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Sadly Disney is a lifestyle choice for a lot of people and the passion they have for the brand can be downright cultish and creepy at times. Groups like hardco

Sadly Disney is a lifestyle choice for a lot of people and the passion they have for the brand can be downright cultish and creepy at times. Groups like hardcore Disney fans, R. Kelly fans, and Evangelical Christians all share a very similar devotion and loyalty to their idols.

myself248 7y ago
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beardedwizard 7y ago
Tell me more about how R. Kelly and Disney fans are similar. Share your point by point analysis and include examples. Maybe you would like to bring Taylor Swift into the discussion? Your comment is a poorly disguised insult.
- 0-_-0 7y ago
  I can tell you really like R. Kelly or Disney but I can' tell which.
- cptskippy 7y ago
  It's unclear which you ascribe to but it's curious that you don't take offense to either being compared to Evangelicals. In either case, they're both almost a Cult of personality. The fans are so adorant of their object that they often overlook glaringly evil deeds. At the same time, the level of manipulation exhibited and the devotion demanded by the personality is extreme to the point that outsiders see it as absurd. Idk, maybe it's just me but I find fanaticism to be very off putting in general. When the idol asks fans to make sacrifices to stay it in their favor, that's when it crosses a line into creepy. Disney walks a fine line where it expertly cultivates that culture while simultaneously pretending it doesn't exist and remaining open and accessible to everyone.
  - reroute1 7y ago
    But to be fair R. Kelly is being accused of pretty awful crimes which I don't see an equivalent from Disney...
    - cptskippy 7y ago
      Perhaps not in depth of harm but in breadth it far surpasses R. Kelly. Disney has been accused of gross labor and environmental violations across the globe. So while R. Kelly has caused severe damage to a few, Disney has caused minor to moderate damage to a great number.
      - reroute1 7y ago
        OK. I don't know if everyone would agree with your somewhat reductive view on Disney, how is it fair to compare an entire company and enterprise to a single man. This feels like you are looking at two wildly different things and connecting them with very thin lines.
        cptskippy 7y ago
        Speaking in terms of the fans, a fan of Disney who loves their parks and merchandise is accepting the misdeeds of the enterprise as a whole in much the same way that an R. Kelly fan is accepting his misdeeds. I'm not stating that a fan of a franchise, like Marvel Comics, specifically is accepting of Disney's scope of misdeeds or even considering them a Disney fan in this case. I'm speaking directly to the Disney fan, those people who specifically travel to Disney parks multiple times a year, go on the cruises repeated, and consume the Disney branded merchandise in volume.
        coldtea 7y ago
        >how is it fair to compare an entire company and enterprise to a single man Then maybe companies and enterprises shouldn't do all they can to be treated like men... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/corporations-are-people-a_b_5543833 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/corporations-are-people-a_b_5...
Jaruzel 7y ago
For Star Wars and Marvel fans, they don't really have any choice in the matter these days.

myself248 7y ago

This week, in "Speculative Mergers and Acquisitions Horror Theatre"...

beardedwizard 7y ago

Tell me more about how R. Kelly and Disney fans are similar. Share your point by point analysis and include examples. Maybe you would like to bring Taylor Swift into the discussion? Your comment is a poorly disguised insult.

0-_-0 7y ago
I can tell you really like R. Kelly or Disney but I can' tell which.
cptskippy 7y ago
It's unclear which you ascribe to but it's curious that you don't take offense to either being compared to Evangelicals. In either case, they're both almost a Cult of personality. The fans are so adorant of their object that they often overlook glaringly evil deeds. At the same time, the level of manipulation exhibited and the devotion demanded by the personality is extreme to the point that outsiders see it as absurd. Idk, maybe it's just me but I find fanaticism to be very off putting in general. When the idol asks fans to make sacrifices to stay it in their favor, that's when it crosses a line into creepy. Disney walks a fine line where it expertly cultivates that culture while simultaneously pretending it doesn't exist and remaining open and accessible to everyone.
- reroute1 7y ago
  But to be fair R. Kelly is being accused of pretty awful crimes which I don't see an equivalent from Disney...
  - cptskippy 7y ago
    Perhaps not in depth of harm but in breadth it far surpasses R. Kelly. Disney has been accused of gross labor and environmental violations across the globe. So while R. Kelly has caused severe damage to a few, Disney has caused minor to moderate damage to a great number.
    - reroute1 7y ago
      OK. I don't know if everyone would agree with your somewhat reductive view on Disney, how is it fair to compare an entire company and enterprise to a single man. This feels like you are looking at two wildly different things and connecting them with very thin lines.
      - cptskippy 7y ago
        Speaking in terms of the fans, a fan of Disney who loves their parks and merchandise is accepting the misdeeds of the enterprise as a whole in much the same way that an R. Kelly fan is accepting his misdeeds. I'm not stating that a fan of a franchise, like Marvel Comics, specifically is accepting of Disney's scope of misdeeds or even considering them a Disney fan in this case. I'm speaking directly to the Disney fan, those people who specifically travel to Disney parks multiple times a year, go on the cruises repeated, and consume the Disney branded merchandise in volume.
      - coldtea 7y ago
        >how is it fair to compare an entire company and enterprise to a single man Then maybe companies and enterprises shouldn't do all they can to be treated like men... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/corporations-are-people-a_b_5543833 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/corporations-are-people-a_b_5...

Jaruzel 7y ago

For Star Wars and Marvel fans, they don't really have any choice in the matter these days.