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Ron DeSantis has officially entered the 2024 presidential race

5 points by mikece 3y ago

mikece 3y ago
Because what the race for President needed was another Florida Man...
taraharris 3y ago
Ron DeSantis stands accused of war crimes, according to the testimony of several prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. He has been notably and particularly evasive about his military service in interviews during his governorship. Whatever his supporters think of his other policies, I hope that they don't ignore this obviously disqualifying stain on his record. https://soundcloud.com/eyesleft/desantis https://soundcloud.com/eyesleft/desantis
- krapp 3y ago
  If anything, it will make him more popular to his base.
accrual 3y ago
I read "DeSantis's aggressively conservative political agenda points" as aggressively Christian agenda. What boggles my mind is the conservative desire for small-government, yet we have the government defining who can parade, who can have what surgery, who can use what bathroom, etc.
- Finnucane 3y ago
  Small gov for rich white xtian dudes, the boot for everyone else
- hackermatic 3y ago
  And even who can buy what property. He takes the mantle of conservatism, but his values aren't conservative at all, and more outlets need to point that out. What he is, definitionally, is an authoritarian.
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    Conservatives have always been pro-elite authoritarians since the term was introduced as a political label. Its a weird effect of branding done to bring Right-Libertarians into the Republican fold that over the last few decades people have started getting accused of not being “real conservatives” for not adhering to libertarian views, but that’s the most authentically conservative thing in the world.
    - s1artibartfast 3y ago
      I don't know that that's exactly accurate. Traditional Republicans have a long history of small government rhetoric that appeals to right - Libertarians. The degree to which that they have backed up those views is obviously debatable
paulpauper 3y ago
He did what we all expected a year ago he would do. color me shocked

5 points by mikece 3y ago

Because what the race for President needed was another Florida Man...

Ron DeSantis stands accused of war crimes, according to the testimony of several prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. He has been notably and particularly evasive about his military service in interviews during his governorship. Whatever his supporters think of his other policies, I hope that they don't ignore this obviously disqualifying stain on his record. https://soundcloud.com/eyesleft/desantis https://soundcloud.com/eyesleft/desantis

krapp 3y ago
If anything, it will make him more popular to his base.

accrual 3y ago

I read "DeSantis's aggressively conservative political agenda points" as aggressively Christian agenda. What boggles my mind is the conservative desire for small-government, yet we have the government defining who can parade, who can have what surgery, who can use what bathroom, etc.

Finnucane 3y ago
Small gov for rich white xtian dudes, the boot for everyone else
hackermatic 3y ago
And even who can buy what property. He takes the mantle of conservatism, but his values aren't conservative at all, and more outlets need to point that out. What he is, definitionally, is an authoritarian.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  Conservatives have always been pro-elite authoritarians since the term was introduced as a political label. Its a weird effect of branding done to bring Right-Libertarians into the Republican fold that over the last few decades people have started getting accused of not being “real conservatives” for not adhering to libertarian views, but that’s the most authentically conservative thing in the world.
  - s1artibartfast 3y ago
    I don't know that that's exactly accurate. Traditional Republicans have a long history of small government rhetoric that appeals to right - Libertarians. The degree to which that they have backed up those views is obviously debatable

paulpauper 3y ago

He did what we all expected a year ago he would do. color me shocked