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How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:33 pm
by IvanV
I always thought Florida was more east coast than southern states in its attitudes.
But when
parents can get a head teacher sacked for letting an art class see classical nudes, and the governor cheers on, making teachers frightened for what they teach, it seems to have gone all Arkansas all of a sudden.
Or was it always like this but I never noticed? And how did they end up with such an illiberal governor?
Re: How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:18 pm
by TopBadger
Aging population... the older we get the shittier we become.
Re: How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:39 pm
by dyqik
And it's attracted retirees from all over, including those who can't stand liberal states any longer now that they don't have to work there to have a reasonable job.
There's also the highly anti-Communist Cuban element, who will vote against anything that is labeled socialism.
Add to that the rural north of Florida, which borders Alabama and Georgia both geographically and culturally.
Re: How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:39 pm
by noggins
But the retirees aren't parents of school age kids.
A simpler explaantion, - Tallahasse is a shithole.
Re: How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:01 pm
by dyqik
noggins wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:39 pm
But the retirees aren't parents of school age kids.
A simpler explaantion, - Tallahasse is a shithole.
See my last point.
Re: How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:10 pm
by monkey
Florida is like just about everywhere in the USA, liberal in urban areas, conservative in the rural. Tallahassee is blue.
Re: How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:46 pm
by Sciolus
Yanks generally have a severe hang-up about sex and nudity. The average Hollywood film shows 0.037 people making love but 52.3 people being killed [1].
[1] All statistics rectally sourced.
Re: How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:35 pm
by Woodchopper
dyqik wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:39 pm
And it's attracted retirees from all over, including those who can't stand liberal states any longer now that they don't have to work there to have a reasonable job.
There's also the highly anti-Communist Cuban element, who will vote against anything that is labeled socialism.
Add to that the rural north of Florida, which borders Alabama and Georgia both geographically and culturally.
Not just Cubans, Hispanic voters in general are drifting republican. The social and economic disaster in Venezuela is also associated with socialism. Some Hispanic voters are also somewhat conservative in cultural matters.
Add to that mix de Santis who is a politically effective Republican governor and a state level Democrat party which apparently is useless.
Re: How did Florida become so illberal?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 12:29 pm
by Stranger Mouse
For year in Marvel comics and movies the X-Men franchise has been used as a metaphor to oppose bigotry in all forms (homophobia, religious, racial etc)
This Florida Republican seems to have missed the point.
https://twitter.com/esqueer_/status/164 ... 84681?s=61