Firefighters confronted DeSantis' governing board on Wednesday. “The removal of this benefit takes away, for some, their entire reason for working here."

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[–] 276 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Make no mistake this is a case of ‘the guy we voted for to Fuck with the people we don’t like is going after us instead’. Needle dick Ron laid waste to the state of Florida so he could play politics and the people of Florida got exactly what they wanted.

Well now the state is worse than it’s ever been and ol meatball is getting absolutely clowned on in the national spotlight. Eat shit dickhead, you thought you were the natural next choice but that’s all over.

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  • [–] 127 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Orange County, where Disney World is located, went for the D candidate 53-46. Don't blame them for the malignant human tumor their state foisted on them.

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  • [–] 78 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But Disney themselves donated plenty to R candidates for years. The state and its inhabitants are finding out what that gets you.

    I’ve spent far more time in the sunshine state than i ever would wish on anyone, Im not saying everyone in the state is brainwashed but there are plenty of people who cheer on as their state is imploding.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    We have to acknowledge that Republicans have lots to offer if you're a mega corp.

    1. They pick up the phone for you and your lobbyists - day or night
    2. They lower your tax burden
    3. They functionally killed unionization - allowing you to pay your executives enormous sums of money while the majority of your workforce struggles financially.
    4. If you're somehow unable to outright buy their legislative agenda with bribes campaign donations, they can instead be forced to comply with subtle threats to leak details of their various homosexual escapades to the media.
    5. They tend to have absolutely no morals - which is great for your shareholders.
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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Orange County, where Disney World is located, went for the D candidate 53-46.

    This might explain DeSantis' actions. He has also suspended two Democratic state attorneys over the past year, for no good reason.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Orlando and Tampa are both fairly liberal cities. Miami has a big Cuban population which leans conservative, Jacksonville is basically southern Georgia. Tallahassee is a weird one because you've got a bunch of government workers and it's a college town. I think DeSantis would like to fuck with Tallahassee but doesn't want to shit where he eats.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Oh he's shitting there. How can one teach about the Seminole tribe without falling into the category of white guilt for subjugation of another group. Tallahassee is where Florida State University, who uses the Seminole as their emblem/mascot. The Seminoles faught a war (3 according to the U.S.) that spanned 42 years agaisnt the U.S. In the 90s and early 2000s they were still sorting out things, I think the Supreme Court was paying them a settlement over lands stolen.

    That's where it all gets dicey though, the Seminole tribe was made up of torn apart tribes they accepted into their culture as well as African Americans who were "granted" freedom after serving in the Civil War. The U.S. basically had tried to take a census per say of who they were, then tried to divy out the land as individually owned as per U.S. law. Previously it was all owned by the community/tribe I believe. Anyone that hadn't been written down but was part of the tribe would essentially not get part of the payout.

    Sorry I got way off topic. End of the day I guess what I meant is that stereotypically people who watch college sports are viewed as ignoring politics if they can. If the Seminoles had to change their name per request of the tribe stating "you can no longer use it if you are no longer allowing education to your populous about the subjugation you put us through." People would get mad that they had to hear about it and mad they had to use another name.

    Not to mention many would potentially protest it being changed and demand that their history be still an eligible topic. (Which would diminish the bills signed by Desantis)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    There's a lot of good facts in here, but I'm struggling to understand what point you were trying to make. Could you maybe clarify how all of that is related to DeSantis attacking Tallahassee and/or what point you were trying to make?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, Disney world is also in a county called Orange? That's pretty funny, I never knew that

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, Orlando is Orange county. Florida was the largest producer in the U.S. California is recently passing them up due to issues. Between the two it something like 95% of all the citrus grown in the U.S.

    That said, if you want a sweeter, juicier orange, get an orange from Florida. If you want a longer shelf life orange, go with California.

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    We don’t know who this person voted for. They could be totally against Desantis and never voted for him like millions of other people did as well. I certainly didn’t vote for the premiere of my province who is corrupt and screwing us all over constantly.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I know a guy in the Reedy Creek fire department. He is a hard core Republican. When Desantis took over the board he didn’t think it would be a bad thing.

    I like the guy and have known him for years so it’s sad to see it go this way but you get the government you votes for.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You get the government you voted for?

    For so many people in this country that isn't the case.

    I live in a deep red state. I sure as fuck did not vote that way.

    The country has gotten so bad that I'm not looking into moving States any more. I'm looking at other countries.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have been practicing my pronunciation of "Cahnahdah," trying to get it like Robin from 8 bit show & tell. Except I'm divorced with a kid and new partner who has a kid. I'd have to convince 10 other people to go with me so everyone can still see their kids.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You got any good skills? Like nunchuck fighting skills, bow hunting skills... Canada only likes immigrants if they've got good skills.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Well Napoleon, my great great grandmother was from Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, it's too remote for me to get the benefit of Canadian citizenship. But I'm willing to try - mainly for my daughter's future. The US is fucked and I don't see it getting better. And I won't bring American bullshit with me. Maybe I need to meet a cute 40-something Canadian to smooth the waay.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Firefighters in Florida are about 90% conservatives. Even if this specific firefighter is not a conservative, his complaint is shared by his conservative coworkers. The conservatives are bitching and moaning about the results of their conservatism.

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