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EleanorR

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33. Desantis will be more efficient and competent at spreading fascism nationwide

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 05:07 PM

Feb 2023

That's his argument?

Desantis will do exactly what highly organized radical right crazies like ALEC, Heritage, the Mercers, the Kochs tell him to do, unlike trump who always has his own self-interest front and center. And that is why Desantis is far more dangerous than trump ever was.

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NYT: My Fellow Liberals Are Exaggerating the Dangers of Ron DeSantis [View all] tenderfoot Feb 2023 OP

It's just an opinion, and you know what they say about opinions... Ocelot II Feb 2023 #1

The author isn't remotely "liberal" tenderfoot Feb 2023 #3

Ding, ding, ding Effete Snob Feb 2023 #7

I studied his Twitter feed and you are 100% correct RAB910 Feb 2023 #14

That some people temporary311 Feb 2023 #4

I do not agree with this person's opinion. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #8

I submitted a comment on this piece about why I thought he was wrong. Lonestarblue Feb 2023 #30

A letter to the editor! dpibel Feb 2023 #43

So it's a stupid opinion. NYT has regular columnists whose usual opinions are, Ocelot II Feb 2023 #54

The NYT makes that decision dpibel Feb 2023 #60

Senior fellow at UPenn Effete Snob Feb 2023 #6

Well-off older white guy is comfortable with governor who does not target well-off older white guys Effete Snob Feb 2023 #2

Florida is the trial run for Dictator Ron. sarcasmo Feb 2023 #5

Yup Rebl2 Feb 2023 #48

Most people in NY find it hard to believe that anyone outside of Floriduh would vote for DeSantis FakeNoose Feb 2023 #9

Greater discipline and competence- that's what I'm afraid of. Nt Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #28

Desantis will be more efficient and competent at spreading fascism nationwide EleanorR Feb 2023 #33

I've been sounding the alarm on this guy for a while now. CTyankee Feb 2023 #72

Bingo mjvpi Feb 2023 #41

& the same paper that Pounded the Cha Feb 2023 #10

And singlehandedly manufactured the Hillary email scandal dalton99a Feb 2023 #15

The NYT has So Much BLOOD on their hands. Cha Feb 2023 #19

That's a recent event in a long history dpibel Feb 2023 #45

+1. No one should forget the NYT's role in Whitewater dalton99a Feb 2023 #51

IMO, there may be a shift to DeSantis, gab13by13 Feb 2023 #11

Love how they say "progressive overreaction" Takket Feb 2023 #12

The road to facism is paved with admonishments of "you're overreacting" JHB Feb 2023 #18

I'm not the type to exagerrate about anything. Ron DeSantis is fucking nuts. In It to Win It Feb 2023 #13

Not an intellectual are you Mr. Linker. Boomerproud Feb 2023 #16

Does It Make Him Look Wise, Ma'am? The Magistrate Feb 2023 #17

Magahats hate DeSantis Kaleva Feb 2023 #20

From the same author tenderfoot Feb 2023 #21

Damon Linker, August 1939: why are liberals always putting down Adolf Hitler. Ray Bruns Feb 2023 #22

+1. At worst, the corporal is an entertaining clown dalton99a Feb 2023 #26

NYT useless rag since Judy Miller/"yellowcake" BS - stone liars, fuck 'em entirely, DeScumbag too bringthePaine Feb 2023 #23

Damon Linker is a fucking troll dalton99a Feb 2023 #24

Surely they'll never overturn Roe v. Wade! Stop being alarmist! Oneironaut Feb 2023 #25

So his long catalog of long, but partial, horrible things Drumpf/deSATAN did & will do aren't UTUSN Feb 2023 #27

I mean that second paragraph??? jcgoldie Feb 2023 #29

DeSantis is guilty of crimes against humanity along with the entire GOP. MayReasonRule Feb 2023 #44

What kind of drugs do you have to take to think DeSantis is harmless? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #31

Vicodin and dog tranquilizers washed down with single malt scotch. rubbersole Feb 2023 #34

That would probably do it. :( Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #37

So I've heard... rubbersole Feb 2023 #38

I was once on Fentanyl and Vicodin in the hospital. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #52

As it would most people. rubbersole Feb 2023 #65

LOL I thought I had heard it somewhere else.... Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #66

Delusion is the strongest drug. No need to swallow. Just "believe"... MayReasonRule Feb 2023 #49

Propaganda of any sort is the opiate of the masses. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #53

We agree. Indeed, that is truth. MayReasonRule Feb 2023 #64

Could've just titled it "Look At Me and How "reasonable" I am. And Why Both Sides are the Same..."nt Carlitos Brigante Feb 2023 #32

Maybe he's not considered a threat because he's really a giant turd and going to sink Lettuce Be Feb 2023 #35

"How do you do, fellow liberals?" betsuni Feb 2023 #36

Linker Is Foaming the Runway for Hitler Kid Berwyn Feb 2023 #39

Damon Linker FelineOverlord Feb 2023 #40

Linker is definitely *not* a centrist. He had a falling out years ago with the far-right. keep_left Feb 2023 #63

Linker and Pitchbot are still fighting 😂😂😂 FelineOverlord Feb 2023 #73

One of the largest values of history, is that it teaches us how things, do-not-happen! MayReasonRule Feb 2023 #42

The biggest difference in DeSantis and Hitler is that Chainfire Feb 2023 #46

deSadist is Trying Hard to Erase Cha Feb 2023 #47

"All the News that fits, we print" Conjuay Feb 2023 #50

Which means he's even more dangerous than we believed. canuckledragger Feb 2023 #55

The NYT is the leader of poorly framed headlines liberalmediaaddict Feb 2023 #56

Those who are abused can recite the abuser's mantra while being slapped: "Don't be hysterical" Hekate Feb 2023 #59

🎶 Put it on the ground, spread it all around, dig it with a hoe, it'll make the flowers grow 🎶 Hekate Feb 2023 #57

The author of this OP unravels his argument in the last paragraph, particularly the last sentence peggysue2 Feb 2023 #58

yeah, just relax, it's just a pinch of fascism n/t hibbing Feb 2023 #61

"My Fellow Liberals Are Exaggerating The... LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #62

That is disgusting. Not worse than trump? Is that the standard now? ecstatic Feb 2023 #67

Would you call Ron's stance vapor2 Feb 2023 #68

"I wrote this article..." Hong Kong Cavalier Feb 2023 #69

DeSantis has the potential to be far worse than TFG partly bcs he actually has government experience Hekate Feb 2023 #70

From the FL front lines--DeSantis will end US democracy. He must never be POTUS. Timeflyer Feb 2023 #71