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pat_k

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11. Understood. As I replied to Skittles, perhaps its useless to lobby people cancel (+Email/Call, see OP edits)
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 11:40 PM
Sep 17

Two quotes help move me to act, even if it may be fruitless:

"It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no result"
-Mahatma Gandi

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it is those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world"
-Desmond Tutu


Taking these small actions -- cancelling Disney+ (I don't subscribe to HULU or ESPN+), sending email to the Kimmel show press contacts (see notes added to OP), and setting aside time to call the viewer feedback number tomorrow, are the "bits of good" I can do.

Encouraging others to do the same here, on sez.us, and on my facebook page (very few followers, but they are likely to act too), is another bit of good.

I will never know the fruit of the action. But who knows? Perhaps something one of the people who calls or sends an email says "clicks" and gets "passed up the line" Who knows? All I do know is that citing FCC threats as the reason is utter bullshit (as noted in the ON EDIT bits of the OP).

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good luck with that Skittles Sep 17 #1
You may be right... pat_k Sep 17 #4
maga boycotted Disney for years over "woke" and DEI with little impact. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 17 #10
Understood. As I replied to Skittles, perhaps its useless to lobby people cancel (+Email/Call, see OP edits) pat_k Sep 17 #11
We often do things that are positive w little known reward, bc it is the right thing to do. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 18 #24
already don't use any of those. should I sign up and then quit in protest...hmmm msongs Sep 17 #2
I've actually been meaning to cancel Disney+ for awhile. I'm sort of happy I.... pat_k Sep 17 #5
Better to make a call. pat_k Sep 17 #6
I get HULU for included with my cell phone provider, but I hardly watch that crap on Hulu anyway, so it is pretty lostincalifornia Sep 17 #3
And if you are able, call the viewer feedback number: 818-460-7477 pat_k Sep 17 #7
Selling my Disney stock first thing in the morning Johonny Sep 17 #8
In case you missed the edit, I added link to a list of contacts at ABC entertainment to the OP. pat_k Sep 17 #9
We need to read more books anyway uponit7771 Sep 17 #12
Hear! Hear! pat_k Sep 18 #18
Aren't the stations at the mercy of the FCC who threatened to revoke their licenses? question everything Sep 18 #13
I'm not a lawyer, but it sure seems to me that such abusive threats demand a motion to enjoin the FCC from pat_k Sep 18 #20
kimmel should sue carr for 15 billion moonshinegnomie Sep 18 #14
Absolutely! pat_k Sep 18 #22
Is it more effective to boycott their advertisers? halobeam Sep 18 #15
Perhaps, if there were advertisers who was are particularly associated with the ad-supported Disney+ tier... pat_k Sep 18 #17
Thanks for your insight into this. At this point, I would halobeam Sep 18 #23
Maybe listen to/watch NPR / PBS and switch to their sponsors? RandomNumbers Sep 18 #25
Absolutely! I do make good use of the PBS Passport subscription I get for donating. pat_k Sep 18 #26
Nexstar Media Group refused to carry Kimmel's show anymore first. summer_in_TX Sep 18 #16
I cancelled my Disney+ subscription this morning... Violet_Crumble Sep 18 #19
Cheers! pat_k Sep 18 #21
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