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In reply to the discussion: GAWD DAMN -This Florida shit is going too far - [View all]ancianita
(37,672 posts)10. Not so. I'm blue in this autocratic state, but there is a growing number of registered youth that
intend to turn this state around. Koch, whose network pays for DeSantis, can literally buy a majority in this state -- The Villages literally being DeSantistan central.
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Apparently so. The majority of voters wanted to put the evil dick-tator back into office
Sky Jewels
Feb 2023
#7
Not so. I'm blue in this autocratic state, but there is a growing number of registered youth that
ancianita
Feb 2023
#10
Still don't get how senior citizens in that state support idiots trying to make their lives more
SouthernDem4ever
Feb 2023
#80
The Republican retirees moving into the state far outnumber the up and coming youth.
Mariana
Feb 2023
#45
But they are kinda pissed that their tax money is going to subsidize costs of the developers.
Mariana
Feb 2023
#70
Yep, I get that. Local news present Villages' tax protests as influential, but they're really not.
ancianita
Feb 2023
#71
In one sense. But local coverage makes it look as if they'll sway the heavyweights, when they won't,
ancianita
Feb 2023
#85
I'm frustrated as hell. But I'm old and can only hope our young voters can see thru this crap. Not
allegorical oracle
Feb 2023
#17
+1, people don't understand how effective these dictator measures are even when MAGA doubles
uponit7771
Feb 2023
#78
The majority apparently only listens to FAUX NEWS. The cancer that has metastasized throughout.....
usaf-vet
Feb 2023
#47
fox is a decoy. not only is talk radio a bigger problem, it would be easy to fix. fox is part of the
certainot
Feb 2023
#81
No arguments from me other than we only have a weather radio in the house and when in the car....
usaf-vet
Feb 2023
#82
The majority of the voting age public that gets off their ass to actually vote, is fascist in FL.
spudspud
Feb 2023
#50
No, but cause red states like Florida, Texas, Missouri are dictatorships little they can do about it
uponit7771
Feb 2023
#74
I am lucky enough to have been raised in the Pittsburgh area during the Roberto years.
blue neen
Feb 2023
#2
Roberto Clemente was a far better baseball player than DeSantis could ever have been.
blue neen
Feb 2023
#8
Well, he sure can "model" the hell out of those 'white boots', can't he???
DemocraticPatriot
Feb 2023
#57
Those children will have sterile minds and know nothing but bigotry and hate
bucolic_frolic
Feb 2023
#9
No, they'll go find those books and read them. The FL literacy rate will probably rise over
ancianita
Feb 2023
#14
Let's hope that the children are smarter than the politicians, and I think they are.
erronis
Feb 2023
#15
That same Florida district banned hundreds of other books, including picture books
pnwmom
Feb 2023
#20
"Knots on a Counting Rope" is a book I read many times to my kids. It's very touching and
panader0
Feb 2023
#68
My recollection is that Florida was the most fervent state supporting the confederacy.
plimsoll
Feb 2023
#25
Yeah, can't have the kiddies finding out Grammaw and Grampaw were mean to baseball heroes
Warpy
Feb 2023
#38
Here's the list - 176 books are banned for school children in Duval County, FL
FakeNoose
Feb 2023
#64