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EX500rider

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104. Not really Fla specific though is it

Mon May 29, 2023, 01:12 AM

May 2023

Two states, Maine and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia, have unrestricted voting rights for people who are felons.

While some states automatically restore voting rights after incarceration, about thirty states condition the restoration of voting rights to the individual's ability to pay legal debts. Those who are unable to pay these debts are automatically disenfranchised.

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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