Democrats.com has announced a boycott of Disney, a move I heartily approve in light of Disney’s current attempt to prevent Moore’s new film from coming out (see previous post below). Disney has no right taking such a partisan stand on this issue–if they do not like the film, they can hand over distribution to someone else. If they truly fear “alienating viewers,” then they made a huge mistake–banning the film will alienate far more liberals than letting a subsidiary release a Moore film would alienate conservatives.

At this time, the Democrats.com web site is not responding, for what reason I do not know (too many visitors? Or a malicious denial-of-service attack? Or just maintenance?).

Update from Mark at VuDeja: FAIR has the email address of a Disney bigwig, Chairman George Mitchell: george.mitchell@piperrudnick.com. Working for Change has a page with a pre-written, editable message to Mitchell where you add your personal information and send it from there.

I’ll edit this post to add more information as it comes out, but make your position known to Disney, as I am doing: I will not buy any Disney DVD, CD, video, or movie ticket. Around the World in 80 Days looked like it might be entertaining, but I will not go to see it. Every Disney associate and subsidiary should also be boycotted: ABC, ESPN, A&E, Lifetime, The Disney Channel, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Caravan Pictures, Discover Magazine, and many more; here’s a list of Disney’s holdings.

Do not boycott Miramax films, however–Miramax is the good guy here, taking Moore’s film when Gibson dumped it, and standing by Moore, so go see Kill Bill, Vol. II, Jersey Girl, or Ella Enchanted if that is to your tastes. Steer clear of Around the World in 80 Days, Haunted Mansion, or The Incredibles (even though Steve Jobs’ Pixar made the film, it’s still Disney). Don’t buy the Finding Nemo or Pirates of the Caribbean DVDs or videos.

More later.

Update: a new AP article with a definite right-wing spin has appeared that nonetheless seems to have some reassuring news: apparently Moore is free to find a new distributor, and Disney is not able or willing to shelve it; Eisner reportedly told CNBC, “That film will get a distributor easily.” I’ll take a wait-and-see attitude on that one.