Like a groundhog emerging from its den, Ron DeSantis poked his nose back into Florida state politics last week. The shadow he saw was that of the state’s controversial book-banning policy that never officially existed but was a direct result of HB 1069
"One of the issues DeSantis seems bothered by was the idea that people without children in the school system have been getting books banned at Florida schools."
Considering the mentality at work here, I would bet people who can't even read a whole book have been getting books banned at Florida scchools.
You do, if you don't like what the school board is doing vote them out. Same as if you do not like how your town/city is spending your tax dollars. You don't get to micromanage schools and towns/cities, and you don't get to decide what other people's children get to read.
Desantis is a turd. Now that destroying florida didnt win him the GOP nom like he planned, he has to return and actually deal with the consequences of his actions for the remainder of his time as Governor. Turns out you can't out crazy Trump after all. He must have finally realized pandering to the worst people in America was a losing strategy and is now trying to pivot to being a reasonable candidate again. I hope he never wins another election again.
This - he leaned all the way into the culture wars because he thought it would help secure the nomination. He didn't think he'd to live with the fallout because he'd be in the WH. Now that's gone and he's forced to try to clean up the mess he helped create because he's helped turn Florida into even more of a laughingstock - its basically a richer Mississippi at this point.
This "revelation" after the fact just pisses me off. The whole stunt was purely perfomative and he gets no grace from me for this partial "come to Jesus" moment. It's almost like those Republican politicians who spend their entire legislative careers voting against every gay rights bill only to come out as gay without ever apologizing for all the harm they've done.. 'm looking at you, Aaron Schock. Fucking hypocrites.
There's no book ban you can implement that wouldn't include the bible. That's the real reason the laws were so vague. They're entirely dependent on the right kind of people being the only ones filing claims. He gambled and lost. This is the real reason book bans always fail. Sooner or later someone always tries to ban the bible. Republicans want an emotion based legal system.
As Utah found out when a woman sick of the book bans posted a challenge against the Bible in one district and got it taken out of the school. She also issued a challenged against the Book of Mormon, but then legislators and I think the governor started complaining, so I don't think that was successful.
Ah, gonna take another run at it in 2028 Ronda? Laying the groundwork this early? Well, good luck to you. No amount of eating your words will change the fact that you are such a gomer!
Is he still governor? I swear outside of a presidential election and Trump trolling him, it's like he doesn't exist.
Go on with your white rain boots, sir. You aren't missed.
In Ron's defense, banning books has never gone badly or gotten out of control before. And he never watched the Kevin Bacon classic "Footloose" because it was missing at his local Blockbuster.
Oh, Ron. You learned the hard way that you have to have some charisma to be a cult leader.
I bring this up anytime Republicans say "but I didn't expect the leopards to eat MY face!" There's a terrible Christian novel called The Oath in which the residents of a small town have a secret pet dragon or something, and it's very beautiful but very dangerous, and it...gets them everything they want, or something? Protects them? I don't remember, but at the end of the book it turns on them and they're all shocked. It's a metaphor for sin and very cringey to read, but the concept of "it's very easy to be short-sighted about consequences when you're temporarily getting away with it" is forever relevant.
So DeSantis can very much take a seat with his "I only expected them to ban gay stuff, not encyclopedias!" shtick. You should have expected it, you dumb-dumb.
I do not believe in banning books. That said, since it's quite obvious that most tomes are not challenged by parents of children attending those schools, I think we should all join in on the fun. Since the law says you can't talk about sexual orientation, every single book that includes depictions of heterosexual relationships should be challenged. And folks should keep challenging the Bible due to the explicit sexual content and violence against children.
"One of the issues DeSantis seems bothered by was the idea that people without children in the school system have been getting books banned at Florida schools."
Considering the mentality at work here, I would bet people who can't even read a whole book have been getting books banned at Florida scchools.
Conversely, if I have no kids but my taxes are used to support public schools, should I have a say in how my tax dollars are spent?
You do, if you don't like what the school board is doing vote them out. Same as if you do not like how your town/city is spending your tax dollars. You don't get to micromanage schools and towns/cities, and you don't get to decide what other people's children get to read.
Desantis is a turd. Now that destroying florida didnt win him the GOP nom like he planned, he has to return and actually deal with the consequences of his actions for the remainder of his time as Governor. Turns out you can't out crazy Trump after all. He must have finally realized pandering to the worst people in America was a losing strategy and is now trying to pivot to being a reasonable candidate again. I hope he never wins another election again.
This - he leaned all the way into the culture wars because he thought it would help secure the nomination. He didn't think he'd to live with the fallout because he'd be in the WH. Now that's gone and he's forced to try to clean up the mess he helped create because he's helped turn Florida into even more of a laughingstock - its basically a richer Mississippi at this point.
This "revelation" after the fact just pisses me off. The whole stunt was purely perfomative and he gets no grace from me for this partial "come to Jesus" moment. It's almost like those Republican politicians who spend their entire legislative careers voting against every gay rights bill only to come out as gay without ever apologizing for all the harm they've done.. 'm looking at you, Aaron Schock. Fucking hypocrites.
There's no book ban you can implement that wouldn't include the bible. That's the real reason the laws were so vague. They're entirely dependent on the right kind of people being the only ones filing claims. He gambled and lost. This is the real reason book bans always fail. Sooner or later someone always tries to ban the bible. Republicans want an emotion based legal system.
As Utah found out when a woman sick of the book bans posted a challenge against the Bible in one district and got it taken out of the school. She also issued a challenged against the Book of Mormon, but then legislators and I think the governor started complaining, so I don't think that was successful.
It was taken off shelves in Florida, too.
Ah, gonna take another run at it in 2028 Ronda? Laying the groundwork this early? Well, good luck to you. No amount of eating your words will change the fact that you are such a gomer!
Is he still governor? I swear outside of a presidential election and Trump trolling him, it's like he doesn't exist.
Go on with your white rain boots, sir. You aren't missed.
In Ron's defense, banning books has never gone badly or gotten out of control before. And he never watched the Kevin Bacon classic "Footloose" because it was missing at his local Blockbuster.
Oh, Ron. You learned the hard way that you have to have some charisma to be a cult leader.
I bring this up anytime Republicans say "but I didn't expect the leopards to eat MY face!" There's a terrible Christian novel called The Oath in which the residents of a small town have a secret pet dragon or something, and it's very beautiful but very dangerous, and it...gets them everything they want, or something? Protects them? I don't remember, but at the end of the book it turns on them and they're all shocked. It's a metaphor for sin and very cringey to read, but the concept of "it's very easy to be short-sighted about consequences when you're temporarily getting away with it" is forever relevant.
So DeSantis can very much take a seat with his "I only expected them to ban gay stuff, not encyclopedias!" shtick. You should have expected it, you dumb-dumb.
My guess? He's got an eye on Scott or Rubio's Senate seat. He saw how unpopular he was and he's trying to walk it back. But eff that guy into the sun.
I do not believe in banning books. That said, since it's quite obvious that most tomes are not challenged by parents of children attending those schools, I think we should all join in on the fun. Since the law says you can't talk about sexual orientation, every single book that includes depictions of heterosexual relationships should be challenged. And folks should keep challenging the Bible due to the explicit sexual content and violence against children.
Oh he just realized this whole thing was dumb?