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Florida likes a government that targets minorities. Or should I say the boomer retirees like politicians that focus on what’s important and that being repressing blacks. 
Let’s home that he can’t ride the hate all the way to the White House. 
Also I should mention Ron desantis engaged in “grooming behaviour “ when he used to get drunk with his under age students.
He also wants to strip professors of tenure protections by letting the board conduct a "review" whenever they'd like. The board is full of political appointees. So the entire concept of tenure will be gone.
He also wants presidents of universities (another political appointment) to have full control over hiring instead of using committees of faculty to vet new hires.
Taken together, he can appoint political hacks and they will have full authority to hire/fire on whatever criteria they want. And it will for sure be political appointees dead set on fighting the culture war by firing liberal professors and hiring conservative people whether they are qualified or not.
He's also creating a new "civics" course which all undergrads will be required to take.
He also created an exemption for hiring university presidents so that the Sunshine Law doesn't apply and we have no transparency on who was considered or why someone was chosen. This is how Ben Sasse became president of UF. >

DeSantis continues his "Bleach America" tour. >

We should also call it what it is: Fascism. >

What the fuck is this guy so afraid of? >

I'm getting "racist who's afraid of getting a taste of their own medicine" vibes from him. Like he's keeping the people as dumb as possible so they don't try to start some uprising against him (from his own perspective). >

That's one of the reasons white conservatives are scared of the country's changing demographics. They're afraid that once they are no longer the majority, they will be treated the way they've treated minorities for centuries. >

Which is so crazy, maybe start treating folks better and you won’t have to have such an insane mindset. >

That requires they think ahead farther than their cognitive capabilities will allow. They're actually too dumb to realize what you specifically said.
Remember, there's a reason why the GOP cuts education funding. We're seeing it work in real time. >

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
—Martin Niemöller >

DeSantis just wants to be sure he sticks to and supports the definition…

DeSantis has crusaded against critical race theory, or CRT, defined by Oxford Languages as “a set of ideas holding that racial bias is inherent in many parts of Western society, especially in its legal and social institutions, on the basis of their having been primarily designed for and implemented by white people.” >

I hope the nation rejects Florida politics if it comes to a presidential run. There’s millions of us in Florida who detest the hatred and fascism the republicans are full heartedly supporting here. it’s really fucking up this state, screwing us financially, and leaving the youth with less opportunity for success. >

He still doesn't have Trump's charisma, not matter how hard he wants to be president. >

Wonder if this will have any effect on attracting athletes to big universities' sports programs in Florida? That's where we should hit them. Florida would lose so much money if their sports programs at these schools lose talent. >

I keep waiting to hear how Florida’s tourism industry is being effected by any of this but -admittedly while watching from a different state- it doesn’t seem to have made a dent at all. I wouldn’t even stay in that state for a layover tho. >

I keep thinking, if people want to protest in Florida, they should always do it in Orlando, block the highways to Disney and the other parks. That'll make people take notice more than going up to Tallahassee. >

I want DeSantid to continue this line of attack. He believes it's going to give him a magic carpet ride to the White House. He is very, very wrong. Even suburban white republicans are looking at Florida going "Going full blown authoritarian is little much Ron." >

They are now, but if they walk up to the ballot and DeSantis is on it with an R next his name and the other guy has a D, they'll vote for him anyway >


DeSantis is on it with an R next his name and the other guy has a D, they'll vote for him anyway

I'd bet on it. I know too many Republicans that are this way. They hated Trump but voted for him because "D bad, R good" >

And they’ll sit there and call Dems sheep, makes no sense. >

“Vote blue, no matter who” ring a bell? >

Fair point, but I would say VBNW is a reactionary sheeplike idea >

People have misused terms like fascism etc. This is what fascism looks like.