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In historic first, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoes most arts funding in Florida (www.heraldtribune.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/florida

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

How Republican! You get what you vote for people!!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Putting a bunch of people out of work and on Social Programs is how you get the Economy kickstarted!

[–] bitchkat 2 points 5 months ago

They cut the social programs long before this! I think I read there are only something like 4500 people in the entire state of Florida on medicaid.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

It is the first time that no money will be allocated for arts and culture programs by the state.

Wow. That would be shocking to the arts community. They rely so heavily on grant funding.

Of course, I'm sure DeSantis is doing this because arts are "woke" and "for gay people" or some such ultra right, hateful nonsense.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 14 points 5 months ago

Shithole ahoy!

[–] Etterra 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Florida and Texas are in a race to the bottom.

[–] paultimate14 3 points 5 months ago

Republican governments never seen to have nice things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

[+] [email protected] -16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

I'm waiting for all of the woke people to leave Florida and live elsewhere due to his crappy policies.

Edited version because my original post was crap!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

[–] Visstix 12 points 5 months ago

You just want sleeping people? That doesn't sound productive.

[–] halcyoncmdr 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People were told constantly to wake up, so they did. Now you don't like them because they're pointing out your viewpoints are toxic and harmful to society. But you're a paragon of morality, while demanding others do things and think your specific way. So you try to vilify all the "others" because doing anything else would force you to admit you're a shit person and that's just not possible of course.

You need to learn to accept that a lot of people think you're a piece of shit, and don't want to be forced to live like you want them to, just because you have an issue with it.

I bet you justify your shitty beliefs with a religious defense as well. Since you cannot possibly be a bad person if you say you believe in something like Jesus, despite living the exact opposite of his teachings.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I guess the point of my post wasn’t obvious. So I apologise for that. I can see how it was poorly written. But it’s funny how you think you know me because of that.

He’s doing his best to destroy Florida, and in doing so, he may drive people away. Maybe he hopes that democrats and woke people will leave.

What then? Sure he may have a state full of republican supporters that worship Trump. But that would leave a massive vacant hole in tax revenue, fewer people to work specific jobs etc, a significantly worse off state. Is that what he really wants?

So my point was, let the good people leave, who recognize their lives would be better off somewhere else. What would florida look like as a result? It’s a hypothetical thought experiment.

I’m not explaining this very well because it’s late and I’m tired. I’m also apparently woke, supporter of LGQT, transgender, women’s rights, BLM etc etc. So I’ve completely confused you! My bad.

[–] Anticorp 6 points 5 months ago

And then what?

[–] PlantDadManGuy 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry man, I understood your post. A lot of people here are just primed and ready to pounce on anyone who uses trigger words that might be construed as bashing liberals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks but I brought that on myself by not being clear! Sometimes I can be too obscure. 😁

[–] PunnyName 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How would you define "woke"?

[–] cowfodder 5 points 5 months ago

Upset when he uses the N word.

At least, that's what most of them mean by "woke".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I have no idea but the right wing love to throw that word around to represent anyone that doesn’t agree with their policies and opinions.

[–] Bristlecone 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that it would help in the future to put the word woke in quotations, "woke", to illustrate that you're actually mocking his viewpoint of all this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That would probably help, thanks.