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This is timely because Trump started calling DeSantis a pedophile today.
The First Amendment is being tested there, right now, by banning books and controlling the information taught to children. If they are allowed to win that battle, we have lost much more than just a fight over some books in school.
Fascism begins with the control of information. That's why the First Amendment is first. Because it's the single most important one, the first one that any attempt to impose fascism will need to defeat.  If fascists dismantle the 1A they win, they control the information. If they lose this battle, information about what they're doing will travel freely which is what prevents fascism from taking hold.
This is a First Amendment battle. This is fascism trying to squash free speech. There's a LOT riding on this. >

Then why isn't America taking this much more seriously? I say this as a Canadian watching the lunatic right wing here start adopting republican practices due to their success down south. >

Even those of us paying attention are at a loss for what to do. The same party controls the entire state of Florida. They can reasonably pass whatever laws they please, and there isn’t much anyone can do about it. The only real hope for Florida is that Desantis steps down and runs for president. >

Does anyone in Florida protest in the streets in Florida?
Last election, even the Metro areas voted for DeSantis.
Val Demmings got beat easily for the senate, and Crist won the Democrat primary over Nikki Fried.
I seriously don’t think people give a rip in Florida as a whole anymore.
DeSantis and his LARPing has pacified a population that just a few years ago were protesting gun violence as a result of the Parkland shooting. >


Last election, even the Metro areas voted for DeSantis.

Partially because the Dems picked one of the most milquetoast candidates possible. Seems like they were TRYING to throw the election. At somepoint Dems are going to have to pick someone that is actually exciting. We're seeing that the strategy of "not being the other guy" can only work for so long. >

Yes, Nikki Fried seemed like an energetic candidate, that was firing up women and young people. >

She was also involved with a very public dispute with her partner at a hotel and she is involved with marijuana and to the boomers weed = bad 
Crist won bc he used to be a Republican and they went with him even though he is a conservative democrat now. >

So sexism?  How many divorces does Trump have and they love his drama ass? >

I had to look it up to make sure, but reports came out that her fiancé ~~now husband~~ was “abusive” to her where police escorted him off the hotel property. 
She dismissed the claims saying he wasn’t verbal or physical but the people running against her used that as bait for political ads against her as anyway as well as bringing up ethics disputes over financials, etc.. etc.. 
The older crowd voted for Crist because they remembered him from when he was a Republican and he was the “safe” choice, blah blah blah. 
It’s all bullshit here, but we are trying to push back. But it’s loaded with DeSantis/trump loyalists. 
A federal judge ruled that DeSantis illegally removed Andrew Warren who SIDED with warren and said that Warren was right and had his first amendment violated when DeSantis removed him but that he didn’t have the authority to reinstate him and upheld the suspension. So now it has to go to the Florida Supreme Court which is already severely biased and in favor of DeSantis. 
Maybe with DeSantis trying to take on Disney we can get more people involved but until it affects people personally, they don’t care at all. >


I had to look it up to make sure, but reports came out that her fiancé now husband was “abusive” to her where police escorted him off the hotel property. 

They aren't married and are no longer a couple. Just wanted to correct this. >

It seems to be thriving like mold in a Petrie dish. >

You mean peach tree dish? >

Peaches is Georgia not Florida >

It’s actually California, then South Carolina, then Georgia in third. >

And Kansas was their laboratory for their failed fiscal policies, Texas their laboratory for stripping back regulation on all things, and Mississippi is their laboratory for education policy, or the eradication of it. >

Don't forget Mississippi was also pioneering the chipping away of abortion rights, one targeted regulation at a time, even before Dobbs. Party of small government using regulation to strangle small businesses! >

There should be a maximum voting age. >

Why is this never taken seriously? It makes sense. Retirees should have very little influence on politics. Maybe then they will care about younger generations instead of constantly disparaging them. >

They are citizens and have the right to vote. So, yes, senior citizens should be able to do so. >

Should 5 year old citizens be able to do so? >


Ron DeSantis is not a "mini-Trump" or some other diminutive. He is much more dangerous. Donald Trump has no "ideology" beyond megalomania and a deep desire to be an American god king. By comparison, DeSantis is far more intelligent and devious; he is an ideological fascist and racial authoritarian.

/r/MarchAgainstDeSantis >

Donald Trump will NEVER EVER EVER yield what he sees as his rightful place at the head of the Republican Party. His ego is WAY to big and his lust for power and desire for that precious immunity while he pillages the country’s coffers is too strong. If the party won’t give him the nomination he WILL run as an independent thereby splitting the Republican vote and handing it to the Democrat. If the party does give him the nomination he will ONCE again get his fat ass trounced in the election. >

I can see this.  He'd probably do other things to sabotage desantis just for spite, too.   I need to stock up on popcorn