Progressives aim to reinstate equilibrium to state’s lopsided politics that DeSantis has, in the eyes of some, dragged into fascism

  • echoplex21@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Republican strategy there seems to be deterring liberals from coming or staying in the state through these laws. At the same time whatever children are there will have a very watered dawn education to indoctrinate them and filter our former atrocities.

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    1 year ago

    “In the eyes of some”? It doesn’t matter what the others think, he’s operating within the definition of fascism.

  • ThatGirlKylie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Little too late it seems. But if they are going to do something, then they better get a move on, lots of people moving out of state.

    It’s bad down here.

  • GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee
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    This idea that “oh if there’s any liberals left” is so smug and to me, is part of the reason why Florida and many other GOP-ruled states are where they are. The idea that the people who don’t like these regimes will move to New York, Illinois, or California is out of touch and absurd.

    With trans people alone, it’s estimated that 1.2-1.8% of the population of the US is trans. Florida’s population is 22.25 million. 400,000+ people should not have to become refugees in their own country. This cannot be the “response” to these laws.

    Florida is a fascist State, and I wish people would adopt the attitude toward “regime change” that they have for Russia when talking about Desantis.

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      I like the see the context of stats. Thought I might as well post that links stats here to make it easier for anyone curious

      Among U.S. adults, 0.5% (about 1.3 million adults) identify as transgender. Among youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S., 1.4% (about 300,000 youth) identify as transgender

      Our estimates of the percent of residents in U.S. regions who identify as transgender range from 1.8% in the Northeast to 1.2% in the Midwest for youth ages 13 to 17, and range from 0.6% in the Northeast to 0.4% in the Midwest for adults.

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    IMHO let all the R’s move to Florida and concentrate themselves there. Make the rest of the states purple/blue.

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      you going to help the people who didn’t choose to live there get out? Really tired of people forgetting about marginalized and minorities getting the worst of this in these states. Also even if we could, you want to take all the fascists and get them together in a single spot that they can then use to strengthen their “Us vs Them” arguments? That’s how you get deadlier and even worst fascists.