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[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 78 points 1 week ago (3 children)

for those who don't know, florida isn't that much different from many large states, with a lot of land where the bumfuck uneducated hick counties with a population of 3000 are overwhelmingly republican, while the counties with smart people--cities; college towns-- are >80% blue

what sets florida apart is that this is where rich retired entitled myshitdontstink republicans go to live the final years of their asshole lives and vote red. google "florida the villages" --yea, that's real life. also google "FL villages STDs"-- that's also real life

tl;dr: desantis is a useless sack of shit who accomplished literally nothing in life. except pick a fight with disney LOL

how's that going, btw?

[–] 13igtyme@startrek.website 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Having been born there and live there until just a few years after Covid. The people moving there did a number on the state. Between the "Freedom" crowd, Michael Flynn (muliple rabbit holes on this topic), Moms for Liberty, "health freedom", which is fucking up every hospital board, and honestly much, much more. That state will be deep read for a very long time.

So glad I moved.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

That state will be deep read for a very long time.

At least until half of it is under water and it's government collapses lol

[–] gibblywafer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Concur. I moved there in 1997… got out in 2024. The covid years brought the worst people of every other state.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's part of it, but also the DNC actively failed Florida. That race was 100% winnable with more resources.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

oh well. I guess the fascists need somewhere to retreat to. May as well be somewhere that's going to be underwater in the near future.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Tampa and Jacksonville are probably the two biggest red cities in the country ain’t they? At least historically

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i don't remember tampa being as red as the redneck shithole towns, plus they have USF. st pete is definitely dark blue, clearwater might be the reddest "city" in that area (scientology owns most of it). not as familiar with jacksonville, but it probably is more red than the rest

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

pretty much. st pete has been building a lot of "investment" housing under the guise of being "affordable" housing to displace results by out of state and investors. not that I don't like other people, but it's what it is now. I mean I debated renting a place for $450 to do art at and that the last time I was there is now $6000+ and it's everywhere around here. It's like oh yeah the rent is now 5k-6k-8k++ a month ... my first car cost $600 to drive down town.

Fuck it. They can suffer with the rest of us

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well they definitely ain’t the largest blue cities NYC, LA, and Chicago are all much larger and blue.

“Jacksonville leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.”

At least according to best Best Neighborhoods, they did go for Angie Nixon though. Tampa is 53% from the same source.

And according to ConservativeMove.com Jacksonville and it’s suburbs is one of the better spots if you want to move to a more conservative city in Florida https://conservativemove.com/liberal-cities-in-florida/

Jacksonville is one of the country club meccas, and Tampa is where all the conservative old folks go retire. Both those usually indicate a conservative lean but it is much closer than I assumed

Edit: I was also wrong they were the biggest in the country, that title goes to Phoenix, a city that should not exist and is a monument to man’s arrogance

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago

We can only hope, fash.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. He is lying. They are absolutely NOT extinct. We still need to finish them or they will slither right back into power.

As long as conservatives continue to live, they will oppress everyone around them. That is who they are at their core. Fascist oppressors. Do not believe their cries of "extinction". They will come right back if we don't truly make them extinct.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Thatʻs illegal under Woke 3.0.

You arenʻt permitted to use the word extinction unless you also acknowledge the reality of evolution

[–] NovaVeles@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No them cuddling up to Trump was an extinction level event, it just took a decade for the blow back to become loud enough.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I wonder if any of the Republicans are remembering the words of donnie's good buddy Lindsey Graham:

If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.

[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They will be back after 1 or 2 elections .

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hopefully, though, in a less extreme form.

[–] Linken@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is no going back to the Republican Party of McCain and Romney. Their base has made it absolutely clear what they want, and it’s to be as cruel and proud of their ignorance as possible.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Their current base has made that clear, yes. But they could change who their base is by appealing to more moderate voters instead.

[–] Linken@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I doubt it but we’ll see. They have no redeeming qualities as far as I’m concerned. I can’t imagine a future voter aligning with them over democrats when they are volunteering to be assigned with the shadow of MAGA over them.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

Well, yeah. It is unlikely.

Mainly due to the primary system. In the primary election, it will be their current base voting for which candidate to nominate, not the ideal base they might want. So the primaries will produce candidates that cater to the extreme MAGA base rather than moderates who have already been completely alienated from the party.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago
[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 week ago

Since they are all old enough to be considered dinosaurs it's an appropriate term and it should have come way sooner.

NOW LAUNCH THE METEOR!!

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

¿What? They are still alive and whining.

If they want to experience what an extinction level event feels like, I have quite some proposals, up to and including prime seats to the guillotine experience.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Too bad that's not the case.

[–] BillionaireStew@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ronald DeSantis is an accomplice to human torture and Florida is well shut of him. With any luck he will never again hold political office.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago

Well deserved

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Fuck you, Rhonda.