06-14-2022, 02:29 PM
(06-14-2022, 12:19 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: C'mon, dude. You can't use this as a pillar of your objection to the man and then dismiss it when it is proven to be false. That woman lied and she got caught in her lie.
I didn't say that to be dismissive; I said that because I genuinely couldn't remember the ending of the story.
Quote:I've looked and pretty much all I can find on this subject is related to the aforementioned law. If you have some examples I'd be happy to look over them.
I'll have to circle back to this when I have some time (outside of the 5 minute smoke break).
Quote:I've heard that "footing the bill" talking point numerous times. I haven't seen any indication it's actually going to happen. Your second point isn't really relevant, what the GOP has traditionally done, or not done, has no bearing on this particular move by DeSantis. I do find the outrage interesting, as it's essentially being upset that a multi-billion dollar corporation won't get a sweetheart deal any longer. Last I look that would be something the left would really get behind. Lastly, how is this move hurting tourism, at all? I saw numerous people talking about Disney just moving to another state (I know you didn't make that point), which is laughable. It would cost Disney far, far more to close the Florida park and build a new one somewhere else. Plus, where would they build it? Part of the draw of Florida is the climate (although it's far too humid for my taste), what other state are you going to be able to run year round in that isn't GOP led? California already has the original park, so Disney is pretty SOL on that topic. Not that they ever even considered it.
That 'sweet deal' costs Disney a lot of money - they're basically their own government providing services to the community around the park. The outrage doesn't come from that deal anyways - it's from straddling the tax payers with the bill per the original deal Disney struck with the state for the land because they didn't fall in line with DeSantis' anti-gay law and stopped giving him money over it. It's not even really about him going after the them, it's the reason.
Quote:Here I cannot agree with you. At some point you have to draw a line between what will keep people safe from Covid and what is causing them long term psychological damage.[/quote]
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/10/covid-pandemic-mental-health-damage-could-last-a-generation.html
We have already acknowledged in this country that there must be a balance, even in such a pandemic, between public safety and personal liberty. We did not implement draconian policies such as Australia's forced quarantining in government run camp, for example. I think some of the blue states definitely overreacted and some of the red states definitely underreacted. I don't see Florida as an egregious example of the latter.
Maybe we should look into better mental health care for people then? You ain't gonna change my mind on the piles of bodies (not that I think you're trying to).
At the end of the day, I'm just not gonna vote for the guy. I won't even consider it. He comes off as way too seedy for my liking; though that can be said of about 500 politicians in this country. Edit: and that includes Biden; that was a vote of necessity more than agreement.
Edit 2; Electric Boogalo: https://www.glaad.org/gap/ron-desantis
It's not a comprehensive list that I was hoping for, but getting an extra few minutes gave me a chance to find something.
