism and monopoly power have remained hidden - until now. Crooked Kickbacks Perhaps one of the most egregious revelations from the audit was the unethical flow of perks and benefits from Disney to RCID employees. Disney effectively bought the loyalty of the district. According to the report, here’s how it worked: Disney would provide flashy perks to Reedy Creek employees, many of which weren’t available to the general public. These benefits included up to 40 percent off Disney cruises and merchandise, other discounts on resort rooms and services, and millions of dollars worth of Disney park annual passes for not only employees but also their friends and family - plus free, single-use, transferable tickets over the holidays. District employees even received some privileges reserved for Disney workers, known as “cast members,” such as gifts and invites to closed-door parties. Of course, none of these kickbacks were included in workers’ taxable income.

[@Revoc]

So..... Will there be an update with how wrong you were?

[@naokitoiko2701]

The Government punishing a private entity over their public opinions doesn't seem to be something that is or should be allowed in a Democracy.

[@klutterkicker]

If it is illegal, DeSantis publicly shouting out his exact motives for each action will make Disney's case as easy as possible for them.

[@evanulven8249]

-republican- Fascist response: "wE ArE uH REpuBliC!"

[@dougw6883]

Exactly, it’s why it’s the 1st amendment, free speech.

[@gmailisaretard]

Yeah, but the courts are all stacked on the Right, so there is no protection from them.

[@vivalapita8484]

News is, we live under a Republic.

[@FlamingNinjaBoi]

This whole situation has me howling in laughter. For decades, conservative interests have been trying to deregulate corps at every possible turn, giving them as much power as humanly possible in the current political climate. Now that the corps are doing a thing they don't like, they think they can just... arrest control back. As if nothing happened. As if all that power they avidly provided were an illusion we all cooked up in our heads. They created this monster. It's poetic.

[@quantumblur_3145]

Inherently autocannibalistic etc

[@sylvrwolflol]

Play stupid games and ya get stupid results. The inherent problem with conservative goals is a distinct lack of long-term planning or foresight... so they keep being surprised at the consequences of their own actions. That tends to happen when you exclusively look backwards as the world moves forwards.

[@nancychandler3673]

Do Conservatives have healthy boundaries? I don't think so. 🤔

[@metamorpheus9573]

And now Democrats are simping for corporations who pander to "The Message" and use those corporations to censor anything they don't like. Funny how that works.

[@kindatim1798]

There are different types of conservatives. Ron obviously isn't an establishment conservative, he seems like a heavily (for today's times) culturally conservative

[@scottd2910]

Lmao this didn’t age well did it?

[@Anvilman]

Eeeeh, it aged okay. Evidently Disney decided it's interests are better served by settling out of court.

[@ValliantRenegade]

Well THIS didn't age well LOL

[@Anvilman]

It aged fine. Both parties agreed to settle out of court, and DeSantis' political aspirations went down in flames.

[@eightiesman]

Valliant! Haha! You had to come here like me a gloat. 🤣 Can't wait to see your video on this.

[@ValliantRenegade]

Special live show tonight @@eightiesman

[@jamessutton3172]

Disney’s last minute power grab agreements with Reedy Creek are null and void as part of the ‘settlement’. Total Disney loss!

[@Anvilman]

@@jamessutton3172 And in exchange, a key member of the board was replaced with someone much more favorable to Disney, and they'll be negotiating a new development agreement in the near future. I'm sure you desperately want to believe that.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

Like or hate Disney's movies, right now, but trying to take them legally is like grabbing the proverbial tiger's tail.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Perhaps… the Tigger’s tail?

[@ForgottenHonor0]

​@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ The wonderful thing about Tiggers...is we have claws! 🐅

[@mjvajda]

@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ Maybe Baloo grabbing Shere Kahn's tail.

[@iambicpentakill971]

I think that most people like their movies, it's the company behind them that is the problem.

[@trnphantom2586]

more like trying to grab the tiger’s balls

[@paul16451]

Trust me when i say Disney has prepared for this moment for decades, not just during the months after DeSantis signed the bill. They have had generations of legal experts consistently refining just the right charter waiting for the day when a governor like DeSantis would try to pull the trick of getting rid of their special district. There is no way any legal source DeSantis can muster is going to find a loophole in this agreement.

[@AstralMarmot]

They can't even bother to read the publicly posted notices from the board they intend to take over; somehow I doubt their legal analysis will be any more competent.

[@MickeyMouse-lm6zj]

Corporations should not have their own district. Kids should not be taught sexuality. DeSantis won by as much as he did for a reason. You don't see many people that agree because they get shadowbanned. Luckily, we have Democrats to make cities like Portland, where over 75% of businesses get vandalized and half the population are drugged up zombies.

[@donovanmedieval]

Unless they go bankrupt from continuing to make movies nobody wants to see.

[@kevinanderson263]

@@donovanmedieval hate to say it but you realize Disney owns and is much much more then just the Disney channel on tv right😂😂

[@jonathonschwendler4644]

@@donovanmedieval 26% of all box office dollars in 2022 were for Disney owned movies. Including 4 of the top 8 highest grossing movies of that year. So…they’re doing pretty good getting butts in seats.

[@eddiebruv]

This aged like milk. 😂

[@Anvilman]

Desperate DeSantis fanboy is desperate.

[@MrColuber]

@@Anvilman Desperate disney fanboy is desperate. And crying to his mama too.

[@Anvilman]

@@MrColuber Openly fantasizing about me isn't going to make you look any less pathetic.

[@MrColuber]

@@Anvilman Desperate disney fanboy is desperate. And crying to his mama too.

[@Anvilman]

@@MrColuber And now you're just repeating yourself.

[@danstaifer2028]

So are you also going through the CFTOD audit that shows years of tax avoidance and tax issues? Are you going to go through the illegal benefits that they gave to their employees that didn’t pay taxes on them? This aged like bad cheese. What an epic L for Disney and legal Schmigel

[@patrickbateman1660]

There is nothing wrong with not paying Taxes. I thought republicans liked that

[@evan258]

@@patrickbateman1660 Here come the excuses for Legal Eagle being wrong AGAIN!

[@Selrisitai]

@@patrickbateman1660 I think the point is that Disney is getting a lot of technically-not-legal allowances, so you can't say that your free speech is being infringed upon whenever the privileges you were being given are revoked. That's like calling the police because your drug-dealer stiffed you out of three ounces of coke.

[@nerofl89]

@@patrickbateman1660 Most Republicans dislike "income taxes" and a small subset expand that out, whereas, you're thinking of libertarians that dislike all taxes as they view it all as theft.

[@monkeyflower3851]

As a current law school student, I got almost giddy when I read about this a couple of weeks ago. I practically screamed out, "OMG! The Rule Against Perpetuities in the real world!!"

[@artymaj6]

As a student you need to learn how statutes work… Tell us, when the statutes list out 3 things that must be performed in order to do something, and the government institution only does 2 of them, is that action enforceable? If a private institution exercises control over a government agency, are the actions of that agency enforceable?

[@monkeyflower3851]

@@artymaj6 I'm not really sure what you're asking. Rather than speak in some overly generic hypothetical, why don't you just ask the question you're trying to ask. Are you trying to say the actions of the board were illegal or that they are unenforceable? If so, say that and ask the question. You ask a lawyer or a law student some overly generic question, you're always going to get a very unhelpful "it depends" as a response.

[@emb5048]

We DO geek out over the geekiest things.

[@ezachleewright2309]

​@@artymaj6 "if a private institution exercises control over a government agency, are the actions of that agency enforceable?" What?

[@artymaj6]

@@ezachleewright2309 Checkmate.

[@apollowellstein188]

Companies under citizens united have first amendment rights, according to Republicans, except when it comes to criticizing them. Talk about some neck breaking hypocrisy.

[@josephippolito1402]

Of the highest level

[@jcgw2]

I hope this ends up in companies loosing their rights bease they are not people

[@josephippolito1402]

@@jcgw2 Right

[@Brasswatchman]

@@jcgw2 Spoilers! It won't.

[@dubs3432]

On the other side of the coin the opposition pretends to hate it until it's useful so they keep it around just in case.

[@hb5209]

This didn't age well...

[@Anvilman]

Eeeeh, it aged okay. Evidently Disney decided it's interests are better served by settling out of court.

[@eddiebruv]

@@AnvilmanBy admitting it broke the law. Yep. 😂

[@Anvilman]

@@eddiebruv What a silly lie.

[@TheTapeFarm]

Wow this video didn’t age well, did it.

[@fireangel6038]

I hate Disney for completely different reasons but there lawyers deserve a slow clap for that one. That was slick

[@osmosisjones4912]

So support drag shows to kindergarteners and first graders

[@Diovanlestat]

​@@osmosisjones4912 I don't understand. Can you try again with a proper sentence?"

[@LancerX916]

@@osmosisjones4912 Wow, you really are slurping up the Fox News Kool-Aid, aren't you? I don't see many drag queens, if any, being arrested for abusing kids. But you sure see a lot of GOP members getting arrested. Almost as if they are deflecting or something.

[@whannabi]

​@@Diovanlestat don't expect too much

[@edwardallenthree]

@@osmosisjones4912 So you support soliciting underage prostitutes?

[@PrezMcIntyre]

I’m gonna be honest. I’m in law school and my property final is in two weeks. This video literally helped me understand rule against perpetuities better than any book. Truly, thank you.

[@brittanygraham9581]

Good luck on your finals!

[@goldenapplesaga5446]

God bless man! I wish you the best!

[@oneidaarmy7772]

@@Raider8784 he literally went to UCLA law 😀

[@Raider8784]

@OneidaArmy and? Becuase all people that go to school are great at what they do, right? Can't find much in terms of records of any actual cases he's tried. Can you?

[@goldenapplesaga5446]

@@oneidaarmy7772 ignore them. Don't worry about what they say. With all due respect to them, they probably just came here to antagonize people who like the Legal Eagle's channel. I've seen it before. Just let them go about their business

[@eightiesman]

This video needs an update. Things haven't gone so well for Disney since this. But I'm betting @LegalEagle won't be doing that.

[@Anvilman]

Looks like the judge made an absurd ruling that definately won't survive appeal.

[@eightiesman]

@@Anvilman I think you are confusing it with this absurd video that won't survive lampooning.

[@Anvilman]

@@eightiesman Nope, you just wish I was.

[@eightiesman]

@@Anvilman sure...keep watching this Charlatan and believing him.

[@Anvilman]

@@eightiesman In short, you're utterly incapable of defending your claims but don't have the guts to admit it. How typical.

[@johnc9977]

Looks like Disney losing badly, 1 case lost..one more to lose….

[@user-su6tl2jp8b]

Aaand they just lost the other one lol

[@chrisbender4987]

Every time I hear this story I picture South Park Mickey Mouse beating the sh*t out of Desantis.

[@ImperatorMatthew]

I would pay good money to see that.

[@thecrazycapmaster]

That or the Mickey Mouse Broly mod for Dragon Ball Fighterz 🤣

[@jourdyngroman]

yessss. I'm about a season behind on SP and I'm just itching to see what they've been up to with all this shit going on today

[@greysessentials8937]

There have been soooo many shows and popular personalities absolutely cooking Desantis’s cheeks (Rightfully so…), South Park is running behind as is the meat canyon YT channel.

[@fatcockbarbie]

Please get South Park on this because that would be perfect

[@Filboid2000]

What I see as a last line of defense for Disney is that their execs close the doors of Disney World, lay off nearly half a million employees (I would really hate it for them because it isn't their fault - it sucks being a pawn), and take a Disney cruise to Anaheim laughing all the way as DeSantis watches his tax revenues go south, unemployment spikes, and his approval rating goes to hell because he had the stupidity to chase one of Florida's biggest employers out of the state. Maybe he should just let free people be free.

[@TheMahayanist]

That would be great.

[@tbotalpha8133]

I imagine that's the nuclear option.

[@fennec13]

@filboid2000 - that would be great.

[@MatthewDoye]

I imagine every other state in the south east is angling for a chance a being the the site for the new Disney world.

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

He wouldn't care, no would the republican extremist. To them its a victory if the whole state tanked from that. As not only would disney leave but the rest of tourism. Facist don't care. What would really be a massive blow would be if disney did do that and proceeded to destroy everything there so DeSantis and his facist scum wasn't able to use the park to turn it into a republican conservative paradise.

[@RealityCheck6969]

This video aged like fine milk.

[@TheSolongsidekick]

How, dumbass? This video is about a specific instance. How do events taking place long after the subject of this video have anything to do with it? Do you also have trouble identifying different shapes?

[@daleal7250]

Sure. Since then we found out that holier than thou DeSantis appointee Ms. Ziegler apparently enjoys a little beaver despite publicly displaying pure hatred for the LGBTQ community. The hypocrisy is never ending. It’s laughable how utterly stupid these rednecks are.

[@jacsonater]

auditor: "you put a visit to disney land as a business expense?" Legal Eagle: "Yes I was covering a legal issue and needed to do onsite research" auditor: "damn, ok then. moving on"

[@jonnylawless6797]

I wouldn't have asked after that either lol

[@jennymunday7913]

I'm not cheering on Disney, but I am judging DeSantis for being stupid enough to fall into their obvious trap. Like Disney not fighting back should have sounded alarm bells, sent signal flares into the sky, and had a battleship pull up outside his office firing missiles that spelled out the phrase "NOOOOOOOOOOO".

[@cbpd89]

For REAL. If you are gonna come for the Mouse, you best not miss. Desantis fooled around and found out.

[@NetherStray]

@@cbpd89 "Gonna litigate me? Gonna take away my special district? Better do it. Better make it stick. Better not--" >It does not work >Disney goes silent >DeSantis declares victory >DeSantis wonders why the birds have suddenly stopped singing

[@sammykenny]

Right?? It’s crazy that he didn’t seem to anticipate that this huge corporation wouldn’t have anticipated that at some point the government would come for their special district. They’ve likely been prepared for this for a long time.

[@Roketsune]

I was wondering why they seemed so passive about this whole thing.

[@msjkramey]

​@@sammykenny didn't even think about that but you're totally right. They knew it couldn't last forever

[@dr-amethyst-77]

Pro tip Desantis: Don’t go after the company that’s well-known for having a large team of rabid lawyers at their disposal

[@swamp1138]

Well he beat them sooooo...

[@CDMJDMHHC]

wrong

[@theadministrator4765]

​@@swamp1138he didn't though lmfao

[@swamp1138]

@@theadministrator4765 Uh ya he did. Disney no longer has control over the district, the RCID has been replaced with the CFTOD, their royal clause was struck down in July and was only a delay tactic, Disney withdrew all but one of their federal cases which will most likely be dismissed post audit of the RCID, thus leading to only state cases which legal experts have claimed they will lose as the audit is now evidence, oh and Disney has to pay all the backed taxes. So ya, Ron won. How do I know this? Because unlike you I actually researched it and I live outside of the boundaries of the now former RCID. Get with the times mate, brush up on current events.

[@evan258]

@@theadministrator4765 Disney lost the case, DeSantis won lol

[@LaReinaCreole]

Well, this video aged like milk 😂

[@Anvilman]

Not really? both parties agreed to settle out of court, and DeSantis' political aspirations went down in flames.

[@janetracer]

​@@Anvilman😂😂😂 oh you're serious 😂😂😂

[@Anvilman]

@@janetracer Spamming emoticons isn't going to make what I said any less correct.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

“Ron DeSantis is a more capable version of Trump.” Disney:

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

That was the myth everyone was told cuz we didn’t know the potential of desantis. Now we do 🤣🤣🤣

[@Joesolo13]

Admittedly a very low bar

[@mjvajda]

@@avacadomangobanana2588 especially given how this was done in the open based on Florida’s laws and yet nobody in the DeSantis administration realized. Or if they did, they were tuned out.

[@joachimschoder]

More capable than Trump doesn't mean capable. Trump is a very very very low bar to clear.

[@sm00gzbear]

@@joachimschoder Trump couldn't even clear William barr, his own AG.

[@WesODonnellX]

My property law professor actually said “If you see a question on the Bar exam regarding the Rule Against Perpetuities, just guess and move on. Your time is better spent somewhere else.” 😂

[@MattZaglin]

Any chance you can re-visit this topic, given the recent legal happenings with the case?

[@user-su6tl2jp8b]

This aged horribly.

[@Anvilman]

Not really? both parties agreed to settle out of court, and DeSantis' political aspirations went down in flames.

[@user-su6tl2jp8b]

@@Anvilman Part of the settlement is Disney’s Reedy Creek agreement is now officially considered null and void. So yes, this aged terribly. And Trump winning the nomination again doesn’t have anything to do with this.

[@Anvilman]

@@user-su6tl2jp8b Instead, Disney will be negotiating a new agreement in the near future, so that doesn't really mean anything. Do you REALLY think that DeSantis' campaign completely falling apart before the primaries had nothing to do with him pissing off Disney?

[@user-su6tl2jp8b]

@@Anvilman Nope. It had everything to do with Trump being indicted and the Republicans/conservatives deciding to rally around him. Whether or not that’s good or bad is for you to decide, but that’s why Trump won the primary. Mickey Mouse didn’t have anything to do with it.

[@Anvilman]

@@user-su6tl2jp8b I'm sure you desperately want people to believe that. Though I'll admit, your implicit admission that Republicans believe a blatant criminal represents them best is hilarious.

[@moneysins]

Brainstorming session for this video: “Hmmm… how can I make my Disney trip tax deductible…” Love the video

[@sevret313]

Creating muddy waters between a private trip and a business trip may very quickly put you in trouble.

[@supergluehotty]

I'm guessing using multiple shots from various locations makes it seem more like a business expense.

[@ethica151]

@@sevret313 You'd have to be some kind of legal professional to get away with that sort of thing consistently.

[@almostfm]

@@sevret313 I don't see a problem here. It's not like he's trying to deduct the cost of a crapton of souvenirs, and if you're doing a video on an issue affecting Disney, shooting some of the piece within a Disney park is not an unreasonable thing.

[@sevret313]

@@almostfm Yes. But the premise by OP was how to make a trip to Disney Land tax deductible. While doing it too take footage is legitimate, if you add on activities on top of that to take advantage of the trip then you're onto more shaky grounds.

[@merphul]

They worked so hard to say that companies are people and are entitled to freedom of speech, but looking at Disney and Anheuser Busch they suddenly don't seem to feel that way anymore.

[@foxmcld584]

It's kind of amazing how 'think of the children' fails to overcome the 2nd amendment for them, but is meanwhile squealed aloud repeatedly whenever the 1st comes into question, isn't it?

[@aaronmccullers384]

@@foxmcld584 Modern Republicans are becoming more and more hypocritical it seems.

[@steveaustin2686]

@@foxmcld584 Or that the GOP in multiple states is blocking bills to raise the legal age of marriage. One GOP sleaze in Missouri likes the idea of 12 year old children married to adults. Every GOP accusation of grooming actually has been a confession.

[@ryshow9118]

Just stir in a bit of authoritarianism and you end up with endless (terrible) surprises

[@letsomethingshine]

@@foxmcld584 They find the court interpretations of the 2nd amendment convenient for them at this time, since there are not that many communists let alone ones being patriotic enough to amass/craft weapons, but (like the communists) they hate how vocal and critical liberals are and thus the 1st amendment does not feel convenient to them at this time.

[@markussagen3778]

Feels strange coming back to this after the Disney corruption scandal has been exposed

[@ypw510]

The one where the Republican pols took benefits from Disney, including DeSantis?

[@markussagen3778]

@@ypw510 doesn't really matter which sides have taken advantage of it. Seems both have.

[@melovescotch]

State Independent Audit of Disney just dropped, looks like LegalEagle is wrong on a lot of things.

[@asf0]

Unbelievable amount of corruption going on at Disney with its special district. The worst is yet to come for Disney. I’m guessing Legal Eagle won’t cover this anymore given he’s a political hack at this point.

[@Anvilman]

I wouldn't exactly call it independent lol. But I fail to see how their "findings" contradict anything LE said in the video.

[@TheSolongsidekick]

...how stupid are you? How is he wrong by accurately describing a past event? I'd love to hear your surely well-thought out examples.

[@starryknight5555]

You know we're in danger when Disney lawyers are the heroes.

[@LonceyMills]

😢

[@osmosisjones4912]

This legal educator what to forget about Disney's legal power as own government and give campaign contributions.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

It’s a double negative, maybe?

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

​@@osmosisjones4912 Another conservative coming into a thread incoherently trying to repeat the talking points they've been fed but being unable to follow a conversation.

[@WhiteWolfDarkpaw]

@@osmosisjones4912 You need to work on your English, Comrade. Putin will not be pleased by this word salad you've posted.

[@bbeltjr218]

Excellent job making your Disney trip into a tax write-off, solid work!

[@stewy497]

Hey, if someone else hadn't said it, I would have.

[@cd878]

LOL

[@user-kw1xf4kg3i]

i thought the same thing......Sight Gag or writeoff?

[@ndisfoshiz]

gotta say, kinda brilliant XD

[@notquiteglenn8401]

​@@user-kw1xf4kg3i why not both? Lol

[@owentanner8368]

This has aged well 😂

[@CreamPolo]

How badly that title aged.

[@themachine9000]

Ummm how did it age badly? Disney destroyed Desantis

[@CreamPolo]

@@themachine9000 At the end D loose its special district.

[@asf0]

@@themachine9000how so? Disney has dropped all claims in it lawsuit except it “free speech” claim, which it will lose. An audit of the Ready Creek Special District was just released showing massive corruption in the billions. The worst is yet to come for Disney.

[@Anvilman]

@@asf0 That's misinformation. It dropped those aspects of the federal lawsuit so they could instead pursue them at the state level. The relevant lawsuits are still ongoing. That's strictly your opinion. And that has nothing to do with the lawsuit in the first place lol.

[@user-su6tl2jp8b]

@@themachine9000How about now?

[@michaelwinter742]

I love that schools need to publish a questionnaire inquiring as to children’s sexual identity while also being illegal to contextualize those questions.

[@donald12998]

I mean, I think parents have a right to know what's happening with their children.

[@PlaystationMasterPS3]

​@@donald12998 what if they'd abuse their kids as a result?

[@alphanerd7221]

@@donald12998 Wrong four words in.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@PlaystationMasterPS3 Like what kind of abuse, drugs that effect their development, unnecessary surgeries? It's absurd that people can get locked up for letting their kids smoke pot but it's legal to put your kid on puberty blockers for non medical reasons.

[@donald12998]

@@PlaystationMasterPS3 CPS already exists for this reason.

[@jeffweber8556]

I find it hilarious, that DeSantis and his pals knew Disney was going to try something, knew how Florida's laws worked and completely failed to look for publicly posted notices about said meeting

[@dianasandberg7854]

My personally preferred version is that there is somebody somewhere in the lower echelons of government who is tasked with checking out for such stuff and did see the notice - and decided not to bring it to superiors' attention. Heroes are everywhere.

[@ryshow9118]

Dipsantis is full of his self that he never even considered that maybe "You don't f with the Mouse™©®" is a well known phrase for a reason.

[@NickSmith-fe7lp]

Your problem is assuming that they knew how their own state's laws worked

[@shadowninja6689]

It's even worse then that. All they'd literally need to do is take 5 minutes to write a script to notify them about anything with the word "Disney" in it, or anything posted by that county, and then have a human review the notifications and send them off to the lawyers if necessary.

[@rakino4418]

​@@shadowninja6689 I used to work for a company that literally did this for all web publications, radio and television segments (although not the in the US) for government public figures and various keywords.

[@almondmilk5315]

Desantis is winning. The judge threw out Disney's lawsuit.

[@stanmarcusgtv]

and Disney will get its butt kicked in the FL court - meanwhile Iger has to be removed as he's just about killed the company and Universal is projected to pass WDW in FL

[@almondmilk5315]

@@stanmarcusgtv I've always preferred Universal to Disney.

[@Anvilman]

"winning" lol. His political career is pretty much over, and a dumb ruling that won't survive appeal isn't going to turn it around.

[@stanmarcusgtv]

Desantis's political career is in its infancy, you'll be losing to him for decades@@Anvilman

[@haxie4516]

​@@stanmarcusgtv Lmao, delusional.

[@kennymartin5976]

Ron DeSantis: a man so horrible that I'm rooting for the monstrous mega corporation.😅

[@dianacat5966]

Disney cuts 75 roles at Pixar, including execs behind ‘Toy Story’ & ‘Lightyear’

[@the_undead]

​@@dianacat5966 seeing as Lightyear lost literally over 100 million dollars and it came from a company that prides itself in making only smash hits I would say whoever was in charge of the project losing their job over that is probably fine.

[@dianacat5966]

Alyson Stoner was fired

[@the_undead]

@@dianacat5966 ok and?

[@kennymartin5976]

@dianacat5966 that sucks. Neither of these things are remotely as bad as Ron's active persecution of the LGBTQ+ community.

[@randymiller1610]

I'll all for reevaluating Disney's power over the district, but replacing the board with governor appointees as retaliation for something they said definitely isn't it.

[@drdewott9154]

Yeah, heck if anything thats even more corrupt since it reinforces bias against the very leader who appointed them! These were the kinds of tactics we saw in Eastern Block states where the Soviets stepped in to remove any government that wasn't in exactly their taste! Just absolute peak corruption.

[@Viper607706]

It's basically: stop letting people be free or we will turn off your utilities.

[@wordforger]

THIS. SO MUCH THIS.

[@ASithLordd]

especially since all of the appointees are literal goons of Desantis.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I'm fine with Disney having power over the area of land that they're the sole occupants of that is larger than Manhattan.

[@Kahlessa]

What’s really funny is that Disney did this in an open meeting where public notice was given of the meeting. But the DeSantis administration couldn’t spare even one lawyer to show up to the meeting and ask questions. 😏

[@CollinMcLean]

It's kind of impressive how staggeringly incompetent they can be at times. It'd be like if during the siege of Constantinople when the Ottomans found an opened gate, instead of walking through it they bricked it up and went "Ha! Now they're trapped!"

[@seasnaill2589]

@@CollinMcLean They probably expected Disney to fight back in other ways, like throwing their money around or doing shady deals under the table. I bet the last thing Desantis expected was for Disney to step up to the plate in broad daylight and outmaneuver them!

[@agilemind6241]

@@seasnaill2589 More like the Repubs are all horribly intellectually lazy. If it isn't on FOX news they don't care.

[@finned958]

It was so clever that they left off a step that all property owners are supposed to be notified by mail 7 days before the first public meeting.

[@drunkpaulocosta9301]

​@@seasnaill2589 but thats what they do. Between them and McDonalds its a close race for whos the most egregious company on earth when it comes to lawsuits and battling them in public. Hell just the hint of a lawsuit vs either of them can TANK share prices overnight

[@SteveHuggs]

Hey - any updates on this issue? What is this I heard about Disney's suit getting dismissed?

[@user-su6tl2jp8b]

And now Disney’s February 2023 Reedy Creek agreement got nullified with a settlement yesterday. This video aged all kinds of poorly.

[@AbsentMinded619]

This aged poorly.

[@iGotBulletproof-Insomnia]

Gotta love how giving children autonomy is called "grooming" and "sexualizing." Yet actual child abuse is rarely address unless it leaves "marks" which could be from anything else.

[@knightofcydonia1192]

FACTS. A little louder for the homophobic, transphobic, radicalized, ignorant, frenzied mob in the back, please!

[@jennatavares4695]

And it's ONLY addressed when abused people are forced to provide proof no matter how that might affect them. So gross

[@osmosisjones4912]

So not teaching children to suck your d🐓 is taking away children's autonomy.

[@nonna_sof5889]

Also in a lot of these states it's legal to marry a child as long as you have their parents permission. Republics support this.

[@Techydad]

You also have Republicans arguing that allowing a child to be trans or to attend a Drag Queen Story Hour is sexualizing the child, but marrying 12 year olds to 30-50 year old men is perfectly fine.

[@AxelQC]

DeSantis may hate drag queens, but he's a certified drama queen.

[@nairsheasterling9457]

And a drag on society. So a drag queen (derogatory.) Not to be confused with drag queens (disambiguous)

[@biz0unc3]

You mean Ronda? Ronda DeSantis? That's a man?

[@haydenbrennan669]

cringey pathetic childish comment. Same with the 2 other replies to you. Get better.

[@AxelQC]

@@biz0unc3 Doesn't act like one.

[@manolgeorgiev9664]

I low key feel bad for him though.

[@jamestucker7820]

Uh oh. Disney settled. Looks like you were wrong. Not so good a lawyer, or law team.

[@Anvilman]

Disney choosing to settle out of court doesn't contradict anything LE said.

[@John1045]

​@@AnvilmanThey.Lost

[@Anvilman]

@@John1045 Salty DeSantis fanboy is salty.

[@John1045]

@@Anvilman Wow, what a loser :))). I'm not even american numbnuts. I have to know US politics because of how much Joe Bideu fkd the world over.

[@Anvilman]

@@John1045 Not sure how you not being American is supposed to contradict anything I've said. Sounds like you've been consuming waaaaaaaay too much Republican propaganda.

[@mperry4878]

You should do an update on how wrong you were Lol😂

[@eightiesman]

He won't

[@Anvilman]

How is LE supposed to predict that a judge will make an absurd ruling that flies in the face of all logic and precedent? It probably won't survive appeal anyways, so there isn't much reason for him to update yet.

[@eightiesman]

@@Anvilman well I encourage LE to make a video about how right he was and how wrong the judge was then.

[@Anvilman]

@@eightiesman I get the distinct impression he isn't going to care what some desperate DeSantis fanboy in the comments wants. Regardless of how it goes, I'm guessing he won't post a video until after the appeal, on account of how dubious the ruling was.

[@eightiesman]

@@Anvilman What reasoning do you have that the ruling was "dubious"?