Jay Kuo: Creeping Fascism, Florida Style

[Nevilledog]

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Jay Kuo
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Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to show us who he is with his bullying of the Special Olympics and the Tampa Blue Rays, on top of his recent attacks on Disney. We should pay attention and rid ourselves of him politically before it’s too late.

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Creeping Fascism, Florida Style
Three recent moves by Gov. DeSantis against businesses in Florida should raise alarm bells
6:52 AM · Jun 6, 2022

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/creeping-fascism-florida-style

Over the past week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continued to show us who he is. Taking a page out of Victor Orban of Hungary’s playbook (after borrowing heavily from it to enact the “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law in Florida), DeSantis is seeing how far and often he can bully companies that don’t agree with his political views or agenda.

His targets this time included none other than the Special Olympics and the Tampa Bay Rays professional baseball team—two organizations that, in normal political waters, a sitting governor would not seek to bait. But this is Florida where an extreme GOP supermajority controls the legislature and a state supreme court stands ready to rubber stamp his actions. So here we are.

The Special Olympics had imposed a Covid-19 vaccine requirement for its games in Orlando over the weekend. Per a scoop by Jay O’Brien of ABC News, in response the Florida Department of Health nonetheless sent a letter dated June 2 that threatened to assess the Special Olympics a $27.5 million fine due to “5,500 violations” of state law prohibiting business entities (including charitable organizations) from requiring individuals to show proof of vaccination, based on the applicable fine per person of $5,000. The state claimed the Special Olympics rule conflicted with state law and had disqualified Special Olympics athletes from competing based on their vaccine status. Rather than fight the fine, the Special Olympics lifted its vaccine requirement. “We don’t want to fight. We want to play.”

Critics quickly pointed out that many participants in the Special Olympics fall within particularly vulnerable or immune-compromised groups when it comes to Covid-19, and that DeSantis’s move, apparently done to score political points, put many participants at increased risk. DeSantis nevertheless claimed during a press conference last Friday that the organization’s decision “will be a relief to a lot of the athletes.”

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[SoCalDavidS]

1. If Any Of The Participants Die From Covid, We'll Never Hear About It nt

[rockfordfile]

2. DeSantis is a un-American pos fascist

[IngridsLittleAngel]

3. Nothing "creeping" about it...

Which is ironic, because DeSatan is a creep and much, much more.

If Drumpf brought fascism to this country at warp speed, DeSatan is doing so using transwarp drive. If the four years of Covfefe were fascism at warp 9, DeSatan is now trying to bring it at warp factor 14.

Whether it's "fuck your masks and fuck your vaccines", or trying to destroy trans people, DeSatan has left no doubt that he wants blood and death. Whether it's LGBTQ's or Special Olympics, this short fascist fuck has gone out of his way to see how much misery he can bring to vulnerable communities.

What sickens and scares me is thinking he's not even doing this to "score political points"... He just wants to hurt people. After all, what's the point of having power if you can't use it?