The Blackangel Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I don't even have words for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I don't know what to say either. Haven't heard much about the hurricane in Florida, but I'm sure the rich will get better boats out of it. And to think that DeSantis voted against hurricane relief for New York and New Jersey for hurricane Sandy, but expects aid for Florida. Of course, republicans love to politicize natural disasters. Maybe DeSantis is distracting from something. Is it from the hurricane response? Well, DeSantis has been engaging in an all out culture war before the hurricane. He began all this during the Covid crisis. At one point Florida had the most cases and deaths in the whole country because he refused to comply with mandates and messed up all the schools and hospitals. He had government Covid funds to be used for hospitals, and while people were dying in the hospitals at max capacity, DeSantis still did not utilize the Covid funds to try and save their lives. Instead, he used those funds to write a freebie check of $450 to Floridians as a voter bribe. That free check is fucking blood money. There is an investigation where he also used Covid funds to bus migrants to Martha's Vineyard. And even now, DeSantis wants to investigate Fauci, who republicans obviously hate. Dr. Fauci is a modern day Galileo who went to prison for saying the Earth revolves around the sun and christians couldn't handle the science. While at the same time DeSantis obstructed Covid data to the public. I don't think his culture war is a distraction. I believe it is all out fascism. Fascism ideology itself is one big distraction while all your rights get taken away. Here is a list of things DeSantis has done in Florida. After looking at this list, any sane person will agree what the motives are, which is fascist authoritarianism. Fascist I say? Yes. This is what it is and what DeSantis has done: 1) Racist gerrymandering and voter suppression 2) Anti riot bill with selective enforcement aimed towards liberal protestors with harsh punishments and it legalizes the terrorist act of ploughing your vehicle into protestors blocking the street. This bill has even caused concern for the United Nations saying that the bill violates human rights. 3) Don't say gay bill bans any talk of gender or sexual orientation in schools 4) Ban gender affirming care for trans under 18 5) Ban businesses from choosing what they can invest in; they can no longer invest in anything woke such as the environment. DeSantis also abused his power to attack Disney for speaking out against him. He even wants the House republicans to investigate a cable company for making it's own business decision to no longer air Newsmax on the cable channels. Yes, DeSantis wants congress to investigate why a cable company has the freedom to make its own business decisions. WTF..... 6) Ban African American studies; ban discussion of anything related to racism, slavery, segregation, civil rights etc. At the same time DeSantis displays hypocrisy by forcing all schools to teach about victims of communism in the classroom. Why not victims of slavery, racism, or segregation, or even fascism??? Clearly racist hypocrisy. 7) Ban books including Math books. Teachers now can get a 5 year prison sentence for having an unapproved book. 😎 Ban DEI in universities which is diversity, equity, and inclusivity. A proposed bill to ban any course, discussion, or anything related to diversity, equity, or inclusivity. Professors can now be sued for anything and tenure is banned. DeSantis has eliminated all liberal education board members and installed his own ideological lackeys to enforce white washing of education. University staff and students now have surveys that ask all about your personal political ideologies. 9) A bill is now heading to the supreme court forcing what social media can or can't do. A ban on social media being able to ban or suspend people no matter what and allow anyone to sue social media. 10) Ban abortions 11) DeSantis unconstitutionally got rid of a judge for opposing DeSantis and determined to be unconstitutional by the court and still the constitution was too weak to allow the judge to get his job back. 12) DeSantis claims he has executive privilege to keep public records secret and executive privilege is not in Florida's constitution. I'm probably leaving a bunch of stuff out. These are some pretty big issues that we do not need from anyone who wants to represent America. Attacking women, gays, trans, education, universities, elections, independent businesses, ethnicities, protesting rights, and on and on is clearly fascism. Republicans want a dictatorship. And why? All of this distraction to please a racist base and lose rights to please a bigoted base distracts us from their agenda of a dictatorship. Who is indoctrinating who? Democrats are not abusing the laws of government to ban books or block discussion of history or what courses you can take in college. That is the difference in that republicans are abusing the laws of government for their cheap racist and religious ideologies. Republicans entered very dangerous ground. They are a morally broken society. And they are bouncing from Trump and going with someone who they believe would give them a better chance at a dictatorship. Yes, this all sounds extreme and that's because it is. Look at this list. This isn't behavior or legislation from someone who respects our constitution and civil rights. The Blackangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Oh look, here is something to add to the list. DeSantis is forcing universities to hand over medical records of all trans students. Say what??? Does Florida not even have a constitution? How does someone even get away with this? Are students gonna be forced to wear color coated badges now??? Modern day nazism right here in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) He has no legal ability to do that. Medical records are private by law, and can only be disclosed by the patient in question. And universities don't require medical exams to enroll. So no matter what, he could be removed from office and imprisoned for this attempt. Assuming he actually does get the records. Also he would be facing an enormous civil lawsuit from all the students he violated. He would never recover from it. His political dreams would be crushed, and he wouldn't even be able to get a job in fast food, or shoveling snow. Everyone would know what kind of bigot he is, and no one would want to work with him. Something needs to be done, and done now. Edited February 16, 2023 by The Blackangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Now it turns out that Brian Covey, a substitute teacher that posted about empty book shelves in his school has been fired for violating social media and cell phone policies by posting about the empty bookshelves on social media. I think it may be the same teacher in the above video known as @JagsFanBrian, while this guy's name is Brian Covey. Where is that free speech absolutism republicans love so much??? Not only are books being banned, books forced to be covered or taken out, and you can even get a 5 year prison sentence just for having a so called unapproved book, but you can also get fired if you post about it. On 2/16/2023 at 3:11 PM, The Blackangel said: He has no legal ability to do that. Medical records are private by law, and can only be disclosed by the patient in question. And universities don't require medical exams to enroll. So no matter what, he could be removed from office and imprisoned for this attempt. Assuming he actually does get the records. Also he would be facing an enormous civil lawsuit from all the students he violated. He would never recover from it. His political dreams would be crushed, and he wouldn't even be able to get a job in fast food, or shoveling snow. Everyone would know what kind of bigot he is, and no one would want to work with him. Something needs to be done, and done now. We will see how that pans out, but it doesn't look like Florida has a constitution or laws or even justices who abide by an oath anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Reality vs Adventure said: We will see how that pans out, but it doesn't look like Florida has a constitution or laws or even justices who abide by an oath anymore. Too true. It's why a record number of people are leaving Florida for other states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Every day DeSantis is taking rights away to keep himself relevant. At this point I wonder if even talking about him is a bad thing. Maybe he's the type who should just be ignored. Damned if you do and damned if you don't right? People need to know what is going on and at the same time it keeps him relevant. But whatever. Today's news, DeSantis is now taking away freedom of assembly at the state's capital. He is now forcing any events to be held at the state capital has to be aligned with the Desantis administration. That means if DeSantis doesn't like what you are about, if you don't hold conservative views, then you can't have an event at the capital. That is unconstitutional to block freedom of assembly. Once again, this proves that Florida no longer has a state constitution or anyone who upholds the constitution, or even the federal constitution for that matter. Why he gets away with this in the free world is beyond me. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/22/desantis-events-florida-capitol-00083989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
