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The same people who don't want to register their guns out of the paranoia that they'll be seized will have no problem with people being registered.
If you can't hear those warning alarms blaring, you must be deaf. I mean, JFC! >

The conservatives obsession with this is concerning but I don’t know exactly why? The genitalia? Are they that uncomfortable with things that don’t concern or harm them? Wtf is with this party? >

It's just what fascism does. They go after marginalized groups first. >

The operatve word here being "first." Nobody would be safe except the  fascist sympathizers, whatever that identity that group might take. >

Even fascist sympathizers end up eating a boot. It’s the primary failing of populism. You’ve got to always have an enemy and eventually the enemy and your supporters are a Venn diagram with only one circle. >

Night of the Long Knives says hello >

This.  Sometimes the fascists purge their own before they go after others.  IE the republican party fighting amongst itself >

Like Boebert and Midge screaming at each other?
That was fun news, tho. >

Florida is becoming a fascist state and the fact University Presidents are in on it shows education in Florida is becoming a joke. >

You used “becoming” twice and it wasn’t needed >

The saddest part is the university system in Florida is actually really good and affordable. It might not last much longer. >

With all this going on there will be a brain drain with all of the graduates leaving the state to work in non-crazy states (not that there seem to be many remaining). >

Already started with me! Recent UF grad who just got the fuck out of Florida >

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then 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 out for me
​
....Yeah somehow I'm reminded of this poem when I read what the repugs are doing. >

But for them, thats not a warning, its a game plan. >

Correct.  First, go after the trans.  Then the gays/lesbians.  Maybe go after people who are child-free since they must be homosexual for not having kids. >

After they force through historically unpopular abortion bans the next item on their agenda will be attempting to ban all contraceptives, as they've already begun taking about. The GOP wants government oversight in every private aspect of your life, from the doctors office to the bedroom. >

And then they'll quote 1984 and say it was about liberals.... >

Actual antifa author too lol >

I’ve been rapidly accelerating my plans to leave FL and this Nazi f**k behind.  Will be fun seeing him flop miserably in 2024 due to his complete lack of charisma.  Guy has the personality of a fence post. >


Will be fun seeing him flop miserably in 2024 due to his complete lack of charisma.

I can only hope you're right, because with Moore being decided, I have my doubts.
Furthermore, my faith in America has been shattered ever since 2016. I wish I could confidently say that DeSantis would lose, but I don't have that confidence. >

Has Moore been decided already? I haven’t heard anything about it recently. If so then democracy is over. >

No, but oral arguments for it concluded weeks ago. The final vote has yet to occur. >

I wish they would just do it then. Everybody knows what the decision will be anyway. >

They’re still trying to come up with some bullshit legal justification to vote their political affiliation. >

Alito is trying to decide if he needs to leak it. >

As a life-long, born and raised Florida resident, and fiancée to a transgender woman (we're in our early 20s) this is getting fucking terrifying.  
If anyone in a sane state/country (particularly Minnesota or Finland) has 2 jobs available, we're honestly looking to get out sooner rather than later. I can provide resumes upon request.    
Fuck DeSantis, I used to love my home. >

Now would be a very good time to look at your family tree to see if you qualify for citizenship in another country through descent. >

What sort of resources exist to explore this? I don't think we'll find anything on her side due to very short generational length, but maybe mine might have something. >

Ancestry .com and other similar genealogy sites are a pretty good place to start once you get an idea of some ancestor that came from another country. Check the country's citizenship laws though to make sure they pass down multiple generations. >

This shameless trumphumping science denying sociopath is going to turn out to be the next totalitarian ruler of our country if he manages to win the 2024 election. It is very early still, but he is highly favored by the Repugnicans. He also, unlike Trump, has a brain and is competent, possibly making him even more dangerous than Shitler was. >

Very true, I’ve been saying this for the past two years. All those reasons and more scare me, he is absolutely hell bent on ramping up the culture war bullshit because he is very clearly a devout fascist, probably the best example of a of American fascism we have seen in recent years. 
What gives me hope however,
As others have pointed out, is that he has no charisma whatsoever. All his media appearances are heavily scripted and choreographed, he provides absolutely no entertainment value. Why does that matter? One of the many ways trumpf transformed the Republican Party was to turn it into a source of entertainment content, really capitalizing on anger-tainment. That’s what republican voters have come to expect, a strongman totalitarian leader who ridiculed his opponents into submission by sheer force of superiority and willpower alone. Never mind that trumpf was literally none of those things, aspiring, sure, but in reality he is, well we all know what a fuckin pathetic loser he is, we don’t need to dwell on him any longer than absolutely necessary. It’s easier to fake being those things if you have that entertainment value, it’s much harder to fake being entertaining and charismatic if you have no charm, allure, or magnetism to speak of at all. I’m gonna love the irony that defucktis will be eaten alive by the very same populist machine that they wanted so bad. Truly a paradigm for what is to come under a fascist dictatorship. >

“Don’t tread on me, tread on them!” >

That's clever. >

I can’t believe this hasn’t been said yet. Doesn’t this feel like a step towards genocide? Even just seeing the word “elimination” in the article was chilling.
Desantis knows what he is doing, and it’s despicable. >

Yes. Yea, it does. And is. >

This guy is actually dangerous. How is he popular? >

Re-read the first part of your comment and then think back to 2016. That’s what the republicans want. They want to strip the rights away from anyone they don’t like and they’ll vote for candidates who show that they’re willing to do that. >

First, they came for the communists…this shit is fucking terrifying. >

I don't say this lightly, this is Hitler shit. >

Every time I see a headline about DeSantis, it's literally just him being an asshole. He seems to avoid his job as governor completely but wields the office's power like it gives him the right to be a prick to whichever groups he personally dislikes. Man's a bully, nothing more, and his constituents are nothing but toadies. >

And that's why he's so popular.
The Southern Baptists have lost their minds over same-sex marriage being legalized and now directly threaten the American experiment. >

He wants to create concentration camps. >

Just wants to have them numbered and documented on a list.   History has shown us that’s never gone bad before.  /s >

He probably just wants to do something innocent and harmless like make them wear armbands signaling they're transgender so we know they use the right bathrooms. >

Maybe send them to some kind of camp to sort out there issues. >

Maybe he wants them to concentrate on what he views as their transgressions. >

DeSantis is out here freely showing everyone he's a Nazi >

I mean, how do you even deny the Nazi shit going on here… >

Ight imma head out of the south now. >

That's what they want too. This is the republican strategy. Maintain power with this culture war nonsense. It drives left leaning people away and riles up their base. They do this kind of stuff because they're scared of losing power. The hard truth though is that these states need MORE left leaning people moving to these places to end their minority rule. The problem is why would anyone on the left want to move to Florida or any very conservative place just to hope that their vote will eventually matter in tipping the scales for Dems? Move to a place like Florida when you see shit like this in the news? It's an understandably hard sell for most. >


That’s what they want too. 

Explicitly. 
Sen. Josh Hawley predicts the overturning of Roe v. Wade will cause a 'major sorting out across the country' and allow the GOP to 'extend their strength in the Electoral College'

"I think we will see a major sorting out across the country that is already underway, as we speak, as states move to change their laws or adopt new laws in response to this decision," he said. "I think it'll probably redraw some demographic lines around the country, and will lead to impacts in voting patterns, I think, all around the country."
Hawley said that individuals may make decisions about where they choose to live in the United States based on those laws, possibly relocating in the process.
"More and more red states, they're going to become more red, and purple states are going to become red, and the blue states are going to get a lot bluer," he said.

…

"I would look for Republicans, as a result of this in time, to extend their strength in the Electoral College," he said. "And that's very good news for those of us who want to see Republican presidents elected, that want to see a Supreme Court that remains conservative." >

It’s fucking insane that he openly says “if the exact same people move different places, and nobody changes their mind or opinions on anything, it makes us more likely to win the election.     
It shows part of how fucking ridiculous the electoral college is… when the EXACT SAME voters produce different results for a NATIONAL ELECTION if they move around within the country a little >

How is this legal? >

They're just asking for the amount of students who have sought treatment, not their names. Its very finely crafted to not violate HIPAA laws. >

For now >

Of course. Just like the Nazis, these people will operate within the law as long as they can until they're ready to strike. Then the law can be damned, because they have the power. >

Of course. Just like the Nazis, these people will operate within the law as long as they can until they're ready to strike. Then the law can be damned, because they have the power. 
What? They are not operating within the law!
They attempted a coup and no one stopped them. They changed the rules to stack the Supreme Court and no one stopped them. Now they are changing the laws one level at a time and NO ONE IS STOPPING THEM.
They are militarizing the police and normalizing the notion that it is not the responsibility of the police to protect the citizenry and no one is stopping them. They have infiltrated the military, the fbi and the cia.
They are transferring wealth to the chosen at a record pace and no one is stopping them. 
There is no protection for us. It is already "law be damned".
We didnt finish it after the Civil War. After they complete the destruction of democracy, history will say no one stopped them. >

Why has it become so politically normalized to target us like this? We're people for pity's sake... >

Cis people flat out hate us and refuse to understand