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Disney deleted a Thread because people kept putting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies (www.theverge.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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”Share a Disney quote that sums up how you’re feeling right now!”

That’s what Disney posted on Threads the other day, and people immediately replied with lines from Star Wars, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and even Mary Poppins. The throughline between all the quotes: they were pretty pointedly anti-fascist and clearly aimed at the current administration

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[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

peter quill is a fictional character and i havent seen a guardians movie where he went fasch. is there a comic where that happened?

[–] ThisGuyThat@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago

Think they're referring to the actor Chris Pratt and comments he has made in the recent past.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Peter quill's actor.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 4 points 9 hours ago

right, a character being portrayed by a dick. but that doesn't necessarily make the character themselves a dick.