September 22, 2025
Disney-ABC Home Entertainment
and Television Distribution
500 S. Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA
91521-3515
Dear ABC & Disney,
As media companies, you are supposed to be one of the safeguards of free speech. You are also the same companies that have no problem making blockbuster movies mere feet away from internment camps in China (BBC, September 7, 2020). Your aggressive focus on heteronormativity in your products and content makes it clear you do not value inclusion and diversity (Variety, March 9, 2022). Given all this, I guess it should not come as a surprise to me that you would choose to kiss the ring of “Dear Leader,” and ignore the very foundations of the country that has made you rich.
Your suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show at the illegal and unjustified demand of Donald Trump and the chair of the FCC, Brendon Carr, is a direct violation of the First Amendment. As always, the coverage on mainstream news is biased to the conservative viewpoint, and it sickens me that you’ve collectively decided to submit to the whims of a whiny, petulant, thin-skinned Authoritarian President!
Therefore, I have canceled my subscriptions to Disney+ and Hulu indefinitely! I intend to ensure everyone else in my life does the same. If, however, you reverse course, protect First Amendment rights by not caving to our Authoritarian President, start creating more inclusive content, and actually stand by the values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a non-performative way, I would happily be a customer again.
You have contributed to the ongoing destruction of our American Democracy and everything it represents! Shame on you all!
Yours truly,
Norman Luce
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