Disney and ABC have gone ahead and released that trainwreck of misinformation. They have bet on gaining more from the right in whatever way they were compensated, than losing on whatever kind of outlash will happen as a result.
I speak for all of us, I think, when I say that we don't follow through on our threats nearly as well as the wingnuts. I know personally people still boycotting France. I think a major part of the problem is, we're being attacked on so many fronts at the same time from the many, many different people. It's easy to get distracted.
Unfortunately, this also emboldens those who attack us. If we don't hold them accountable for this, who will? They certainly won't, and moderates are by and large uninterested.
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