Historically, I seem to recall that the US had a Department of Justice that would send in federal agents and other resources when a state was egregiously violating the civil rights of a group of citizens.
Too bad those resources apparently just aren’t available to a Democratic controlled administration in 2023.
It’s the old “first they came for” problem.I had a coworker go to Florida and she just went on about how much she liked that she felt safe from “others”. That’s the thing about being the chosen group in a dictatorship. It’s easy to enjoy that level of power over others and you feel special. Until they pass a law against you too. As shown above, even being a straight evangelical isn’t enough now. Any individual thought is going to be punished.
The only difference between Florida and every other ultraconservative state is... umm... Disney? Cubans? Alligators? Hurricanes? The governor's politics is certainly not much different.
I live in Florida and I am disgusted with how the state has changed. Im concerned for my grandkids there not getting a decent education. It just makes me so sad to see what is happening to this state. Time to move back north.
U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4 - "the Guarantee Clause":
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
"Republican form of government" doesn't have anything to do with the republican party, obviously. The clause confers authority on the federal govt to put a stop to the overt, discriminatory shit that DeSantis is codifying into on-the-books law & backed by Florida law enforcement. I don't believe that federal court orders are enough to satisfy the Guarantee Clause in Florida's case today. We may be coming to a time when it's necessary to send the FBI & national guard to arrest & remove the bulk of Florida's state government. This is what happens when you let the shitbags get away with things for too long.
Loosely quoting a letter in this morning's Boston Globe: "Ron DeSantis has signed a bill prohibiting students from asking others to use their preferred pronouns. I hope she understands the consequences. "
When i was in high school, i wanted to do archaeology in mesopotamia, i had always been fascinated by the history of the region. Then the Iraq war happened.
I absolutely feel differently about visiting Florida now, and I lived there in the mid-2000s. Charlie Crist was elected Governor while I was there, and we all know what direction he was leaning. Maybe I simply wasn’t a political person then, so I probably had no radar for FL politics. I was young enough to be living out my “youth” by visiting Busch Gardens, MGM, Universal, and Disney…a lot. Later I moved to the Midwest, married, had a child, bought a house, and returned to a career I didn’t exactly love. So, I’m grateful for those carefree couple of years. I even dreamed of retiring there someday. Yeah, Helllll no. It’s so sad to see what terrible people are doing to that state.
The majority of voters in Florida seem fine with Desantis.... That's what is concerning. He has a lot of support.
Historically, I seem to recall that the US had a Department of Justice that would send in federal agents and other resources when a state was egregiously violating the civil rights of a group of citizens.
Too bad those resources apparently just aren’t available to a Democratic controlled administration in 2023.
Disney world was on my vacation list of places to go before the kids are grown.
Now it joins St. Petersberg, Egypt, Istanbul, and Israel on the list of places I'd like to see if the governments ever stop being repressive shits.
It’s the old “first they came for” problem.I had a coworker go to Florida and she just went on about how much she liked that she felt safe from “others”. That’s the thing about being the chosen group in a dictatorship. It’s easy to enjoy that level of power over others and you feel special. Until they pass a law against you too. As shown above, even being a straight evangelical isn’t enough now. Any individual thought is going to be punished.
The problem is that the majority of citizens are for it too
The only difference between Florida and every other ultraconservative state is... umm... Disney? Cubans? Alligators? Hurricanes? The governor's politics is certainly not much different.
And the majority of citizens in Alabama were in favor of segregation. Didn’t stop Kennedy from sending in the Feds.
I live in Florida and I am disgusted with how the state has changed. Im concerned for my grandkids there not getting a decent education. It just makes me so sad to see what is happening to this state. Time to move back north.
U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4 - "the Guarantee Clause":
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
"Republican form of government" doesn't have anything to do with the republican party, obviously. The clause confers authority on the federal govt to put a stop to the overt, discriminatory shit that DeSantis is codifying into on-the-books law & backed by Florida law enforcement. I don't believe that federal court orders are enough to satisfy the Guarantee Clause in Florida's case today. We may be coming to a time when it's necessary to send the FBI & national guard to arrest & remove the bulk of Florida's state government. This is what happens when you let the shitbags get away with things for too long.
Loosely quoting a letter in this morning's Boston Globe: "Ron DeSantis has signed a bill prohibiting students from asking others to use their preferred pronouns. I hope she understands the consequences. "
Genius!
Do Anaheim instead. It's a lot less walking.
Who would have thought we'd miss bat-boy rick scott?
When i was in high school, i wanted to do archaeology in mesopotamia, i had always been fascinated by the history of the region. Then the Iraq war happened.
I absolutely feel differently about visiting Florida now, and I lived there in the mid-2000s. Charlie Crist was elected Governor while I was there, and we all know what direction he was leaning. Maybe I simply wasn’t a political person then, so I probably had no radar for FL politics. I was young enough to be living out my “youth” by visiting Busch Gardens, MGM, Universal, and Disney…a lot. Later I moved to the Midwest, married, had a child, bought a house, and returned to a career I didn’t exactly love. So, I’m grateful for those carefree couple of years. I even dreamed of retiring there someday. Yeah, Helllll no. It’s so sad to see what terrible people are doing to that state.
Students will get right on that, you betcha.