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“… wherein every selfish whim is celebrated without question or consequence.” – Hayden Daniel.

In my previous opinion piece on Disney, Jiminy Cricket, Disney Needs You Now; I discussed the dark agenda of Disney executives: sexualize children as early as possible. Like Pleasure Island in the movie Pinocchio, where young boys drink beer and smoke cigars, the Disney Woke LGBTQuerty activists want to remake Disneyland into Sex Island. Where boys and girls….?

Then I read Hayden Daniel’s piece in the Daily Caller, Disney Isn’t Trying To Diddle Your Kids, But Their Real Goal Is Just As Insidious. Hayden peels back another layer on the Disney onion to reveal how Disney activists plan to mold how your child thinks. Basically, Disney wants to freeze children’s thought processes at the toddler phase, “… wherein every selfish whim is celebrated without question or consequence.”

The Terrible Twos…for Life?

Every parent has experienced “the terrible twos.” A two-year-old only thinks of what they selfishly want. Your toddler points to something or grabs something and says, “I want it!” When that something is not appropriate or safe for the toddler, you, the parent, say “no” and take it away. Next, the toddler throws a temper tantrum, complete with screams, tears, a red face, wallowing on the floor, kicking and flailing her arms.

Every parent also knows the “terrible choice” you must make: give in to the child – or stand firm? If you stand firm, you must endure the temper tantrum. If you are at the grocery store or other public place, you must endure the embarrassment. The parent’s reward for saying ‘no’ is delayed: eventually, the toddler learns that temper tantrums do not get him what he wants. Eventually, temper tantrums go away.

BUT…if the parent gives in, what does the child learn? Temper tantrums work! Temper tantrums get you what you want! The toddler then throws temper tantrums MORE FREQUENTLY. Why? Because tantrums work! The toddler gets whatever he wants. The terrible twos get more terrible!

Emotion versus Reason

As children grow older, they learn that immediate gratification is not always a good thing. Too much candy now results in a stomach ache later. Parents help children learn this by not giving in to temper tantrums. 

The philosopher/novelist Ayn Rand said that emotions are automatic value judgments. Candy tastes good? The emotion of pleasure is an automatic value judgment that says: ‘Eat more!’ Eventually, we learn to connect gorging on candy with a later stomach ache. This is logical reasoning. The automatic emotional value judgment of ‘tastes good equals eat more’ turns out to be wrong. We override our emotional automatic value judgment of ‘eat more’ with the exercise of reason and experience: ‘eat in moderation.’

Mr. Daniel notes, “Both critical race theory and radical gender ideology condemn reason in favor of emotion and sentimentality. Someone feels like another gender, so they are one; chromosomes and basic biology be damned. Another person feels like they are a victim of systemic racism, so they are, no matter what the statistics say.”

Feels Like vs. Facts Show

The road from “I feel like having another candy bar” to “I feel like I’m another gender” is smooth when it is paved with terrible two toddlers thinking, “I’m entitled to whatever I feel like, regardless of the facts and consequences.”

The “facts show” approach is logical, adult-reasoning type thinking. Facts show too much candy gives stomach aches. Facts show people are born male or female. Facts show people can’t fly without mechanical aid.

Fantasy is Healthy, and Delusion is Not

The Disney executives were smart. For generations, the Disney brand has delivered fantasy-based entertainment. Fantasy is innocent fun. We can use our imagination and pretend that we can fly like Peter Pan. Disneyland is called the “Magic Kingdom,” where children can have fun with fantasies. Adults too.

We adults can walk into Disneyland with our children and indulge in harmless fantasies, like flying. But then we walk out into the real world, where objective reality and reason prevail. I can’t fly. Gravity exists. Gravity doesn’t disappear just because I “feel like” it should. That is a delusion. If I jump off a building, I will die. 

The new Disney strategy is to brainwash children into walking out of Disneyland with the toddler mindset of “I’m entitled to whatever I want” and “whatever I feel like is true.” This serves the agenda of the Left. Do you feel like you are a bird? It is not only not true, but it is also dangerous. Just ask Icarus.

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