Communist Struggle Session.
Walt Disney is rolling in his grave.
Walt Disney was called before House Committee on Un-American Activities as a “friendly witness” which meant not only was he vehemently against Communism but that he was willing to “name names” of people publicly whom he believed might have Communist leanings.
To call Walt Disney politically naive would be an understatement. As early as 1931, a Nazi newspaper condemned Mickey Mouse as “the most miserable ideal ever revealed … the dirty and filth-covered vermin, the greatest bacteria carrier in the animal kingdom, cannot be the ideal type of animal … Down with Mickey Mouse!” Adolf Hitler repeatedly denounced Mickey Mouse and in 1937 tried to ban Mickey completely from the cinemas in Germany.