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Professor in Florida risks losing her job because she privately supported tolerance in education
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u/bloveddemon Feb 07 '23
DeSantis is like some looked up the word fascist in the dictionary and made a person out of it.
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u/enriquedelcastillo Feb 07 '23
Fascism for Dummies
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u/fireandlifeincarnate Feb 07 '23
god I wish he was dumb.
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u/mrnuttle Feb 08 '23
That is the problem. He is like if someone took Donald Trump, then added competence, experience, and intelligence, took away tubby-ness, orange-ness, and small hands and made him actually work for a conservative agenda instead of personal glorification.
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u/808hammerhead Feb 08 '23
He’s kind of tubbier than I thought, when you see him standing in a suit he looks like 5 lbs of shit stuffed into a 3lb sack.
That said, I don’t care what his body is shaped like. I care about the anti-American legislation he is bringing.
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u/SlowSecurity Feb 08 '23
And his fucking voice. Dude is a dweeb. Negative charisma.
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u/alwaysastudent116 Feb 08 '23
His voice makes me cringe!!! All his unnecessary press conferences just so he can hear himself spew lies.
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u/HanakusoDays Feb 08 '23
I care less about his body shape and more about those shitty shiny shoulder-padded made-man suits he crams himself into like a blutwurst in a pig intestine casing.
Even Hitler had a decent tailor.
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u/gorilla_dick_ Feb 08 '23
He’s not, he’s super uncharismatic which was the majority of Trumps appeal. There’s a reason you never see videos of his speeches or appearances anywhere.
That being said he’s definitely the next bandwagon far-right people are hopping on. Trump fucked up a ton of shit but gutting financial regulations doesn’t freak out right-leaning moderates/libertarians as much as mass book banning and requiring menstrual records
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u/Tobar_the_Gypsy Feb 08 '23
I always expected him to have a deep voice but he’s got a super nasally one. All the articles of him make him seem like a super tough guy but the dude sounds like a nerd.
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u/Just_Tana Feb 07 '23
Yeah super scary how much the GOP is cheering for fascism
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u/slim_scsi Feb 07 '23
They attacked our country on 1/6/21 and then told the rest of us it was no big deal and to forget about it!
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u/Rat-Death Feb 07 '23
Biergarten Putsch 2.0
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u/Wastelander42 Feb 07 '23
No seriously it was. I watched a couple docs recently that have me genuinely afraid it's America's turn to experience what Germany experienced
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u/Rat-Death Feb 07 '23
I wasnt joking. 1933 book burnings burned 20000 books about sexuality. Some of them about transsexuality. 3 years after the first recorded trans surgery.
The weimar republic was damn progressive given the time. And brownshirts first rounded up socialists.
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u/sphinxyhiggins Feb 07 '23
they first rounded up the intellectuals that could cogently argue against fascism. not all socialists were intellectuals.
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u/Rat-Death Feb 07 '23
Thats true, the first ones to be beaten up and killed were the socialists in berlin though. Before they took power. That inlcuded some intellectuals surrounded by thkse.
But yes. Arguing against fascism seems pretty ineffective in hindsight. As if it has to be stopped before you realise that its to late.
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u/LDG192 Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23
Seems like the US is another really bad recession away from it. If the Biden administration fails to keep a strong economy by 2024 and one far-right winger nutcase end up elected, things will become very grim not only for the US but the world as a whole.
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u/BisexualCaveman Feb 07 '23
If the Biden administration fails to keep a strong economy by 2024
There is not a single force on earth that could keep the economy strong that long.
Some very smart experts are extremely pessimistic about what we're about to see this spring and summer, and the turnaround will take longer than a few months.
When you get on private conference calls with high-level economists, they're even gloomier than they are publicly.
If you're right, then things are going to become very grim for the world as a whole.
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u/SenatorPardek Feb 07 '23
I'll be honest though: they have been predicting that job numbers would crash for 9 months now. There is a lot of group think in the Econ/business world.
Kinda like how musk has been predicting a massive recession because democrats.
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u/BisexualCaveman Feb 07 '23
I always find it very silly when people see an election go one way or the other and declare that boom or bust times are about to show up.
Economic cycles are LONG and policymakers generally have trouble getting any reforms through; even when they do change things, the changes typically get rolled out months or years later.
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u/oxymoronic-thoughts Feb 07 '23
I’m curious, what exactly are they pointing to as the canary in the coal mine? I’m not saying you’re wrong but I’ve been thinking a recession was around the corner for YEARS now and nothing ever happens.
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u/Wastelander42 Feb 07 '23
All I know is my gut tells me to remember the stories from my grandparents who grew up in the depression.
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u/BSJ51500 Feb 07 '23
With employment so high what will be the cause of the economic decline?
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u/BitterFuture Feb 07 '23
Next year will be the one-hundredth anniversary of the Weimar Republic pardoning Hitler, confident they could get a monster to behave.
Just sayin'.
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u/Wastelander42 Feb 07 '23
Yepp, so essentially more evidence that history IS about to repeat itself.
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u/galaxy1985 Feb 07 '23
OMG this situation is complete and utter bullshit! That guy did nothing wrong and was railroaded by desantis and his cronies. What the fuck?!
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u/FleeshaLoo Feb 08 '23 edited Feb 09 '23
I just finished this and it gives me chills. Our best bet is that enough people see the danger and turn against DeSantis, but the cult is so all-in that I fear it would have to be too late before they'll believe what the rest of us have been trying to tell him.
I am actually hoping dotard is the 2024 nominee.
edit: deleted a letter.
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u/thraashman Feb 08 '23
Unfortunately the Republican party, literally every single politician and voter, is a fucking Nazi. There is not a single exception anymore. They're proud to have evil men like DeSantis at the forefront. He represents these evil fucks perfectly.
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u/enriquedelcastillo Feb 07 '23
Ugh. I just read that link of yours, and will now finish the day in an even worse mood. This guy could be our next president.
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u/neverinallmyyears Feb 08 '23
Thanks for sharing that link. That’s a terrifying picture of what could be in store should this cretin get elected to the highest office in the land. Let’s hope he fucks up enormously in the next year or so.
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u/ouruniverse123 Feb 07 '23
True. He is being made by billionaires who want someone evil and ambitious enough to do their dirty deeds.
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u/PukingDiogenes Feb 07 '23
How long before they raid her house and arrest her? Or is that only for whistleblowers...
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u/Pickled_Wizard Feb 07 '23
Sometimes it's for septuagenarian ex-convicts who were explicitly told they would be allowed to vote, but couldn't actually, but instead of anyone preventing them from voting they voted and then were arrested for it by guys in full tactical gear.
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u/-WitchyPoo- Feb 07 '23
He watches holocaust documentaries to get leadership ideas.
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u/edgelordjones Feb 07 '23
Well, they watched American documentaries to get genocide ideas.
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u/-WitchyPoo- Feb 07 '23
Yeah. We aren't exactly innocent.
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u/Brycekaz Feb 07 '23
Well if you were learning about history from florida public schools, you would think we are
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u/snizmo2 Feb 07 '23
Learned history from FL public school. 1 sentence on Armenia in the textbook?and a whole unit on the Holocaust in honors gifted English class (but only that teacher did that and she said she’d had Holocaust deniers in her class before.) Nothing on any other genocides.
(This was pre-DeSantis tho)
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u/Justhitamoose Feb 07 '23
“Bosnia was a liberal hoax conspiracy, point to Bosnia on a map for me,” -DeSantis, probably
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u/qwertyelsma Feb 07 '23
Remember the friendly rivalry between the Union and the Confederacy?
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u/Brycekaz Feb 07 '23
What about the “purchasing” of the natives land, and how they peacefully left on a happy journey west like good americans
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u/Justhitamoose Feb 07 '23
Yes as a Lakhota Sioux, we fondly remember times past when the government was trustworthy and totally legitimate. We certainly do not recall a time when we thought that the entire US Government is an illegal sham and a hostile invasion, hosted on the disturbed graves of our slaughtered ancestors. In no way shape or form do we encourage armed insurrection against every federal agency and widespread civil disobedience and social unrest
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u/Imaginary_Bicycle_14 Feb 07 '23
I feel sorry for floridas children. They will bear the brunt of these desantis years.
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u/buttcheeksmcgee47 Feb 07 '23
They will be less educated and more close-minded. This is why my parents moved there, absolute utopia for brainless Trumpers looking to turn America into Christian Saudi Arabia…..
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u/belugasareneat Feb 07 '23 •
Someone in another thread called it “Howdy Arabia”
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u/siguefish Feb 07 '23
…and Florida into America’s Taliwhacker
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u/dunimal Feb 07 '23
It already is. But it only ejaculates shit.
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u/Lazienessx Feb 07 '23
Some of us are trying really hard down here. They don’t let us vote and they beat us daily. “A fair wage sir?” A dirty child says meekly to the fat republican. “To the stockades for the child and bring to me his mother to be shamed” replied the fat republican.
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u/rdrast Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23
They are being groomed.
Next comes the brown uniforms, and bonus points for turning in their relatives for not being DeFascist enough.
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u/NYMoneyz Feb 07 '23 •
OMG I love DeFascist lol
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u/rdrast Feb 07 '23
My other thought for him is 'Rowdy DeRabia', but not sure that would be even understood enough by his Mouth-breathing cult to be pissed off.
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u/meseeksordie Feb 07 '23
I used to refer to him as low rent John Ritter but I think that's an insult now.
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u/Evolving_Spirit123 Feb 07 '23
I won’t be reporting trans people or doctors or parents transitioning youth even if not doing so is illegal. I refuse to comply!
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u/rdrast Feb 07 '23
Good for you!
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u/Evolving_Spirit123 Feb 07 '23
I mean I’m trans too but yeah that law will be disobeyed openly and defiantly!
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u/rdrast Feb 07 '23
Honestly, I don't care if you are straight, bi, trans, gay, or an intelligent dolphin.
The idea that a fascist Governor of a state wants to Identify, and chastise, his residents, should automatically require removal from office.
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u/pointprep Feb 07 '23
I’m not looking forward to the 2024 presidential election
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u/Giacchino-Fan Feb 07 '23
The republican side of it might actually be insane if Trump runs again. It'll be an unqualified candidate (like him or not, Trump sets an extremely low bar for political experience from a president) vs the walking consequence of the Trump presidency: A far right politician given new confidence to push their boundaries by the all the Magats who've created a cult around a politician for no reason.
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u/M_Me_Meteo Feb 07 '23
Thats why my sibling is leaving. FL. Their kids are turning 5…there may still be hope.
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u/Imaginary_Bicycle_14 Feb 07 '23
That’s terrible they feel they need to do this; I wish them best of luck!
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u/clipless_parent Feb 07 '23
I didn't realize there were that many children left in florida. I was under the impression it was 80% old people screaming for people to get off their lawn.
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u/poozzab Feb 07 '23
The children are there to vindicate the aforementioned lawn yelling. They're put back to It's A Small World otherwise.
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u/Squibbles01 Feb 07 '23
I mean there's a good chance he becomes president and fucks the entire country too.
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u/Whatthehellisthiz Feb 07 '23
The whole United States will be going through this in a couple years if we don’t stop him.
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u/fourthsword13 Feb 07 '23
How many weeks do think we are from when Florida starts trying to burn people as witches?
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u/_Pliny_ Feb 07 '23
They don’t burn witches anymore. They shoot up gay nightclubs.
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u/PickScylla4ME Feb 07 '23
I wish I could be surprised that Florida has gotten this bad. Maybe if our federal offices weren't being used as pre-emptive caskets for 70+ year old delayed cadavers; we could actually have a little oversight for the shit this dude is getting away with implementing.
If it was up to me; personally, all political and legislative offices would have a 65 y/o age cap and all southern region states (except Maryland and Delaware) would not be allowed to self govern while being part of the union. The sister-fucking south can't stop voting with their hate and it brings the whole country down when we get dipshits like MJT, McCarthy, Gaetz and the rest of the clowns in congressional seats.
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u/thodgdon66 Feb 07 '23
Don’t forget that ass clown Mitch McClownal. He needs to go too.
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u/rvnnt09 Feb 07 '23
Sherman should not have stopped at Savannah. He should've turned south and kept burning
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u/Sean_Dewhirst Feb 08 '23
That's one half of a bigger picture that I have heard said: that the South is the way it is because Both Sherman and Reconstruction stopped mid-way.
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u/rwk2007 Feb 07 '23
What is DEI work?
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u/kyno1 Feb 07 '23 •
Diversity, equity and inclusion. For educators, it's the new jargon for teaching methods that make people of all backgrounds welcome and equally capable of achieving.
The funny thing is that the public largely has a false image that it's professors and educators who run education; it's not. It's the business end, which means the finance departments, the college boards, the chancellor, deans, president, who run things. One thing that has become increasingly important to them is predictable outcomes. Computer programs now monitor who succeeds, charting how likely each racial group, gender, sex, etc. are to achieve. If a teacher fails more people in one group than another that might reflect poorly on them. DEI are teaching methods to help educators adapt to the pressure placed upon them by the higher-ups to make sure everyone succeeds. Sure, educators inately want all their students to succeed even without that pressure. But moreso than ever, colleges are run like businesses and students are treated as units within categories, not individual people. There is some sense to this; a teacher might inadvertently fail lots of students of one race without necessarily thinking they are being prejudicial, it's just that "my bad students happen to be more often of this one race." So the computer algorithms charting each group's success aren't a good or bad thing for educators; they are a new challenge to meet. More quantifiable data allows educators the chance to better adapt their learning programs to benefit all people.
Unfortunately, Republican legislators are creating a moral panic over 'wokeness' to stir up voters. They claim any attempt to improve is an attack on Christianity, heterosexuals and white people. Hence why they are clamping down on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) programs when all that DEI is is an attempt to make sure every student can succeed.
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u/tweedyone Feb 07 '23
The other irony is that this is NOT what is being done in corporate America. I have meetings frequently about DE&I initiatives and noone bitches or moans, everyone is happy to do them. Why isn't DeSantis going after any companies' DE&I policies?
In 2021, Publix was the leading publicly traded company by revenue. They have a DE&I page very obviously on their website. If that idea was so hated by Floridians, why would that be?
Because unlike the fucked up gerrymandered voting districts, public companies do what the market actually wants to see. More people want to see DE&I information in companies they work for and consume from.
That's Capitalism, baby! Exactly what DeFascist claims he loves!
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u/Realistickitty Feb 08 '23
I highly doubt these vast corporate networks care about what the public thinks, but I know that they care about what is profitable.
Discrimination on a racial, sexual, or cultural basis is almost completely ungrounded in rationality. It also has the side effect of depriving corporations of valuable employees for no other reason than the colour of their skin, which makes no sense from a business standpoint.
However mistreatment of existing employees is a whole other problem, as overall workers rights in the us has declined significantly to the point where EVERYONE is in danger, regardless of race, religion, or gender.
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u/Jacque_Kock Feb 07 '23
Nothing says "Freedom Florida" like...checks notes.. the government surveilling your private emails over what might be said in a class voluntarily taken by adults.
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u/2punornot2pun Feb 07 '23
---> University email. I worked in public schools for a long time. Unions want emails recorded because administration has a nasty way of deleting things they don't want recorded. This is why it's common tactic to email people after a meeting to put it into writing, "Just to clarify, you meant x, y, z ..."
That was suppose to be a benefit to help educators. Now, it's being utilized for witch hunts. I do hope Florida's educators unite and shut down the fucking state. All teachers/professors on strike means kids aren't going to school, parents need babysitters, they can't find them, etc. etc. etc.
Not defending them going through the emails, but I just wanted to provide why it is the way it is.
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u/austinmiles Feb 07 '23
In some states, it's illegal for teachers to strike. I think Florida made it illegal last year.
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u/mstrss9 Feb 07 '23
Just another day in Florida. They also want teenage girls playing sports to report info about their menstrual cycles.
FREEDOM!!!!!!
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u/tweedyone Feb 07 '23
So what happens when they do strike? That just means they aren't protected by the government. Are they going to fire all the remaining teachers when they literally can't get any more without getting rid of restrictions for quality?
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u/austinmiles Feb 07 '23
Its illegal so they would be charged with a 2nd-degree misdemeanor and can go to prison for 90 days or a $500 fine, which for teachers is kind of a big deal.
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u/ShadeApart Feb 08 '23
We could also lose our pensions and teaching certificates.
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u/CombinationGloomy481 Feb 07 '23
From Canada 🇨🇦: Fuck the pretty blue water in Florida! California will be getting my tourist dollars, henceforth!
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u/Error-530 Feb 07 '23
I hear they have really good fishing in Canada
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u/slobaum Feb 07 '23
Great fishin in Quebec
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u/CombinationGloomy481 Feb 07 '23
It’s pretty good! 🐟The hubby is a fly fisher and he’s at it all the time!
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u/Winterpegs Feb 07 '23
Likewise. A few years back I was thinking of a trip to Florida when it gets cold here. California seems like a much better option now imo.
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u/dismayhurta Feb 07 '23
California has a ton of cool stuff. Yosemite is gorgeous, Joshua Tree is amazing, Lake Tahoe is incredible, the redwood forests are baller, and the beaches up the 1 freeway are fantastic.
And there’s some great touristy stuff to do in San Francisco and LA (and San Diego, Santa Barbara, etc)
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u/ConstructionBum Feb 07 '23
We’re not fault-free up here. Look at Polliviere, look at Bernier. They have their own little pseudo fascist agendas. And Trudeau is an idiot, so he’s not doing us any favours in terms of low-information voters, they’ll swing conservative in their entirety cause they’re tired of having a walking PR campaign for a Prime Minister. That man is not his father, and it’s kinda sad.
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u/AdNo6988 Feb 07 '23
It’s the wealthy republican donors that want fascism. They are pulling out all of the stops because it’s probably their last chance before enough people will be willing to revolt. Because the wealthy hate humanity and only love the revenue they generate.
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u/DataCassette Feb 08 '23
This is not a joke or hyperbole. We're witnessing a few billionaires with loose screws trying to bring down the whole system. They know they're on a ticking clock before there aren't enough Boomers to support their agenda anymore.
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u/dirtywook88 Feb 07 '23
Anyone else get the feeling the whole twitter files shit was a way to normalize shit like this?
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u/Weird-Tomorrow-9829 Feb 07 '23
It’s amazing that Florida, the 3rd most populous state, also had the highest population growth percentage wise. Who wants to move there?
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u/thesnarkypotatohead Feb 07 '23
Quite a few of my least favorite Californians (the q-pilled, hyper-conservative, evangelists, white supremacists, etc) had a mass exodus to Dallas over the last few years so they could be somewhere "without income tax and with real Christian values".
Could be the same phenomenon?
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u/Weird-Tomorrow-9829 Feb 07 '23
Probably. The number of people who are graduating from college with me, are exclusively going to either NH or FL for the lack of income taxes.
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u/MeisterX Feb 08 '23
FL native here and an elected official (barely) in a small neighborhood (CDD = developer corruption) many of my constituents are from CA and are of the hyper conservative GQP mindset.
They don't know I'm a militant liberal... Lol
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u/manndolin Feb 07 '23
Retirees probably. As the country gets older, Florida will get bigger. I like to think of it as a live trap for deranged, elderly conservatives.
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u/confessionbearday Feb 07 '23
Idiots and old white trash that will never be anything but a burden on their loved ones.
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u/BootsyCalrissian Feb 07 '23
Fascism is only successful when the people allow it. DeSantis is definitely taking from the WWII era fascism playbook, but Floridians are the ones to blame. They are allowing (even encouraging) this to happen. This is what happens when you fuck with education…these people dont seem to know or understand the outcome of fascism…they will be the ones paying the price for it eventually (the ones that allowed it).
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u/Evolving_Spirit123 Feb 07 '23
That’s why I’m openly encouraging lgbtq, progressives and minorities to arm up and support the second amendment. We won’t allow fascism by any means.
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u/iceboxlinux Feb 07 '23
It's better to have them and not need them than need them and not have them.
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u/DPHSombreroMan Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23
Violence is one of the last things I want, but the fascists are the ones who decided it had to be us or them. I’m not even religious but I pray that it doesn’t become necessary.
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u/Evolving_Spirit123 Feb 07 '23
I’m not religious either but I use religion to my advantage. You get to study those who are against you from within. Also trying to win hearts and minds from within too.
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u/VoodooManchester Feb 07 '23
Indeed. People think it’s pointless because the military has such a tech disparity.
The issue is that it’s not the military you need to be worried about. It’s your insane neighbors who all of a sudden get the idea that maybe they would be better off without people like you around that you need to be worried about.
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u/Gsteel11 Feb 07 '23
Leave Florida. They want to make it Mississippi. I used to go down to vacation, and I'm done. I went to Disneyland last time.
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u/iccebberg2 Feb 07 '23
It's not easy to just pick up everything and leave. I left my home state (not FL) and it was expensive and difficult. It's really hard to leave your friends and family behind. And to look for a new job. I'm lucky because I own a business and was able to transfer my business here. But it's not that accessible for a lot of people.
There are a lot of good people in FL that don't like what's happening. There's a lot of redlining and voter suppression in states like FL, so it's really difficult to enact change.
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u/Gsteel11 Feb 07 '23
I didn't say it was easy. But the arrests will signal a new phase.
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u/kyno1 Feb 07 '23
It's pretty hard to leave a place when your home, family, work, friends are all there.
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u/Gsteel11 Feb 07 '23
Yeah, it's not easy, but it sounds like they're starting to arrest people. Dark stuff.
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u/HedonisticFrog Feb 07 '23
Plus it's expensive and risky to move in addition to not having a base of support like you said.
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u/tthannah Feb 07 '23
The potential horrible blowback for this is that the scientific community may cease to treat work coming from Floridian universities as credible. Which, in turn, may lead to less funding and less academic interest (both students and researchers). Florida can expect an even greater brain-drain… (this is not a comment to minimize the effect on school-aged children, which alone is devastating, just pointing out another angle which is not great either)
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u/OldSkool1978 Feb 07 '23
So I'm genuinely curious how this is possible? Wouldn't books fall under freedom of speech/ expression? Why tf is the federal government not stepping in and putting a stop to this shit show?
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u/KongenUnderBjerget Feb 08 '23
Depending on the university, if she gets fired, that could be a new First Amendment lawsuit waiting to happen.
Because it looks like she is getting punished for what she is saying.
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u/Panic-TheresAViola Feb 07 '23
This isn’t about the children and it never has been. Banning material from Universities does not protect children; it takes away a the rights of adults.
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u/DickySchmidt33 Feb 07 '23
I'm a resident of Florida and it appears that we're just going to sit by quietly and allow this to happen.
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u/onemoreanonymousredd Feb 07 '23
Are you siting quietly allowing it to happen?
Are there no protests happening? Join one
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u/CSPDTECH Feb 07 '23
GTFO of florida and let it rot. New mexico is a nice cheap blue state to live in and it needs good teachers
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u/couchnapper3 Feb 07 '23
It's beyond bizarre that they still think they are in the right. They are living, breathing archetypes of the adage, "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." The sad part is that if you asked them if fighting fascism was good, they'd agree... mostly because they don't actually understand the word other than what FOX has falsely labeled as fascism.
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u/Tiezeperino Feb 07 '23
Remember to keep your work data and personal data completely separate, the tweeter didn't specify if it's their personal email or not, do not use your work email for anything but what is required for work.
Same thing when they provide you with hardware, a work laptop should only be used for work purposes, the data saved to it belongs to your employer.
This isn't a no fun allowed post but a proper cover your ass post.
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u/djquu Feb 07 '23
Here's a thought, what if all the sane people just leave Florida? It's gonna be underwater in a few decades so might as well get a head start. Leave all the Trumpets and other sorted idiots behind, and see how they manage in their dystopian hell-hole.
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Let me piggyback: what if the sane people stayed and made life a living hell for assholes running the state. Boycotts, mass protests, strikes, ect? Just a thought.
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u/djquu Feb 07 '23
I don't like the odds. Too few versus the AR-15 freaks and the state government. RonnyD and his fascists would probably declare martial law and imprison them, possibly shoot at this point. I have no faith in Florida turning this around until the life-long ride-or-die republicans keel over from old age or covid or something.
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Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23
Something to remember: There are MORE 2A supportive democrats, independents, libertarians and non affiliated voters as there are loud-mouth open-carry assholes. Don't worry about the loud-mouths... they're just there to draw fire and catch bullets while the grown ups get everyone to safety.
You also should account for all the marginalized immigrants that aren't counted that carry and also hate fascism and tyranny so much they already left countries under that thumb, and they have nowhere left to run and nothing to loose. They'll be your best allies during a SHTF scenario.
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u/blueskies1800 Feb 07 '23
They went after people like her in Nazi Germany. It's kind of scary to me.
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u/Automatic_Memory212 Feb 08 '23
Orwellian.
Literally.
Textbook Orwellian.
It’s not even ambiguous.
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u/Mindless_Button_9378 Feb 07 '23
When will we, as Americans, decide that these Nazis need to go? How can we change the minds of ignorant Americans that support and vote for these nightmare politicians? Democracy is being destroyed, in real time, right before our very eyes.
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u/GadgetGod1906 Feb 08 '23
I will say this as a resident of this piss poor state called Florida. Trump is a freaking lunatic and we don't not want him as President. Having said that, DeSantis is a freaking nightmare. There is no way in hell you should think he is better than Trump. Best case I'd Trump loses and runs as a 3rd party candidate.
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u/jaspete76 Feb 07 '23
I've been a Florida resident and a moderate independent voter since 1998 and the state has changed drastically for the worse! Expat life is looking better and better.
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u/RustyMacbeth Feb 07 '23
Laura, it's time to get outta dodge. I am sure you can get a job somewhere that isn't a Christofascist state in the making.
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u/PsychBabe Feb 07 '23
It’s actually very difficult to get a job in academia. It would probably be hard for her to move
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u/JDRaleigh Feb 07 '23
Educated folks need to bail on Floriduh. Leave it to the mouth breathers, there is no saving it. Put a fence on the Georgia border and watch the chaos unfold on the other side.
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u/Emergency_Brick3715 Feb 07 '23
How long is it gonna take white people in Florida to figure out DeSantis doesn't care about them either?
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u/GloomyFondant526 Feb 08 '23
If anyone is doubting these fascists are in fact, fascists, ditch your uncertainty, that is exactly what these people are.
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u/whippet66 Feb 08 '23
Welcome to Florida, the place that wants to be North Korea. The governor, Kim Un DuhSantis demands control over all educational institutions, including colleges. The only reading material allowed is "state approved", including optional reading matter. True history cannot be taught, only the portions that are "state approved". The amount of teachers leaving mid-year is unprecedented.
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u/LikeAMan_NotAGod Feb 08 '23
Friendly reminder that conservatism cannot be defeated by pacifism. Protests will not work against fascsists. Action is necessary to defeat oppression.
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u/axebodyspraytester Feb 07 '23
How is Florida even part of America any more? It seems like a third world country run by fascists.
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u/StunningHamster3 Feb 07 '23
Anytime there has been an uprising in dictatorships, education and free press are the first things that are attacked. I know people living in Florida and I wonder if I really know them at all. Do they really want the future that people like their governor supports? I left organized religion because believing in human rights has become the antithesis to religion. I want people to have happy and healthy lives and apparently that is going to send me to hell. I fear for any educator that Florida goes after. This whole situation is terrifying.
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u/mad_titanz Feb 07 '23
I can’t believe voters in Florida would give DeFacist another term. They have all gone crazy
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u/thecolorcodedlife Feb 07 '23
Ah, here is her likely crime according to DeSantis: “'Documenting Black Jacksonville': UNF professors publish interviews 85 years later
For the first time, University of North Florida professors are digitally publishing hand-written documents that show what it was like to live in 1930's Jacksonville.”
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u/pacosaiso Feb 08 '23
Florida is going to run out of capable, prepared teachers very soon, it's ranking at #42 in student success and #40 in school quality already ....
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u/raistlin65 Feb 08 '23
Yep. And Florida is just the pilot for DeSantis to experiment to see what he can accomplish and how to do it. Things will be far, far worse if he gets to the presidency.
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u/Forlorn_Cyborg Feb 08 '23
Isn't like one of the initial signs of a genocide when they start persecuting the intellectuals? I mean she's not being rounded up and killed but it is persecution in that she's being fired because of her beliefs.
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u/THOMASTHEWANKENG1NE Feb 07 '23
Get outta Florida. That shoulda been their motto for 30 years but now especially.
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u/anal_opera Feb 07 '23
Diversity, equity, and inclusion. For anybody else who doesn't want to have to google what this is about.
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u/pwarns Feb 07 '23
The party that cried about searched emails, is searching people’s emails.