Il Duce Floridiane

Mussolini was born twice.  The second time he was named DeSantis.

Don't believe me?  Among the atrocities Ron DeSantis has committed as governor of Florida:

He signed a voting restriction bill that will make it easier for Republicans like himself to win re-election.

He signed a bill banning education in non-heterosexual orientations for elementary school below fourth grade.  It's called the "don't say gay" law.  Maybe it's not appropriate to teach children that young about non-hetero issues, but, as Michael Smerconish conceded, it produces a serous dilemma for a teacher who has to deal with a student asking why her friend has two mommies.

When the Walt Disney Company, which of course operates Walt Disney World and other amusement parks (and resorts) in Florida - in an area the size if San Francisco - objected to the don't say gay" law, DeSantis pushed for and signed a bill removing the company's ability to run its complex as a separate municipal entity.  The bill takes effect in June 2023. 

It's as if DeSantis, having defeated for the governorship in 2018 a Democrat who was both black and bisexual (Andrew Gillum, whose personal issues with drink and drugs led to his downfall after the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election), has fixed things so there is no way a Democrat who checks those diversity boxes can never get elected to anything in Florida again.

But wait - there's more!  The DeSantis administration also rejected math books for including references to critical race theory.  I imagined an example of critical race theory in a math book as being something like this:

"Five white male/black female couples arrive at the senior prom twenty minutes after leaving their homes. Meanwhile, five black male/white female couples arrive at the senior prom thirty minutes after leaving their homes. If the white male/black female couples all arrive at 7:30 PM, three black male/white female couples arrive at 7:45 PM, and two black male/white female couples arrive at 8:00 PM, how many school board members does it take to bust up the senior prom?" 😛 😠

Actually, the "examples" of CRT-based math are quite innocuous, as this article from the Washington Post demonstrates.  But such policies are no surprise coming from a right-wing populist like DeSantis, who has successfully established the first dictatorship in the United States.  Right down to the rubber-stamp legislature in Tallahassee.

DeSantis calls his state the "Free State of Florida" - which sounds more fascistic than you might think. 😱