What he did with Disneyland and Mickey Mouse, etc. is pretty nice and for better of worse has had a profound effect on our lives but in real life... It doesn't pay to make gods of mere men. If you don't you won't have to give up all those childhood delusions. Personally I think Walt Disney was a mixed bag, just like all the rest of us. He saw things from his point of view. I can accept that even if it taints him.
"In 1941, producer Walt Disney took out an ad in Variety, the industry trade magazine, declaring his conviction that "Communist agitation" was behind a cartoonists and animators' strike. (According to historians Larry Ceplair and Steven Englund, "In actuality, the strike had resulted from Disney's overbearing paternalism, high-handedness, and insensitivity.")<3> Inspired by Disney, California State Senator Jack Tenney, chairman of the state legislature's Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities, launched an investigation of "Reds in movies". The probe fell flat, and was mocked in several Variety headlines.<"[br />
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist