I feel the overwhelming urge to rant here a bit...but I'll keep it as under control as I can
Firstly, if you watch Disney shows, you must realize you're never watching them for their literary or historical accuracy. Goodness, I loved Mulan, but think how short the movie would have been if she'd been discovered and beheaded. Think how many kids would wake up screaming at 2 am after watching Hercules massacre his wife and children. And most importantly, think of the mind scarring after watching Pocahontas, not nimbly prancing through the forest, but thundering like a wildebeest.
In short, Disney is not about historical accuracy, so that's a moot point.
The fact is, Disney is, and always has been, about family entertainment. Movies that are appealing and entertaining to all ages. I list here some oldies that I grew up with: Robin Hood, The Apple Dumpling Gang (yes, so shoot me, I was young, Ok?), Treasure Island, Peter Pan, and others.
Most of the ones that you guys list as the worst of all time, I really enjoyed. I have to except Pocahontas from this list though...it really WAS that horrible. Not racist though, it was merely showing off the culture gap between very different peoples.
As for my nomination for worst Disney movie of all time? Sequels aside (for they are always horrible and not worth the $5.oo it took to make them), I would have to vote for the absolutely vile Brother Bear. I mean, the only saving grace IN this movie were the moose character ripoffs of Bob and Doug McKenzie, and they prooved after five minutes to be really annoying, not the lovable and funny Canadian spoofs that I grew up with. This movie deserves to be burned, every copy, along with whoever decided that making bears our "brothers" was a good idea. Sounds suspiciously like the poor saps who were trying to proove that bears aren't really dangerous. The husband got killed (big surprise there).
Sorry for the rant...I'm done now, I promise.
-KojiroMusashi