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radius777

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103. It's no surprise that slavery went on for so long.

Mon May 29, 2023, 01:08 AM

May 2023

When people are not directly affected by something they don't really care, and on some level feel special/above those who are targeted.

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Florida has the feel of 1930s Nazi Germany [View all] RAB910 May 2023 OP

It's so scary. Yet, here in Illinois we are going in the opposite direction. Our governor mucifer May 2023 #1

Ignore the court. paleotn May 2023 #7

Some of the states not far from there are also at risk MutantAndProud May 2023 #11

I extend greetings from your sister state, Michigan. roamer65 May 2023 #21

Our state legislature has a murielm99 May 2023 #37

A sweaty, sun screen smelling version. kairos12 May 2023 #75

Early 1930 Germany without the dirndls and lederhosen. marble falls May 2023 #2

no but Desantis has his gogo boots SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #3

He will actively regret those boots for a very long time. It's be great if he showed up for a ... marble falls May 2023 #4

Kind of reminded me of the silver cowboy boots in Snuff Box JanMichael May 2023 #5

It's "Springtime for Hitler" all over again. nt Xipe Totec May 2023 #6

Humphrey Bogart's movie nexus StClone May 2023 #88

What's scary is that most people don't see it. lees1975 May 2023 #8

msm is normalizing it mucifer May 2023 #10

In the rain, beneath a shower of sparks from the overhead power lines on a street in Waikiki, taxi May 2023 #23

A rapidly changing culture is freaking out old white people in FL. paleotn May 2023 #9

?? Over 65, 44% lean Republican, 43% lean Democratic. Hortensis May 2023 #29

in 2022, DeSantis beat Crist with 65yos and older by 28 points, 64% to 36%. Older MAGAts are pouring Celerity May 2023 #68

Florida Latinos seem to love DeSantis radius777 May 2023 #101

Source? paleotn May 2023 #69

They are different. Mariana May 2023 #74

:) Sigh, sigh, and sigh. Celerity, if you applied that Hortensis May 2023 #78

Florida people seem very happy to me Tickle May 2023 #12

That's my take as well. shrike3 May 2023 #18

Very true on the last part Tickle May 2023 #19

I have a front row seat. Pacifist Patriot May 2023 #24

Went to a birthday party yesterday and a very dear friend and her husband, Deuxcents May 2023 #30

I see a warning of far-right danger in ALL prone to demonizing Hortensis May 2023 #28

We're not demonizing all of the people of Florida. We're speaking truth to power. SunSeeker May 2023 #41

The people I know are apolitical. And they are pretty darn happy. shrike3 May 2023 #44

Of course it's a human thing. But it's happening in Florida and we need to call it out. SunSeeker May 2023 #56

You're preaching to the choir. I agree completely. shrike3 May 2023 #57

Sure. When people express various ways of rejecting Florida Hortensis May 2023 #72

Beating DUers up for "bad group behaviors" over a satirical political cartoon is OTT. SunSeeker May 2023 #82

If you had lived through the inflation Germany saw in the twenties soldierant May 2023 #71

Certainly the average German had plenty to be happy about. shrike3 May 2023 #73

Ethnic narcissism, radius777 May 2023 #102

The "Final Solution" did not become doctrine soldierant May 2023 #116

Maybe you're not familiar with that part of history? shrike3 Jun 2023 #117

Of course it wasn't fun. soldierant Jun 2023 #119

You mean stripping Jews of their rights as Germans was concealing doctrine? shrike3 Jun 2023 #126

that's not much of a ringing endorsement for the people of Florida Skittles Jun 2023 #142

Do you know any Florida trans kids and their families? nt SunSeeker May 2023 #42

I know a same-sex couple who's leaving ASAP. shrike3 May 2023 #45

I do. And they are absolutely freaked out. LowerManhattanite May 2023 #98

So DeSantis is okay? Kingofalldems May 2023 #47

I think a lot of Floridians are fine with DeSantis. shrike3 May 2023 #55

Some people only care about paying lower taxes mucifer May 2023 #61

I agree, yes. shrike3 May 2023 #65

Floridians don't actually pay lower taxes in most cases Marius25 May 2023 #113

Of course they're happy. Mariana May 2023 #76

They sure do! tenderfoot May 2023 #80

I was thinking more like 1970's Chile. Crowman2009 May 2023 #13

Florida was the No. 1 destination for Chileans according to government statistics dalton99a May 2023 #16

Uh Oh... Are we looking at a The Boys from Boca Raton scenario? LudwigPastorius May 2023 #95

Or East Germany circa 1961. I feel like they may start building a wall pretty soon ... HardPort May 2023 #14

You mean with the stasi and 1/3 of the population spying on the other I don't think so EX500rider May 2023 #40

Wouldn't put it past some people to spy on others. shrike3 May 2023 #46

OMFG ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #120

Thread is about Fla, not Txs EX500rider Jun 2023 #133

Freedom State, my ass dalton99a May 2023 #15

More like "Freedom Dies Here." nt SunSeeker May 2023 #38

Germany opened it first concentration camp in 1933 EX500rider May 2023 #17

Thank you NT Tickle May 2023 #20

I see him more as Benito DeSatan. roamer65 May 2023 #22

Florida might not be near those events, but the blatant disregard for civil rights and the... Pacifist Patriot May 2023 #25

But that will make it 1950s Florida, not 1930s Germany. carpetbagger May 2023 #53

But there is no Leroy Collins! retread May 2023 #77

Thank you. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #31

Are the Keys not walled off with barbed wire? Sympthsical May 2023 #49

One of the lessons from Nazi Germany is to not wait until the frog is boiled. SunSeeker May 2023 #50

NAACP has a travel warning on Florida mucifer May 2023 #62

It has not. As with hurricanes, a travel warning is different from a travel advisory. ancianita May 2023 #111

Not a warning, but an "advisory." shrike3 May 2023 #112

I get that. ancianita May 2023 #114

Florida must have skipped right past the Weimar phase misanthrope May 2023 #34

Nothing says that the road to fascism ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #121

The OP clearly says Florida feels like 1930s Germany misanthrope Jun 2023 #130

Yet. hadEnuf May 2023 #83

In Florida the enemy isn't Jewish people - it's the POC, illegal immigrants, gays and trans people FakeNoose May 2023 #92

Maybe you need to get out more ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #123

So a migrant worker camp & a Nazi death camp seem the same to you? EX500rider Jun 2023 #131

I think many on Du confuse Fascism with conservative religious beliefs/extreme orthodoxy EX500rider May 2023 #26

So you want us to wait until "all the boxes are checked" before sounding the alarm? SunSeeker May 2023 #54

You mean except when he loses his next election and is out of power EX500rider May 2023 #63

No, I mean Florida is on the road to fascism. SunSeeker May 2023 #86

If we keep getting people that are elected that is the definition of democracy EX500rider May 2023 #90

If the politicians get to pick who can vote for them, that's the definition of fascism. SunSeeker May 2023 #97

Not really Fla specific though is it EX500rider May 2023 #104

DeSantis went against the will of the FL voters to disenfranchise 800k felons. SunSeeker May 2023 #108

It checks all of them ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #122

Still a democracy, not a dictatorship & DeSantis can be voted out. EX500rider Jun 2023 #132

The only place in Florida that it is safe to visit is Walt Disney World LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #27

How is it not safe? BlackSkimmer May 2023 #32

Agree. Know why people generalize about Florida? Because they want to. ancianita May 2023 #36

Well, I do know at least one same-sex couple who is leaving. shrike3 May 2023 #48

My family has been to Walt Disney World numerous times LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #39

Florida just passed a law which would remove trans children from their families. shrike3 May 2023 #51

It's no surprise that slavery went on for so long. radius777 May 2023 #103

St Pete has and will have one of the biggest gay pride parades in the southeast EX500rider May 2023 #66

Okay, no. nt Tommy Carcetti Jun 2023 #135

I'll disagree. WarGamer May 2023 #33

It's a political cartoon. You understand how satire works, right? SunSeeker May 2023 #60

Cute cartoon. But that's not Florida. I live in Florida. I know. ancianita May 2023 #35

Me too. I agree. CaptainTruth May 2023 #43

At one stage DeSantis wanted his own private army Mr. Sparkle May 2023 #52

It's happening. De Santis got his army. SunSeeker May 2023 #58

Like the many other states that also have a State guard? EX500rider May 2023 #67

FL already has 12k FL National Guard troops. The new force will be controlled only by DeSantis. SunSeeker May 2023 #84

So Floridia had no National Guard? hadEnuf May 2023 #87

State guard & national guard are separate EX500rider May 2023 #89

It sounds like a WW2 relic that's still on the books. hadEnuf May 2023 #91

You know he's going to use it to pull political stunts, like sending them to the Texas border. SunSeeker May 2023 #100

I don't know, why does Calif have a armed force under the control of the governor? EX500rider May 2023 #105

CA State Guard is a component of and supports the CA National Guard. SunSeeker May 2023 #109

Here for the "quit over reacting!" comments tenderfoot May 2023 #59

Seems many ostriches are on the loose. Behind the Aegis May 2023 #64

Come on, man Sympthsical May 2023 #79

No, YOU c'mon, bro. Behind the Aegis May 2023 #81

Thinking that comparing obvious parallels to the rise of Nazism in the 1930's hadEnuf May 2023 #93

Agree - the whole Godwin's law meme is on some level what radius777 May 2023 #106

I'd argue Zeitghost Jun 2023 #134

I was watching a nature show a week or so back... LowerManhattanite May 2023 #99

Never gets old. paleotn May 2023 #70

Love this! calimary May 2023 #107

excellent toon BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 #85

Many of the people in Florida are terrible flamingdem May 2023 #94

No it doesn't. n/t flvegan May 2023 #96

I take it you're not trans, black or a pregnant woman. nt SunSeeker May 2023 #110

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #115

And yet we don't see people abandoning everything and fleeing the state Kaleva Jun 2023 #118

Because not everyone is directly affected. ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #124

What does that have to do with people who say they are threatened? Kaleva Jun 2023 #125

This thread has the feel of routine predictable hyperbole Bonx Jun 2023 #127

Are you aware of the NAACP travel advisory? RAB910 Jun 2023 #128

Yes. I don't agree with it. Also, the NAACP chairman lives in Tampa. Bonx Jun 2023 #129

Are you aware the chairman of the NAACP lives in Florida? BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #139

and???? RAB910 Jun 2023 #140

And?? BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #141

Only, I was curious if you had to point to make RAB910 Jun 2023 #143

Okay, the political situation sucks to high heavens. But this is silly. nt Tommy Carcetti Jun 2023 #136

I have a friend who moved to Florida, unprompted he told me Florida reminds him of Nazi Germany RAB910 Jun 2023 #138

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 #137

Just 90 short years from the Enabling Act Montauk6 Jul 2023 #144