Late addition to the following is this fine article worth reading from here to again reinforce
the absolute nuttiness or any one of these synonyms absurdity, idiocy,
insanity, lunacy, madness, and nonsense to describe FL GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and
his “culture war” or as some who know him and his past now call it: “His race
to dystopia.” The story headline:
“Florida is doing a speed run to a dystopian future – DeSantis deletes race from The Rosa Parks Story”
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Main Post: Extensive and Growing Background
on Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and his “Culture War.”
Cite the following as
proof of his craziness that he now says he wants for the entire country.
FYI for DeSantis and anyone else: Culture is defined
as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs, and such in the institutions
of a population that are passed down from generation to generation such as (but
not limited to): Codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals (marriage
and death), education, speech, justice system, art, law and order, and other
things all around us.
Sad reminders about
DeSantis as some Republicans and many Democrats push
messages of hope and unity vis-à-vis the “culture wars” that are set to be a
feature of the 2024 presidential campaign.
This all the while DeSantis
and MAGA-Trump types push their views into their category of “Culture War” and
plant their flag everywhere with misplaced outrage about almost everything.
Outrage is click bait.
Outrage garners headlines.
Outrage taps deep into our
emotional cores to increase loyalty to our own tribe while escalating animosity
of the other side.
Outrage often works to win
elections.
The so-called “culture wars are a symptom of the bigger
problem of polarization and tribalism that has taken our country hostage.”
The real question for
Republicans is whether GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of FL can deliver him the GOP nomination
among all true believers.
Can he prove to be a vote winner in mainstream America when weighed against: the economy, national security, and other major concerns like health care, public education, our judicial system, and speech that only he does or does not approve of?
1. DeSantis is attacking Disney (but, it’s
backfiring on him).
2. He signs bills ordering people to “Don’t Say Gay.”
3. He says the death penalty is for rape attackers
(which BTW the USSC ruled unconstitutional years ago).
4. He is against birth control; abortion pills to
prevent unwanted pregnancy; and transgender medical procedures.
Okay, Gov: How about banning or outlawing Vasectomies for
men in FL, stop selling or allowing men to buy Viagra (you know for them to get
things up and running the way you want).
DeSantis has lost far more of his legal fights than he’s won.
The Miami
Herald reported: “In case after case, courts have
scaled back, thrown out, or left in legal limbo rules and laws that impose
restrictions on social media giants; limit voting; curb gender-related health
care; influence speech in the workplace, college campuses and classrooms; and
create new crimes for peaceful protests.”
His bills and the cost to
date has cost Florida taxpayers nearly $17 million to defend his culture
war agenda in the courts.
FYI:
DeSantis and Republicans in FL have made it harder for
Floridians to vote.
They have made it easier to ban books from school libraries
and classrooms.
They approved a new 6-week abortion ban.
They created restrictions on the right to peaceably protest.
They tried to regulate social media companies “deplatforming”
policies that are defined as: “Any attempt to boycott a group or individual
through removing the platforms (such as speaking venues or websites) used to
share information or ideas, or the action or practice of preventing someone
holding views regarded as unacceptable or offensive.”
DeSantis himself championed the “Stop the
Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act” — or the “Stop WOKE Act.”
Those are designed for him to use the power of state
government to target ideas about race and history that he many Republicans simply
do not like.
Running List of
DeSantis and FL Craziness:
1. Restrict how race and gender can be taught in
Florida's public and higher education institutions, banning books funding race
and diversity educational programs.
2. Would give students foundational skills and
prevent people from imposing orthodoxies at public universities that marks an escalation
of his broader conservative effort to limit the ways schools can teach about
issues of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).”
He
says it is better viewed as standing for “Discrimination, Exclusion, and Indoctrination”
and having no place in our
public institutions. He says: “This bill says the whole
experiment with DEI is coming to an end in the state of Florida.”
3. He want his Republican majority to pass a bill
that imposes new penalties on organizations that help illegal immigrants.
4. He signed a bill to reduce the ban on abortions from 15
weeks to six in Florida (the 15-week ban is still pending
from the FL Supreme Court).
5. He targeted Disney in FL after they objected to his so-called “Don't Say Gay” bill. DeSantis stripped Disney of benefits protected under the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which allowed Disney to run as its own governing body for the past 50 years. Then the Central FL Tourism Oversight District, handpicked by DeSantis to oversee Walt Disney World, revealed that weeks before he signed the bill giving the state control of the land (it backfired on him).
FYI: Reedy Creek already had signed a deal with Disney that handed
control of its development rights and special privileges to the company, essentially allowing Disney to remain self-governing
thus stopping his move – which in essence backfired on him.
Guns: Not Only in
FL But National Issue
This astonishing story of 3-year shooting two people in
Indiana reported on here from ABC
News. DeSantis may see this as a “crime fighting” opportunity
for him, you think?
The so-called “stand your ground” gun laws applicable in
public places, according to the nonprofit Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun
Violence allows person armed anywhere to claim after they shoot and possibly
kill someone that the law as critics say is actually “a shoot first, ask
questions later” excuse. That allows anyone who believes their life to be in
danger to use lethal force in an act of self-defense, without any duty to
retreat.
Eight states without those laws permit people to use deadly
force in self-defense with no duty to retreat, based on judicial decisions and
other factors as a simple: “Shoot first and then later ask why.”
Six states: Florida,
Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee have provisions in
their self-defense laws that prevent police from even arresting a person who
claims they shot someone in self-defense.
THE LATEST between DeSantis and Disney’ turf/DON’T SAY GAY
war. A long yet very timely message for DeSantis from Disney here from THE STREET with their headline … worth reading:
“Disney World Makes Its Boldest Anti-DeSantis Threats Yet”
Disney again sues DeSantis reported on here from DEADLINE:
My 2 Cents: I’ll end this for today saying that DeSantis, just like Trump, wants to “lead the country” as a one-man ruler which as we know is: Being a dictator who is not restricted by any constitution, law, or opposition, etc.
That must ever be allowed to happen in our great, but now fragile country with anyone.
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