Ron DeSantis: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@yankis.]

It's fascinating how a nation can be so obsessed with freedom and do everything to kill it at the same time.

[@colinmartin9797]

Killing freedom in the name of "freedom"

[@TheJell3]

The fascists just use that obsession to create a diversion. You can't criticize them because then you are "anti-freedom". It doesn't mean the same thing when they use it. That's how fascists play with language

[@nicks816]

The word 'freedom' is used by the right as a mask to trick their base into voting against their own interests.

[@Utonian21]

The Republican party is filled with spineless hypocrites. DeSantis passed a bill to "protect" free speech on social media while simultaneously passing another that criminalizes protesters

[@zaedlo]

I moved here 20 years ago, it was a time warp then and it's getting worse.

[@Hellman2746]

Ladies, do not hesitate to (politely) correct a man on your date. If he disappears/avoids you after that, know that you've dodged a rotten meatball.

[@carolw8579]

Got iT.

[@adspur]

Correction.He dodged a bullet.Social degradation is pretty much at it peak.It started with the baby boomers and has gradually got worse.America has a real social disease.Lack of general decency and morals have decayed the family structure of children.Look at the statistics.Nothing but negative outcomes

[@benwallace5389]

Can I politely do the same for a woman?

[@benwallace5389]

@Rinnosempai what are your pronouns?

[@Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics]

​@@benwallace5389 meatballs come in all sizes.

[@ctdieselnut]

Using whether or not a girl corrects you on your mispronunciation of 'thai food' said as 'thigh food' on a first date as a litmus test has to be one of the most alarmingly psychotic attributes ive ever heard. That's so specific, it feels like it probably is true.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I wouldn't put it beyond deSantis; I'm just surprised that he'd get enough dates to then lose any more with that pathetic little 'test' of subservience. I'm sure he looked okay at 20, but with that personality? I'll admit that some women are well into their 20ies before their 'egomanic jerk' radar is fully funcional, but surely word would get around?

[@lyndareilly6893]

It Is, he's a prima donna, his wife has him by the gonads.

[@emisthem6562]

A red flag so big aliens might finally visit us after seeing it

[@egirl150]

If I heard him say "thigh food," I would think he was trying to make a bad euphemism for oral sex and I would leave.

[@twosencefromcleveland6084]

Its BS.

[@janf5193]

And 100% of school libraries do NOT have "hard core" porn. I would speculate that close to 100% of PUBLIC libraries do not have hard core porn, by definition. As a former public library director, we represent our community as a whole, not the narrow views of an autocrat.

[@Cara-39]

My mother was a middle school librarian for 30 yrs and due to budget cuts, was in charge of all libraries in the district, which also included 3 elementary schools, for the last 15 yrs and of course you're right that porn is not part of the inventory, nor is it part of the children's section of public libraries. Book banning idiots like DeSantis love to claim that only "media specialists" should be choosing school library books but that's exactly what those children's librarians are!!! The majority of schools require their librarians to have a Masters in Library Science (my Mom got hers in the 80s when very few schools offered it) and many programs have a concentration in children's literature but these book bans prove their argument of keeping kids safe is just a political stunt, otherwise they wouldn't require the librarians to have the expertise they do. I remember my Mom getting the ALA's annual "top banned books of the year" newsletter so I know book bans are nothing new but the rise of the far-right in the last decade has pushed them into high gear. On another note, as a life long lover of libraries (say that 5x fast 😂), whose library cards are prized possessions, I'm surprised your public library had porn. I live in Manhattan and the NY Public Library is my home away from home but I don't think I've ever seen any there or any other public library I've ever been to...not that I've ever looked so maybe its just escaped my notice.

[@SpringerA1984]

Any library that has the Bible.. 😅

[@hilburn-]

​@@SpringerA1984people who oppose these laws need to go the satanic temple route of of using them to get the Bible banned. Highlighting the hypocrisy is something they do very well

[@CodyGlover-p1e]

Books about incest, minors having sex, should not be in school libraries idc what you think is appropriate it's not your call dip shit.

[@Peterson1451]

Sooooooo, we’ve never been to a library and are denying basic shit.

[@Dabrick47]

1:43 “Ask your kids about BDE” is a heck of a line for a party that loses its mind every time that a kid’s book mentions LGBT issues.

[@SyntheticFuture]

I fail to see the connection between these two things.

[@karannsyt]

@@SyntheticFuture talking about two people of the same sex loving each other is no no but "big dick energy" is ok to talk about with a child?

[@IndiaTides]

@@karannsyt Yes, Big dick is what usually conservatives around the world like.

[@namedhuman5870]

​@@SyntheticFuture how often do you discuss genital size and the energy it exudes with your children? I'm assuming it is not at all because deep down you know it is weird to do.

[@magic8ball237]

​@@karannsyt That is because conservatives are pro actual-grooming, even if they call things they don't like grooming.

[@mikebrant192]

I'm a Navy veteran, and the thought that DeSantis was a Navy lawyer - then ran for public office gives me the willies. They're not known for excellence.....

[@JR-pr8jb]

Full-of-it junior officers are the worst. I assume he started as a Lt. JG instead of Ensign due to his law degree.

[@Smedley1947]

Not just a Navy lawyer but a Navy lawyer assigned to Guantanamo. I'll bet DeSadist enjoyed every minute of it and often thinks fondly of all the hours he spent sitting next to the torturers table just watching. Ah, the good old days.

[@ziggyustar3137]

most government workers resemble cattle they just keep chewing the same problems over never really getting anything done except a paycheque/ if one breaks from the pack & stands out from the rest to tell some truths they get stranded in a Russian airport without papers, & live in exile/ Ron is best known as meatball Ron he sits in his own sauce... and he believes it

[@nestormakhno9266]

@@Smedley1947there are actually stories of him smiling as he saw torture

[@mcnamaraky]

​@@Smedley1947is this a fact? I never knew that. Wow. That is insane. People still forget what happened in 2000-2008...some of it is still happening.

[@darkstar32526]

As a teacher in Escambia county, where we banned the penguin book, I'm disappointed at how our constituents act. I'm disappointed that ignorant parents and, mostly, ONE old white woman (I have read the pull requests, her name is on 95% of them) are holding such power over teachers here. We are underpaid and overworked, yet parents are demanding more and more from us, all while removing their own accountability for their children from the equation. I think you should consider doing a special on education in general to promote awareness and hopefully spur a renewed interest in the profession. It's not an easy job but having an impact on young people is one of the most rewarding things people can do for one another and we are seeing a decline in the desire to teach - look at all the teacher shortages.

[@chingron]

So you support books with sexual content in elementary schools? Are you a pedophile or something ? I hope you get fired.

[@muskyoxes]

Good news, they think you should be given firearms and handle active shooter situations with no training or additional pay. So they must respect you

[@avidrucker]

I 2nd the request for another episode on education, we sorely need to shine a light on how the profession is hurting. I say this in full sincerity, think of the children. Well, and also the teachers. And the rest of society. Since these kids become part of society.

[@davidgilbert9607]

Please just go away. The students are the proof your reward is having, they can’t read, can’t write and they perform poorly in math.

[@Eldritch_Panda31]

Has the bible been banned yet?

[@hooting-ton5215]

Some updates. Desantis has had: Parts of his election laws blocked by a Florida Judge, The drag show law has been blocked, Has striken down Medicaid ban on gender care, Florida's ban on gender-affirming care blocked.

[@spongeaang98]

Also, you're forgetting the big one here: his campaign is sputtering out and dying before it even started. I always felt this piece about him was pretty alarmist for no reason because I could see right through DeSantis. He's a swaggerless, awkward, petty loser with the charisma of a 2 week old bowl of cottage cheese. Ron NEVER had the charisma of Trump or the authoritative demeanor of previous GOP stalwarts like Romney or McCain. He just thinks that if you're MORE of an asshole like Trump then you'll be a shoe-in but he failed to realize Trump sold his bullshit because he is at least charming to an extent to pull it off. DeSantis has no sense of humor or humility and his need to constantly be in a bubble where he's never uncomfortable and lets his wife make every choice for him sealed his fate. This guy won't even make it to Super Tuesday.

[@sashasscribbles]

Fuck yeah, so glad some parts of the US government have some sense..

[@laundrysauce234]

i would like to add an uodate: in some ways he has also had his presidential bid very much blocked

[@Cara-39]

​@@laundrysauce234 As much as another Trump presidency scares the sh*t out of me, I know that if he wins, he'll be so consumed with enacting revenge on anyone that's ever so much as looked at him funny that he'll pass even less legislation that he did his first term. DeSantis, however, knows how govt works (unlike Trump) and wouldn't have the same prob pushing through far-right laws at the federal level as he does in his state because the federal court system is now packed with Trump nominated judges. Thankfully, his campaign never got off the ground

[@asamlos]

This was the update I desperately needed, thank you.

[@Bumbelburpen]

Okay, but can we talk about how for the whole "anti-woke" bill, they had to legally define what "woke" means, and what they came up with boils down to "progressive activism".... so... they want to make activism illegal? Interesting.

[@lizardguyNA]

Activism nothing, they want to criminalize freedom itself.

[@lizardguyNA]

@@godfathaofyo Dude, the right is about forming a well regulated militia. Why are you anti-gun reds to anti-militia? Afraid that your state funded carnage can be put to a stop?

[@visions_of_noah]

@@godfathaofyo what rights do they take away of you? I’m curious.

[@godfathaofyo]

@@gsp4prez by deeming things "illegal" with the stroke of the pen, yes, they are creating "felons" overnight out of millions of legal, law abiding citizens. If what i own is now "illegal" they will essentially be knocking on my door to come get them soon. If they made something "illegal" for me to purchase, then the have essentially taken them from me, since i can no longer procure them.

[@cameronweaver2013]

​@godfathaofyo you know there are Liberal gun owners, right? Also, do you really know what the 2nd Amendment is supposed to be for?

[@leecalmdown]

That “thigh food” tactic is REAL. I had a date walk out on me for saying the word “ostensibly”, saying he couldn’t have a girlfriend who “used language like that”. Turns out he just didn’t know what it means. edit: I still dated him for the worst 4 months of my life. Never again.

[@leecalmdown]

Also, Bianca Del Rio’s fastball is unbeatable

[@KendrixTermina]

you dodged a bullet there

[@cbpd89]

You really dodged a bullet there! Can you imagine a boyfriend who is so stupid but still wants to be smarter than his girlfriend?

[@AgFalcon84]

Sounds like he did you a favor!

[@nycatlady2314]

My ex husband used to tell me to stop using $10 words. 🙄

[@rheap129]

So they don’t mind their kids being asked about “BDE” but think being told that homosexuality exists is inappropriate at any age under 18? Man, we are in the worst timeline.

[@nairsheasterling9457]

That's your evidence that it specifically is being used to target lgbtqia+ identity and education.

[@joshua.harazin]

Yup. Drag Queens = dangerous indoctrination and perversion, but big dicks = A-OK.

[@brandonheidt7145]

Now everyone needs to start growing goatees and that will be true!

[@avigutierrez8948]

Abed from community was so dead on about that😈

[@MrPopo40]

@@nairsheasterling9457 are you saying it's okay to talk to children about who they like? Cause if you ask me that's not okay, they are kids and they are constantly. They don't even know their favorite color how are they going to know their orientation

[@ernesthumphrey2219]

John your efforts to explain these political nightmares.. is appreciated. Of course your addition of humor. Is always a treat…

[@mikemorton6219]

When you make peaceful protest illegal, you make violent protest inevitable.

[@nb6525]

“Peaceful protests” where stores, restaurants, entire blocks of cities were burnt down, parts of cities taken under militia control, police captain shot etc.

[@GadgetMsGadget]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

@@MegaLokopo bot

[@traveller23e]

@@MegaLokopo if there are violent riots all over the country with clear political messages attached, it probably means you should maybe think about starting to pay attention. Especially when the goals of said rioters and all the associated peaceful protests align with your own laws fairly well, particularly the fundamental ones.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@traveller23e You comment doesn't make sense. What do you mean. I don't support the rioters or the peaceful protests. They support the party of slavery and the party that supports intentionally killing babies before during and after birth.

[@thatmanfred]

"Florida is leading the nation. Decline is a choice." A more perfect pair of lines I've never seen.

[@frankpeter9145]

Florida is America's breeding ground of white christian nationalism

[@mariyamwaniki]

Word salad

[@lastjob2011]

That has the same vibes as 'The Descent Down the Golden Escalator'. What an analogy. We had no idea.

[@lyndareilly6893]

Decline is a choice, I decline DeSantis, he is Hitler re-born. Wait and see if he's voted as president. Nip all this in the bud if you want a republic, VOTE ALL BLUE.

[@aliceahmadieh9984]

Stay in Florida please

[@amyjensen4961]

I'm a teacher in Florida. My principal said to remove the books. Or I can choose to post a list of them online to be viewed by anyone but we were warned, "they are coming for you".

[@benjaminr8961]

How nuts do you have to be to think that’s ominous? “Oh I can hide that I’m trying to indoctrinate peoples children. How terrifying”

[@iwill3133]

so sorry and thank you for hanging in there for the kids.

[@makko1988]

As a parent, I will not feel comfortable that a teacher will talk about sex or sex identity to my 9 and 7 year old kids. I think that's a parent responsibility to teach and explain to our children when the time comes... my teachers didn't talk or teach these topics, and the need of bringing this topics to a classroom is simply not there.

[@xyzzyx7812]

perfect. now you can be sure that any pedophile colleague has a higher chance of getting caught before abusing minors

[@maxmichalik4938]

​​@@makko1988 What about those parents that won't teach their kids about this stuff though? Because they definitely exist. Should a nation accept its citizen growing up in ignorance? Also does that mean that according to you we should ban all mentions of straight love from ages 7 to 9?

[@jasonkresock2196]

Watching this 10 months later, it’s great to know he’s basically out of it, but John, you’re still spot on. Love you dude. Excellent Work

[@EdricLysharae]

"I don't like women correcting me." Well that explains *a lot* .

[@Robynhoodlum]

And we don't like men who refuse to listen to anyone else and change their bad behavior! 😆

[@anderivative]

@@MMonster-x5h that's the main Trump thing is to act like one knows 100% of everything entirely. That's basically the definition of small dick energy. (However, that last clip of him berating a journalist about "I just disabused you of that" he was in the right because he said that walgreens or whatever companies got to distribute the vaccine because a 3rd party deemed them to have the biggest reach and the reporter basically repeated her question that claimed he was cashing in on it.)

[@tonyzuco6144]

And that you believe that lie, explains a lot more about you.

[@internetposta7389]

If it's true. I mean we could say that you said that. It doesn't mean it's true. No doubt he would have had women in his chain of command in the Navy correcting him.

[@Cara-39]

​@@anderivative The reporter didn't repeat herself, she never got to finish her question because DeSantis can't handle anyone that isn't a sycophant speaking to him. For someone that loves to throw around the word "freedom" and wraps himself in the flag, he constantly shuts down press from outlets he doesn't personally like. That's how autocrats operate.

[@keithcarson7638]

I get this feeling that "Woke" is now their favorite word because they can't say a slur.

[@allenjunge4127]

They say woke because it's the least crypto dog whistle they can use. People are dancing around the concept, but Ron DeSantis is a fascist and he's trying to get fascists on his side.

[@RochelleHasTooManyHobbies]

There are two genders, male and woke. Two races, white and woke. Two religions, Catholic and woke. Two sexualities, straight and woke. Everything they hate is just "woke" to them.

[@TheGuindo]

spot on.

[@RickSanchez-C69]

And can claim it isn't a slur, while using it as one.

[@mikelu1321]

There’s a video during the 1/6 nonsense of a bunch of white guys surrounding and harassing a a passer-by old black lady with a grocery cart yelling “BLM! BLM!” at her just because they can’t directly say the n word. It took another white guy to put his arms around her and get her out of that group before something worse happened. Saw it on twitch live.

[@ayela562]

I’m very close to someone who was a social worker in a Florida elementary school. Over 85% of the children in her school qualified for free lunches because of the poverty they live in. Good job Ron. Keep congratulating yourselves on your wins while children in your state can’t even fucking eat.

[@yoriex3577]

@Cerceify Fascinating to read an answer that has absolutely nothing to do with the comment. It's like a riddle. I think I got the answer: Both sentences have the words "free lunches" in them!

[@howardhowdy1906]

@@yoriex3577 I think he’s just comparing the social policies of Italy to those of the US. But you’re right. It’s completely irrelevant to the message of the comment above.

[@andrewdipaolo8367]

@@howardhowdy1906 Pretty sure they’re talking about Naples, Florida

[@MoonlightingJames]

@@andrewdipaolo8367 Thank you Andrew. And let me tell you, those suburbs of Naples are quite something to behold. :)

[@ccmzadv4879]

You aren't close enough. All FL students are encouraged to take free/reduced lunch, because the number of kids who take it are tied to federal funding, not state. Think about that. Our house hold income is well over $5o0K a year, and the school is begging us to apply for that lunch program. You are being gaslit.

[@galacticreggie]

Several school districts have outright banned any books with black protagonists, calling them woke. NPR did an interview with one of the authors who attested that the book had no objectionable content. It was about a black kid going to school, having a happy time, and going back to his happy home and loving family. The author wanted positive, happy books for a black audience and that not every book with black heroes had to be about struggle or historical trauma. The NPR interviewer and the author came to the conclusion that the book was banned for being "woke" simply by having a black protagonist. That same story is repeated for other heroes of different ethnicity, religions, and LGBT characters. We are facing academic erasure.

[@OtakuKnown]

Thank you for sharing that. I didn't know that that was happening, am very sad for the authors who are getting their books unfairly pulled, and am very curious what author you are talking about because that sounds like a great book for my cousins and I'd like to get it for them.

[@spongeintheshoe]

What was the book?

[@HowToChangeName]

So its like Berlin book burning but without bonfire

[@MidMoonStar]

This is probably irrelevant to your point but what was the book called cause I kind of wanna read it now

[@wyattgwyon9484]

I'm the lead cook at a corporate cafe here in Florida. Last week we served a "Meatball Ron DeSandwich." Almost everyone thought it was hilarious. Some people even thought it was praise for the governor. The following day we had to change it to Meatball Sandwich because of complaints.

[@nanyubusnis9397]

That's an act of civil protest people should respect. But it's also just funny. I like what you did with "DeSandwich". I wish I was there while it was still on the menu. xD

[@jacobferrera1777]

😂 that's amazing

[@kenteague4802]

Some people are snowflakes

[@moremerry57]

Because the bulk j oh f Floridians are brain dead or the equivalent: they don’t care.

[@manuelportilla6092]

You should add a users note. It's meant to be shitted out and not puked.

[@charliej766]

I am a Floridian and I wish our leaders would focus on the growing number of seniors experiencing homelessness instead of trans athletes or woke math books. Our politicians never focus on the issues that actually improve quality of life. Sad.

[@drumlessons833]

Same thing in California. Whether it's Republican Ron or Democrat Gavin, neither party is responding to the vast explosion in poverty and desperation over the last 50 years. It's getting worse rapidly too.

[@kayty6673]

And our damn homeowners insurance costs. My has tripled since he took office and I have never filed a claim !!

[@stevenbatti3919]

Politician DO NOT care about us…only using us to get elected by promising us things we need and want that they will never deliver. They seek Money, Power and Control. Term Limits or I will NEVER vote for another incumbent.

[@wilhelmvanbabbenburg8443]

Politicians are a reflection of their people

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

@@wilhelmvanbabbenburg8443 not completely, floridian Republican voters voted in favor of having felons vote, but then they voted for ron who took it away. They're brainwashed by reactionary populism so they vote against their own interests thinking it's gonna help them but it wont. Doesn't mean the voters aren't a little bit like him

[@spacelemur7955]

About peguins: Male penguins instinctively tend eggs and chicks. Their mates go out and eat and bring food back, then they do the same. They are born with a baby-raising instinct. It also happens in other species that orphans get adopted.

[@AbcAbc-sp1od]

"Those penguins hate freedom and are ruining America!" - somebody in Florida, probably.

[@emilyrln]

They're turning the damn penguins gay!

[@Rawnblade13]

How dare you use actual facts! You might offend the Florida people!

[@MAPMinorAttractedPurge]

Democrats dont have sympathy for victims of violent crimes but they do for violent criminals.

[@juniorolumide]

the absurdity of the penguin tale is just unreal lol, i have completely given up on my hopes of republicans having common sense at this point.

[@BirdGang6]

He’s genuinely one of the most dangerous politicians to ever come through the US political system

[@Julia-lk8jn]

... so far.

[@lyndareilly6893]

@@Julia-lk8jn WE HAVE TO STOP THEM, GET MEAN AND ANGRY WITH THEIR CRAP, WE THE PEOPLE. DO NOT VOTE FOR THE MANIAC, WE WILL BE VERY SORRY.

[@samuelbarber6177]

And that’s saying quite a lot…

[@madmatt1964ify]

Him and Abbott

[@j.bat.8235]

Tbh almost every US politician is "one of the most dangerous politicians to ever come through the US political system", seen from the outside. 😐

[@Ziggy-hy4fn]

I cannot imagine bragging about pissing off the UN. It's like claiming to be a pro NASCAR driver because you're driving backwards through multi-lane traffic.

[@KenHeslip]

Those who corrected him on "Thai" are now thanking their lucky stars.

[@Borrowed_Rowboat]

YES!

[@Suchen_Wahrheit]

Your American pronunciation of "Thai"🤦‍♂ is F´ng Wrong. It's such Moronic to think, people around the call themselves how Americans are able to pronoun.

[@tovanir]

Remember when Trump called Thailand “Thighland”?

[@benvoliothefirst]

I am, at the same time, both glad this show exists and sad that it is forced to cover these kinds of topics.

[@pabloacosta8573]

Don’t be sad. At the end of the day all the kids will learn it from other kids and the internet regardless of the decisions made by these dummies. We live in the information age and they believe being or not on a book will stop em from learning it lol

[@pabloacosta8573]

@@Paonporteur I actually can imagine it being the case. I was referring more to the topics that upset the people against it. Same sex relationships, etc. Im not saying sex ed isn’t useful

[@pabloacosta8573]

@Beth Jim honestly, I feel like people were stupid even before water contamination was a thing. But it is to my understanding that drainage water and drinking water come and go from different sources. arent they?

[@drumlessons833]

I am sad this show exists because it intentionally avoids attaching DeSantis to Gitmo and illegal unconstitutional torture and imprisonment. Oliver can take partisan shots but only so long as they fall within the lines of the two-party duopoly.

[@Missunderstood103]

Hah! This is fun to rewatch now in February 2024.

[@themotherbrassica]

Living in Florida, I am constantly puzzled at how the politicians only remove freedoms from constituents instead of addressing the very real problems of increasing homelessness, higher than national average inflation, unaffordable housing, lack of community resources in any but the richest neighborhoods, teacher shortages, increasing gun violence, etc. and somehow they still have support?

[@LeBonkJordan]

Because the policies conservatives push are designed to reinforce the existing social and economic hierarchies. That's literally the whole thing conservatives want to conserve. They see the government not as one potential means of improving quality of living but as a necessary tool of enforcing order. Their posturing about "individual freedoms" has never been true unless you read it as "freedoms of certain specific types of individuals (specifically, the ones at the top of current hierarchies)". The left-right divide has always been between supporters of equality/democracy and supporters of the king/establishment.

[@luckybones8749]

The gun violence goes up because people are treated inhumanely. It's not the drugs causing all that pain. It's the stink eye from people.

[@chairmansservices2645]

Vote him out!!

[@ToudaHell]

They get support from those rich neighborhoods with all the resources and they like it that way. And none of that is sarcasm.

[@M-N00]

@@chairmansservices2645 you will only end up with the same fundamental problems. It's the whole political system that needs to be changed

[@emslife6002]

The most hypocritical part about him saying textbooks are sent to him with “woke math” is that the Florida State school board approved that book.

[@milabirtley3375]

just to cheer everyone up about the book ban, one parent in a Florida school district has challenged a book that Meatball Ron would hate to see go, the Bible, on the grounds of sodomy, infanticide, homicide, rape, and others I can't really recall, but it is currently in review and may be removed from Florida shelves!

[@regant.cameron8237]

😂😅😂

[@Meg_of_all_threads]

This is gold! ❤

[@mollusckscramp4124]

Wow!!

[@Itsmikeynotmickey]

Haha this is not at all true. Bibles are not allowed in school in 99 percent of the counties until high school. Which by then they have already had sex ed (reproductive and safe sex practices only) so they've already been introduced to it. But no, you'd rather have the Queer book that's so famous right now with a guy jerking off in his car while driving, than to read a book about a religion, which is freedom of religion.

[@lorigrass1]

Oh, and don't forget about all the incest in the Old Testament. Apparently, God twice, started building up the human race through incest. (Yuck!) Adam and Eve's children, supposable only had siblings and parents as potential people, to mate with. Same for the Noah Ark story. All of humanity, except for Noah, his wife, their daughters & their daughter's husbands, where wiped out. Sooooooo, again, only siblings and parents would have been available to mate with, to build up the human race. And Abraham, is considered The Father of All Nations, but he was married to his sister, Sarah! -- Then there is the Religious sanctioned rape! Shocking, but's there. Written down in the Holy Scriptures. --- And what's up with all the God ordered genocide, that's told of In the Old Testament? (Which included murdering the infants as well as all the animals). I believe it's in John 3:16, where it says "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, ..." Soooooo, according to scripture, God not only created and loves all people, but He on several occasions, ordered one group of people to comment genocide on another group of people. To me, this in no way sounds like love. And it is the opposite of what Jesus taught. And Jesus is suppose to be the Word of God, made flesh, who walked among mankind. Meaning that when you see how Jesus feels about, and interacted with, people, you're seeing how God feels about, and interacts with, people. Jesus taught the opposite of using violence on your fellow man. Sooooooo, even though I'm on team Jesus, the Christian Bible, with its many examples of incest, violence, rape, etc ..., I believe falls under Meatball Ron's book ban law.

[@sadiemcnabb4444]

Once again, a politician invents problems to avoid doing anything they were actually elected to do, like efficiently run the country.

[@ethanstump]

I mean, this is the country of the trail of tears and Jim Crow. Saying "this is not who we are", while genuinely uplifting and portraying the best of America.... Tends to also discount the worst of it.

[@Garfield-f2b]

right? my thoughts exactly! One would think that the state of Florida is so perfect that it has no other problems or issues to be resolved that the only way this wanna-be Agent Orange can justify his job is by doing what he's been doing.

[@JeromeBellon]

The man objecting to the penguin book also raises an interesting point. It hints heavily at how unconstitutional the law is. "Jesus said go and sin no more so this is against the law." Except something going against your religion is not basis for being against the law. If it is, then the law allows you to enforce your religion on others, so it is most definitely unconstitutional.

[@IamAlmostRealWitch]

this! laws should not be based on religion

[@tabularasa0606]

Jesus died for our sins, so if we don't sin Jesus would've died for nothing.

[@richardeldridge8335]

Taxpayers deciding what books the government can or cannot buy with their money is not unconstitutional.

[@chaitanyarao5546]

@@tabularasa0606 Based

[@delfuviomonk]

@@richardeldridge8335 If it's based on religious beliefs, then yes, yes it is. Religious beliefs have no place in government decisions.

[@Grizzly39]

My favorite thing about DeSantis fans is when they say he was a Seal. No dummy, He Was a lawyer for Seal team 1, that does not make him a Seal. That is like saying that the janitor at the Seal headquarters was a Seal. No it doesn’t.

[@boathousejoed1126]

One look at that fat slobs gut is all the proof you need to see the only seal he might have been is in an aquarium.

[@Vohlfied]

unironically, Rhonda Santis was also on the jantitorial staff. Something to do with urinary analysis.

[@Grizzly39]

@@Vohlfied meat gazer! Peepee watching

[@btmeaders]

I've decided he is "Wrong DeSantis" and it still rolls off the tongue.

[@chrisjones5949]

Ooh, THAT'S a good one. Like, Meatball Ron is pretty funny, but yours... that's clever.

[@awlig]

Props!

[@djgames6481]

I just call him worm food.

[@eggedon6112]

I called him DeSatan.

[@djgames6481]

@@eggedon6112 Just take the answer of the person above you. Very clever haha

[@lillianwetherby5270]

Mr Oliver, I listen to you every night so I can get a great laugh and calming thoughts to help me sleep. You are fantastic. Please don’t change. You are the best. Lillie

[@lisasmithline1386]

The guy who wanted to ban 'And Tango Makes Three' said that he didn't want children to be "indoctrinated", and then immediately goes on to QUOTE THE BIBLE; the irony is rich and thick.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

The same can be said for Kari Lake using sexual slang on something that is broadcasted and could be seen by children...anything remotely sexually tends to be shamed by them relentlessly because of "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!" but at the same time: "Let me show how fucking hypocritical I am and use sexual slang in a political gathering".

[@1objection]

It reminds me of how Boebert criticizes the left of indoctrination and trying to force sexualities and then praises the teen pregnancy rate in her state for being elevated.

[@drumlessons833]

All I know about Republicans and Democrats is Epstein's flight logs don't seem to discriminate between the two parties.

[@_P4r4d0x_]

@@1objection well, Boebert herself was a teen mom whose mother was a teenager when she was born. And her 17-year-old son just had his first kid. I would absolutely expect her to think that shit is normal.

[@youngwang97]

He also took that passage completely out of context. The passage was teaching that no one is to condemn others. Even the one who has the authority to do so, does not. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more." John 8:10-11

[@AliceP.]

On a lighter note - the audience saying 'awww' at the end of every sentence about the penguin story was delightful ❤

[@sinisterkitty8411]

That book's sales just went up so hard!

[@heretic-668]

The penguin incident was sweet, but it probably comes out of penguins being generally undiscriminating. Terrifyingly so. Don't look it up unless you really want to know and have a strong stomach. Penguins, like otters, dolphins, and Mallard ducks, have some really, REALLY dark sides.

[@AliceP.]

@@heretic-668 I don't really know how exactly I would look that up, but I understood the point and it seems to me that just like humans, as a species they could do real messed up stuff but also get attracted/mate/partner up with another [consenting?] penguin?

[@MaticTheProto]

@@heretic-668 not worse than humans

[@heretic-668]

@@MaticTheProto We have opposable thumbs and are the dominant species on the planet, but honestly, I take heart that however bad we are, if penguins, dolphins, chimps, ducks, otters, or crows were in our position...they'd be just as bad. Power does tend to corrupt.

[@victorvandenbelt2179]

Freedom never sounded more like fascism.

[@Gaius_Augustus]

Ah yes, the lockdowns, the vaccines, the masks and all that.

[@mickborneo2611]

Republicans are basically Fascist and Furious

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Part of the neo-fascist strategy is to undermine rational debate, and one way to do that is to literally redefine words so that the two sides don't even agree on what you're saying.

[@spongeintheshoe]

That tends to happen when the only freedom people care about is their own.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

@@spongeintheshoe that makes no sense.

[@ManiacX1999]

I sure do love it when politicians thinking that removing a book from a library will stop kids from finding smut. Like they have no access to the internet

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

To be fair, most of the politicians are boomers who barely understand the internet

[@TellyKNetic]

Also, what kind of smut do they think kids are finding in school libraries? If they are getting off on "The Color Purple" or "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," then they need access to the internet.

[@joshs3775]

I'm glad this dude's worried about important things like swimming competitions and not our collapsing property insurance industry that will go belly up in the next hurricane

[@archgirl7797]

Trans athletes in womens sport may not be the most important topic in the world but it is a huge injustice to women. Plenty of sports bodies are reversing course on this because they recognise that. DeSantis may be wrong on a lot of things but he's not wrong on that one. Time will prove that. The left making out like it's all fine trans athletes are winning unfairly just gives DeSantis the in with rational people and makes the left look insane.

[@zxy78267]

Absolutely

[@richardkobasic178]

You know it's coming and signs are this could be a very bad season. The ocean temps are doing strange things to migratory patterns and even whales are acting strange. This isn't good and having a moron for a Governor isn't going to help. Good luck down there!

[@Smedley1947]

And he will come begging with his hand out to the feds for money in the hurricane's aftermath. After all the bitching and moaning about how terrible government is. F****** hypocrite.

[@ziggyustar3137]

I think he was using it as a sexual reference folks, he's just a pig like every guy I know... not that I"d defend him/

[@patmaurer8541]

A friend's 17 year old daughter told me her school was dismissed when the internet was out. I jokingly asked, "Doesn't your school have books?" "We can't use them because the Governor didn't approve them yet."

[@runnergo1398]

I hope you made that up and it isn't true because that is terrifying.

[@nowaymangoshtomuchna]

@@Andres43280 think of it the other way around, could also mean that this school uses books that are containing questionable material cause when i look at a lot of the books at school libraries i only get YIKES feelings... with content that even make hustler authors go "holly shit... this is ronchy" kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYfToauwpt-IjJY and books with a lot of other VERY questionable stuff... from sexual to the political indoctrinating... one of my nieces even showed me a book from her school library where josef stalin "ruthless dictator and murderer of millions in the holodemor" is presented as a glorious hero who brought prosperity and welth and communism/socialism is presented as the greatest thing under the earth even though its the opposite way... ron desantis does a good job in finally CLEANING up the schools from this stuff and other states are following suite and i applaud him

[@ebybeehoney]

Yikes

[@danilicious2308]

​@@nowaymangoshtomuchna oh yeah. I also read a book with multiple genocides, a ton of murder, adultery, lies and all other sorts of nonsense in the school library. What's worse, we were educated from that book and were told to believe it's contents. Funny enough, it's exactly those acts that the believers follow instead of some message of love and it's those acts that are reason enough not to believe in some silly nonsense like it. Please ban that book first and foremost. It's a scourge and it's followers the worst hypocrites I've ever seen.

[@nowaymangoshtomuchna]

@@danilicious2308 what book ?

[@mattmayo3539]

When I was in Elementary school I knew I was gay. It didn’t bother me. What made it difficult was how unaccepting and cruel my classmates were to me. The books being removed weren’t necessarily for students like me. It was to inform others on how to treat people and that being gay was not wrong.

[@poeticsparrow]

Yup yup! The actual indoctrination here is the Christian nationalists who WANT their kids to grow up hating lgbt+ people and can't stand the idea of wholesome children's books about male penguins who raised a baby (gasp) together

[@wirehairs]

I'm sorry you have to experience that. It's only a reflection on their personal issues.

[@RickSanchez-C69]

And the worst part about that is, when it becomes more 'acceptable' then more people feel comfortable expressing themselves. This is then weaponized to say that oh look now more and more kids are gay. When in reality they already were, the numbers didn't change, just the freedom to express it.

[@cole7274]

@@alanbishopman2022 No one cares that you're heterosexual. It's weird and gross that you'd date someone of the opposite sex, you don't know what goes on in the other sex's body. Stop letting everyone know you're heterosexual, and for God's sake stop telling the kids it's okay for a man and woman to marry, because it's not. No one, especially not kids, needs to know what weird things go on in your bedroom.

[@katherinemoran7137]

They said they knew in elementary school. Elementary aged kids don’t have sex lives. Kids and teens talk about their crushes. Do you expect hetero kids/teens to stop talking about that? Maybe you and other married couples should stop talking about your opposite sex spouses. Bc that’s talking about your sex life according to your logic. Also, you’re here talking about your children. You had to have sex to make them. Maybe you should follow your own advice and stop talking to us about your sex life.

[@bobsyouruncle3075]

To all those women he left in the restaurant...you dodged a bullet. A huge bullet. Cannon ball sized bullet.

[@LifeofDayy]

I feel like the Thai food thing started because he genuinely mispronounced it on a date one time and when corrected was like, “uhhh, SIKE!” all flustered and embarrassed while pretending he flubbed it on purpose. Because he 100% seems like THAT guy. 😂😂😂

[@scottgordon1781]

Yes , all from one ' secret source ' ? Really ? Must be true then :-) One person said it !

[@Merlincat007]

@@scottgordon1781 Cope.

[@Lectrikfro]

I prefer to believe that he calls it thigh food because he has eaten a human thigh

[@jamesbaker4806]

There is no way to mispronounce “Thai” as “thigh” unless you have a “Thai”-ny penis and also think that “orgasm” is an alternate spelling of “organization.” To summarize: Mr. Florida Governor is an impotent ten-year-old.

[@TheTrueBrawler]

I don't know about that one. Pronouncing it "Thigh Food" in the context of a date sounds less like a genuine mistake and more like an attempt to make some kind of innuendo.

[@joachimschoder]

DeSantis writing a book about freedom makes as little sense as Trump writing a book about running a successful business.

[@Ganiscol]

That is the distilled truth about these two clowns.

[@vedwalker3974]

And yet, both exists.

[@shadowfoxx4]

It actually makes less sense. Trump's businesses usually at least start strong before he ruins them I don't think Ron even knows what freedom is

[@rolandwoltman7835]

Over 500 businesses... Less than 10 bankruptcies in a country where half of all businesses fail in the first two years.... I think you're bad at math.

[@leogama3422]

Makes as little sense as Trump writing any book that's not a collection of pictures and mean tweets

[@firstmkb]

I kept looking at the empty bookshelves, and hearing him talk about removing all of the hard core pornography. They must have had an incredible collection.

[@MeBeCreepy]

😭😭

[@caroljohnson8496]

Exactly, it looks like someone planted some "pornographic" books in school libraries, so all other books had to go...When he said "you ain't seen nothing yet.." I think he has started to fly too close to the sun. What is he going to do for an encore?

[@ahbbuddha]

@@caroljohnson8496 burn up on re-entry, w/ any luck..

[@brianjohnson1509]

If I'm remembering right, they had to remove everything from the shelves and go through all of it for re-approval, but then I was drinking when I heard this.

[@patricksalamone-gn8zb]

Rhonda Santis finds drag queens "attractive" and he wants to try cross dressing himself. That's the only reason I can think of to give him such a twisted view of sex.

[@Valyssi]

"We must protect our children against indoctrination... By basing our judgements on the word of Jesus" sometimes I wonder if these people even hear themselves speak

[@schelfie1986]

Thats asking for too much brainpower for those people. They only have one braincell that can be used at a time.

[@Skullhawk13]

They say that when the word of Jesus boils down to “Love your fellow man, be charitable, Spend time doing good and do not hold yourself above others.” Now how many of those sound like them? If they actually followed the teachings of Jesus it’d be a huge improvement.

[@matcha6710]

The "Courage To Be Free"... of choice. Of knowledge. Of rights.

[@DiegoCarrillo3]

And the courage to be free to be a racist homophobe

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

...of responsibility.

[@mikeday2393]

"the courage to be free". saying that right after banning CRT. wow.......just wow to all this.

[@MatthewBarrettBrainTrainer]

It's like Loki's "Free of Freedom" speech. He's so over the top he sounds like a comic book villain.

[@kingfield99]

...of empathy and understanding

[@supernova19805]

School Boards in Florida are really scared of these "concerned" parents and DeSantis's policies, and acquiesce to the pressure.Teachers have left in droves, and at least 2 counties I know of, now have to import teachers from South America on special visas, to fill in the huge gaps. They are also allowing people w/o teaching certificates to "teach", namely military veterans. All they need is: At least 48 months of military service with an honorable or medical discharge, at least 60 college credits with a 2.5 point grade average (out of 4) or above, a passing score on a Florida subject area exam for bachelor-level subjects and a job in a Florida school district, including charter schools. I am so glad, I no longer have kids in school.

[@caroljohnson8496]

That is scarey, but it is the position Desantis put his state education system in, all this will come home to roost.

[@powers1217]

I live in Oklahoma. I’ll see your military teachers and raise you absolutely no requirements to be a teacher here. None.

[@triarii9257]

I remember learning about the middle ages in highschool. What a great chance to see a statewide reenactment in real life!

[@robertdillon9989]

Florida, “It’s now stupider than Texas”

[@oldcatlover]

I live in Arizona, and my children are over 50 with no children! Hallelujah

[@MoxyOh]

Hearing that Ron intentionally married a woman who will not correct him even when she knows he's wrong speaks...well it actually just checks the fuck out.

[@internetposta7389]

You heard 3rd had information from one source. I can get you 3rd hand information from one source that Elvis lives with Santa on the moon. I take it you'd believe that too?

[@TheOpperatorBigW]

Seems really unlikely that he ever actually did that. No proof and sounds like bs

[@Fokko]

@@TheOpperatorBigW WHAT... 😂😂😂 No proofs and sounds like bullshit ! So I need something that sounds like bullshit, and alongside i already got it right here right now i still must show any form of evidence it really indeed is reality Bulshit on front!!!??? Can’t say Bullshit appearance’s to be Bullshit just like that.....🧠🖕🏻

[@regancopple4085]

Ron DeSantis is the Rudy Giuliani of Donald Trumps. He uses the word "woke" like Rudy used to use the date "9/11" in his presidential campaign speeches, that is to say often & in every context he can manage to squeeze it in.

[@henrycreque4735]

Incorrect

[@softnflabby]

Hearing Ron DeSantis speak aloud for the first time is a bit like hearing Jordan Peterson speak aloud for the first time: absolutely hillarious.

[@LancerX916]

I am so glad I ran from FL 12 years ago. I saw the writing on the wall with the politicians they were electing.

[@glorialongino9803]

I lived in Ft. Walton Beach for a year, had moved from Chicago for family. My son came home from 3rd grade telling me his teacher had been calling him 'Yankee boy' since his 1st day there. I thought he was exaggerating, so I went to speak to her. I almost punched her in the throat.

[@internetposta7389]

It's ok. Plenty of people from blue states are flooding there.

[@jeanpitre5789]

Where'd you move? Not many decent states in the country

[@benjaminkrider7173]

Man, all those women who corrected him dodged a big bullet.

[@abasdarhon]

Honestly, it probably isn't all that big.

[@internetposta7389]

Well his wife seems ot think highly of him. The left wing press in his state called him out for having empty stpts in his calendar and that he was going missing. He actually took his wife, how had breast cancer, to every one of her chemo appointments. To quote her, "He was the dad who took care of my children when I couldn’t. He was there to pick me off the ground when I literally couldn’t stand. He was there to fight for me when I didn’t have the strength to fight for myself.” But hey, what does that breast cancer having mom know about Desantis, right? you watched one Jon Oliver episode where he gossiped about the guy. What doe that lady know. Screw her right?

[@hashimashadoo]

What John forgot to mention while describing DeSantis' life before Congress was that while he was a navy attorney, he was put in charge of ensuring that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were having their legally-required human rights respected. This was, of course, just before the UN began to investigate that facility for human rights abuses.

[@antigonemerlin]

Don't forget that he'd go to prisoners posing as a human rights attorney and asking what techniques used by the interrogator were the worst. Then, he handed that list to the interrogators.

[@bradrichards7579]

Was really wondering why he skipped this in the show. My (by far) biggest red flag for him was videos I’ve seen of him enjoying being head of torture there.

[@saulgoodman1504]

@@antigonemerlin I love how this is literally just a lie

[@Jagar_Tharn]

@@saulgoodman1504 You love it?

[@HiltonHoskins]

A job which he sucked at.

[@SmokeNoMirrors]

As a Floridian I’d like to say, I’m more scared of DeSantis than I am of terrorists….

[@smd2169]

He’s a domestic terrorist.

[@johnmalcolm9980]

The people who kill most Americans, are Americans.

[@joyflavell7385]

You and me both!!! I've seen examples of it and he's not anything but an authoritarian wannabe dictator thug and he's killing Florida. Those who are power obsessed are the LAST people who should have it. From the beginning he's been scarier and far more dangerous than even tRUmp. Never thought I'd ever say that but it's true

[@Rkirt]

Me too.

[@jag92949]

Go act openly gay to members of ISIS, and see how well that turns out.

[@fmcgucket3076]

Christine Baranski is the clearest explanation of BDE I've heard to date. I finally understand it. Thank you, John.

[@jarcata1]

DeSantis puts bullying on a pedestal. His hero must be 45.

[@marliesyanke4580]

I like Baranski

[@tytn9978]

You offer an amazing exposure of a difficult human being. Thank you for the wit and wisdom you offer. I am so glad I don't live in Florida; being "woke" I would be cancelled there!

[@pimmyflores8739]

I find it comical how he can pinpoint an exact order by DeSantis and redicule it (I am talking about the voting which arrested those people and I agree with Oliver by the way); but he refuses to even acknowledge laws passed by liberal leaders which have freed criminals such as Timothy Chavira, Marceline Harvey, Albert Flick and David Weirdert and set them free only to murder and kill again. Jon Oliver is so selective on his reporting, it's rediculous. Also, he leaves out laws passed in New York which shut down vendors which increased police interactions which also increased people protesting and becoming more involved with police brutality? Some had a permit and others didn't. Those laws were passed by who, Oliver? Democrats. Oh wait, you won't report on that. So no, he only reports on people he dislikes/disagrees with. He'll never call out AOC, Talib or Hunter Biden or Biden for getting over 2 million from China or another million from Russia or another million from Ukraine despite Hunter not knowing jack sh** about oil or gas

[@emilesmithrowe8353]

If you don’t like being cancelled for your views, you shouldn’t be a democrat. I think ur views might align more republican than you thought

[@lizpope8762]

😮😮you guy

[@lorihenrytaylor4438]

It’s terrifying. I am afraid for the future of my three daughters. I am a proud American but I’ll send them overseas if it gives them a future with equality!

[@coldpuck]

Bruh, run while you still can. Kids are the most in danger in that country.

[@rebeccaholcombe9043]

Flat out, it will, but leaving the US is expensive and difficult. I can't afford it and as much as it pains me, I would.

[@natashav5309]

I need a list of the banned books so that I can buy them.

[@katelynntamayo3518]

The worst thing about trump (I know there’s a lot) is that he opened the door for politics to become this. People who will do horrible things and we just slowly get used to it. If the world doesn’t become something right out a dystopian movie I’ll be surprised. Edit: I agree with you guys I know that it wasn’t started by him but there definitely has been a shift sense his election. As someone in the comments said, he didn’t open the door but did he destroyed it.

[@skydiver250]

Actually I think that it really started with Newt Gingrich. And it has been steadily downhill since then.

[@newname9064]

This happened long before Trump.

[@MrDeathpilot]

"People will do horrible things and we just slowly get used to it." Sounds like Nazi Germany.

[@jimgoff1170]

@@skydiver250 exactly, Gingrich opened the door, and then trump and his cronies barged through like the koolaid man!

[@heartsingssacredsongsuntol6782]

rigth right you maybe watching too much

[@1dontknow4321]

I’m a Florida parent and all those books were purchased for the library with PTO fundraisers. Those books belong to us, the parents.

[@tomberger8628]

So Florida schools have no budget for books? What is happening to you people?

[@traceroll4277]

@@tomberger8628 correct. Florida has been the 2nd worst state for education funding since before I was born. Old people move here and then vote against education, the environment, parks and rec, and basically everything typically seen as good

[@mariesrodriguez8680]

Well said, sad , seems like we are going back to the dark ages.

[@howienelson9387]

The g@y parents

[@duanemartin1383]

How ironic you purchased them for schools…. But I’m guessing they’re not on your bookshelf in your home? Did all the parents approve of the material from a list provided to them before donation that the organization was going to be purchased?

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Then there's the redistricting. When the state legislature of FL passed a redistricting map, Gov DeSantis decided that it wasn't gerrymandered enough, redrew the lines, and browbeat the republicans in the legislature into passing his version. Since then, FL's legislative branch has basically become his rubber stamp.

[@dsddala467]

Funny how all these "strong men" are so weak they have to lie, cheat and steal to be "strong."

[@Swnsasy]

Floridian here.. The judge told him, "this map is blatantly racist and illegal." His stacked S Court here overturned the lower court.. Duval County and one other one I cannot think of is, 2 predominantly black communities.. And of course we cannot recall a governor here...

[@davidguelette7036]

A member of the state school board placed by DeSantis is a proud Q anon member, even flying the flag on her boat.

[@Odinsday]

He made Florida the new Wisconsin in terms of gerrymandered maps

[@mericanignoranc3551]

Every politician does that and cherry picking is a logic fallacy! The U.S. is an oligarchy, which means both parties are puppets of the rich, and it has been for 50 YEARS! Democrats and Republicans only job is to divide the American people so the rich stay in power! That is a FACT and here's a 10 YEAR PEER REVIEWED STUDY from PRINCETON , this is NOT OPINION it is DATA "Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. In English: the wealthy few move policy, while the average American has little power." Please stop falling for propaganda compatriots. It's time to bring down the Oligarchy, this isn't democracy

[@jackster9775]

Ron Desantis reminds my whole family of a comic book villain my brother made up when he was 8.

[@jackster9775]

I just came back because I reread that comic. The villain’s name was the Patriot and he robbed an Italian restaurant because their hair was greasy and full of oil.

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

Did your brother ever continue that series? It sounds like he was on to something.

[@jackster9775]

@@one-onessadhalf3393no.

[@aryaakart]

just stumbled across this. am dying to read that comic

[@cupcakeordeath]

Wanting a partner who won’t correct you is wanting a partner who will let you sound like an idiot.

[@FOertel]

Well, DeSantis clearly got that...

[@HowToChangeName]

Just marry a yesmen from his own campaign then

[@words007]

All of you f### are bigot racist or whatever word that describes your shallow self. A women dating to find a RICH husband is ok no matter if he is 35 year old or 70 doesn't matter. A men looking to date other MEN is ok cause they have a penis. A women dating women cause she into eating pussies. And so on and you people sudden find it Intolerable that DESENTIS used to date and liked women who didn't talked over him or corrected him? Like for real? If there is no topic to shit on let's MAKE AND INVENT 1 SHALL WE LIBERAL?

[@amirzeidani7528]

that Thai food story is basically the definition of SDE

[@Arael666]

Taking a joke as absolute truth just because you saw a vídeo about it on youtube makes you sound like an even bigger idiot

[@sticy5399]

The penguin book situation reminds me of that one Parks and Rec episode where the penguins get married. It's crazy how realistic it turned out to be. I can't believe this is happening in 2023.

[@shielanunn3484]

Let's not forget about Dr Zuess. BigBird.MnMs. talk about Looney toons!

[@jomerci2113]

I think the book and the Parks and Rec episode are based on the same story out of the new york zoo

[@MsSuite1]

OK, let's touch on the "hardcore pornography" in the library. IF such a thing existed, there would be two sure-fire ways to figure it out. #1 all of the teenage boys would be in the corner giggling about it, or #2 the book would be perpetually checked out and unavailable. My guess is if there is any such book in FL libraries, it's probably called "Thigh Food."

[@johnmoldoch-vj2jk]

Exactly, all the pre-teenage boys would be giggling over it. The teenage boys would be using it.

[@bohansenboh]

I did not know the school library in Florida had a Playboy section. We had to go to our dad's decapitated garage to find his porn section. Found it when we were about 10 years old. Not the best parenting, but it didn't kill us.

[@mkjirak]

You nailed the tone. I instinctively read that in John's voice.

[@mariadantzler2991]

Or simply called the Bible... but SkyLord forbid they ever admit all the homosexuality/rape/violence throughout their precious indoctrination fairytale...

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Conservatives finding an anatomy book with a picture of the anatomical structure of genitals: "is this hardcore pornography?"

[@pagawn1640]

I’d just like to say that John gave the little league win to the best cast of Drag Race and that makes me endlessly happy.

[@yellow4563]

Ron doesn’t care if his laws can be followed through, or his actions are even legal. He’s just using his position as advertising. It is working.

[@maxsecrest]

Yep. Never underestimate the cons dedication, and money, and smart strategists ability to manipulate the people. They continue to learn so much from 2016 and 2020, and all they care about is winning no mater what morals or laws they have to break.

[@highlyfavored2434]

You really thing he will be the next POTUS?

[@kurtzFPV]

​@@highlyfavored2434I don't. Unless Trump goes to jailor stops running. If Trump loses the nomination to Desantis he will 100% go 3rd party and wreck the fascist aspirations of the party. Let's hope.

[@highlyfavored2434]

@@kurtzFPV agreed, those views were popular during the first rounds of the tea party . Now every politician that was supporting the election fraud claims by trump lost. Desantis is extreme with his views and decisions and that will be thwarted by the powers that be

[@yellow4563]

@@highlyfavored2434 Ron has good chances if trump doesn’t derail him. Not that Ron is a good candidate, think dem party has proven to have terrible strategic sense.

[@deborahahonen6949]

My daughter is a teacher in Florida, and she says teachers are quitting over DuhSantis’ stupid mandates. They’re having real trouble keeping teachers. He’s obsessed with stupid culture wars but doing zip for Florida’s many REAL problems, like low wages and high housing costs, toxic red tide ruining beaches, affecting tourism and hurting small businesses, crumbling infrastructure, rising seas, rising homeowners insurance, teacher shortages, homelessness, sinkholes, gun violence, traffic gridlock, nursing shortage, and much more. Florida has become a failed state under this power-hungry bully of a governor and his Rethuglican Florida legislature. 😢

[@sbpoolleague]

Well put. I can think of no one (other than Florida's most famous resident) who deserves to die more than this pig.

[@paulawilder8368]

DuhSantis love it

[@barbrybacki]

I live in DeSantistan as well, and am horrified at his stupid culture wars. But it’s 78 and mostly sunny here, while the rest of the country is still battling snowstorms 🤷‍♀️

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

​@@barbrybacki I'd take snowstorms over all that shite! Not to mention the scores of yearly hurricanes, and the roving scourge that is Florida Man.

[@certiPHIer]

Maybe the only good news from FL is that 1 in 8 of the FL youth that have graduated high school and are going off to college, are refusing to go to a FL or other red state college, so there will be at least some Floridians who will survive the rising seas & the DeSantis administration.

[@user-tm1oy6ck4t]

Florida. Where decency and common sense go to die. But where hatred and hypocrisy obviously flourish.

[@entropybentwhistle]

When you have to lump Florida into “flyover country” it’s not such a bad thing, because you get to keep going to Bermuda or the Bahamas for a nice beach holiday.

[@Spanky-ju6rc]

That’s why Even Libs from California are moving here in droves. Personally I wish they’d stay out west in the Cesspool they’ve created.

[@MrRawrCEO]

@@Spanky-ju6rc Liberals aren't the ones moving here in droves my lad. The number of registered Republicans only recently overtook Democrats because of all the conservatives moving here.

[@bryanwatson123]

@@Spanky-ju6rc this is what you call throwing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks.

[@Paddler581]

@@Spanky-ju6rc no one from Cali wants to live in Florida lol

[@sadem1045]

Desantis claims he wants to protect children............but allows the police to question them without a parent/guardian present. Interesting.

[@elodiaravenwood2644]

Respect for the bucket list lady, she did exactly what she said she would

[@AbcAbc-sp1od]

YOLO

[@howdy1312]

I was raised in a conservative area and I didn't know what "gay" or "lesbian" meant until I was 13. Did I have gay crushes at school before then? Yes. Did things make more sense after I realized gay was what I was? Yes. I just didn't know there was a word for how i felt before. Not talking about the LGBT community doesn't keep people from identifying as part of it.

[@chiefsilverback]

I wonder if using words like "identify" and "community" doesn't give these right wing nut jobs ammunition to argue there's some level of choice in the matter? If you were to re-state your last sentence as "Not talking about LGBT doesn't stop people from being LGBT" feels far more definitive doesn't it?

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

Exactly!

[@s.r.r.]

Absolutely true. In fact it is nothing less than criminal to deny children an education that allows them to know they are not alone in their personal condition.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

Nope but it does it’s best to erase your existence… which is the point. They hope if no one is allowed to talk about “it” be it gay, trans, abortions that it will disappear

[@shsfehyr]

@@s.r.r. dude the internet is enough for that , we didn’t have any education and we knew what lgbt was . Stop forcing it on everyone for the sake of the few this is how democrats will Lose elections to that idiot trump. You make us old school dems vote for him

[@donutchan8114]

The Thai anecdote is somehow one of the most unsettling facts, because that perfectly encapsulates a man who runs on the "my way or the highway and im always right", unabashedly, and wants to rule over a country. Far worse than "run it into the ground like a business" Trump

[@annemariefrank]

Exactly. It's a far worse type of personality disorder.

[@fintan9218]

They both have clear evidence of narcissistic personality

[@guywholikesgoodmusic]

DeSantis is the bigger threat imo. He's much more electable. Moderates told the world in 2020 that they don't want Trump, but they see DeSantis, a conservative (who are, for some reason, regarded as the party of fiscal responsibility and small government overreach despite recent legislation proving very much the opposite) in a struggling economy as a more reasonable option.

[@emilyb.8219]

@@guywholikesgoodmusic Absolutely. I don't think us on the left are taking him seriously enough, much like we failed to do with Trump in the 2016 campaign

[@sylviatamieanan4088]

I'm sure some girlfriend left him for his bad English and he only made up this story to say he's the one who dumped her.

[@barbarajohnson7201]

John is spot on. Brilliant, sarcastic, funny and educational.

[@JuanGaubeca]

DeSantis fits right in with the current Republican belief that freedom means the freedom to take away freedom from others.

[@drumlessons833]

Republican, Democrat - they divide us down these lines on purpose. You think Biden didn't take half of Trump's cabinet when he moved into office? You think the two parties have different donors? It's a lie.

[@habibikebabtheiii2037]

Chi-mo

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

Freedom for me Shackles for thee

[@Bobboberson1234]

Freedom for adults. But protect children's growing minds. You pedos are weird as he'll with all this grooming...

[@guillermogutierrez-santana4446]

We’re privileged and equality means oppression

[@crewchiefrlm]

I have a feeling between now and the coming election, we'll likely see a part II to this segment, and it's much needed. John's analysis of DeSantis is just scratching the surface.

[@saninorochimaru2]

Especially once the republican primary is fully underway

[@eaterdrinker000]

DeSatan is a DeGenerate.

[@LenGott8345]

Simplest way to boil down the incoming Trumplican Primary... New Trump isn't beating Trump. It doesn't matter how much airtime Faux News gives him. New Trump isn't flipping enough folks off of Trump to win the nomination.

[@tobiramasenju6290]

I agree but should we really let little kids decide if they undergo life changing irreversible surgery?

[@guywholikesgoodmusic]

@@tobiramasenju6290 That isn't happening anywhere in the US. Made up issue. I challenge you to find a single instance of it happening in a reputable surgical center.

[@resources_glitched]

My highschool library is so empty books can sit on the shelves with the cover facing out. The librarian also had a permanent "free books" shelf by the door that's always over flowing. It was so sad to watch it go from full to near empty in a summer

[@od1koneod171]

Sorry to hear that. There is a better future ahead. Hang in there!

[@blackswan1983]

The PTA usually organizes fundraisers for this sort of thing. Reach out to them?

[@Tris-Mimi]

Where are you? There are so many free books giving away at my kids school, they come home regularly because the teacher would “force” them to choose

[@colepark7820]

@@od1koneod171 There probably isn't. It is *more likely than not* that the United States is going to experience full democratic breakdown and descend into authoritarianism this decade. Like how Germany did from 1930 to 1933, like how Chile did in 1973, and like how Hong Kong did from 2019 to 2020. The circumstances would be very different from those situations, but the outcomes would be similar. It likely won't be peaceful, either. A large amount of pro-democracy citizens will likely start rioting once they realise they've lost the power to elect the government in practice, and someone like Trump or DeSantis as president would likely ask the military to shoot them, right after they were done purging opponents from the leadership of said military. Florida, and other states like it would get worse. The Republicans would have no electoral means of unseating some local Democrat-controlled state governments, but rest assured they will find a way to take over those states too, even if it means violence. It's really not looking good. You and @Glitch_B0is should leave. Move to another country, or at least have that option ready and available to you. "More likely than not" does not meant _inevitable_ but it does mean it's the most probable outcome. Other outcomes like a military coup against Trump/DeSantis, the survival of American democracy to some extent or maybe entirely, or even a sort of civil war are also on the table, but they aren't as likely to happen.

[@roughhabit6496]

Who knew Americans read books anyway?

[@Sunprism]

We're ready for a part 2 already

[@prettyevil6662000]

If someone told me they liked 'thigh' food, I would honestly think it was the worst pickup line ever and leave the date before he could.

[@Nancyr-x8o]

that was my feeling too

[@hakunakahuna]

As a son, nephew and grandson of teachers, I can confidently say that teachers are consistently underpaid and underappreciated in this society, and parents need to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for their kids and not expect teachers to do their job for them. It's no wonder teachers have been quitting left and right.

[@Juliorodriguez-fm5ci]

I totally agree with you, educators are not paid any where near what they are worth. Go to Germany and see what you find.

[@newtheis]

If I was a history teacher and was told a had to cut a week out of my curriculum and replace it with "Tranny history week......... (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transgender_people_in_the_United_States) ......... Yea, I would want to reevaluate my career choice.

[@funvideoperson5268]

Yup!

[@Gina-uw1dw]

What was that person implying to say "never trust"? No wonder; only, my daughter is a teacher and loves the kids.

[@k8923]

Unfortunately, the statement above by RS exactly parrots what Ron DeSantis is saying.

[@xav8orx]

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -J.F.Kennedy

[@operaforlife6551]

Hadn't heard that one before, thanks!

[@xav8orx]

@@operaforlife6551 Nice find, thank you for posting!

[@operaforlife6551]

@@xav8orx my pleasure, especially since it made the misinformation go away ;)

[@operaforlife6551]

@@judobongobuck No need to feel stupid, I make mistakes all the time too :)

[@sandollor]

​@@judobongobuck Good on you for admitting your mistake. If more people were like you we'd live in a better world.

[@KUMOCINEMAS]

This is the best episode.

[@lebbeus]

DeSantis: “I feel honored to be criticized by the United Nation of violating freedom of speech” Also DeSantis: “Look at China’s human right issues!”

[@mikeharborson1901]

Adding the /s flag for sarcasm is also important! Do not forget, this is text communication that leaves inaccuracies very possible if not clarified with extreme details if message accuracy is of importance!

[@shasmi93]

You have a point…. But Biden and the dems are in control rn and they have done ZERO to fix that China issue as well. Both parties are flawed and you all just know that.

[@ragnarlothbrok4281]

How does China massacring millions of people compare to taking child porn out of a library?

[@spirit5228]

He wasn't called 'deathsantis' for nothing

[@lebbeus]

@@ragnarlothbrok4281 Massacre? Any evidence? Stop pretending to be woke, you are as brainwashed by the media as your enemy

[@strasalasa]

i realy dont know why i watch every episode.. i am living in germany.. but still.. Thank you!

[@andrefricke9998]

Same 😁

[@aytestarose8903]

Same

[@maeannengo4908]

It's like watching a disaster unfold

[@LushOffiziell]

Auch

[@LuckyPigeon1111]

I wanna live in Germany.

[@karens1967]

Please, let's not underestimate DeSantis. No one, not even Trump, believed that Trump would win in 2016. But we're still cleaning up that four year train wreck.

[@OldenPolyNate]

He can't beat Trump. He's popular in Florida but doesn't have the cult backing like Trump has in the other red states. His best bet is to just wait for Trump to drop dead because Trump is gonna murder him in the primaries like Jeb Bush Remember him? lol

[@Arulane]

He scares the crap out of me. He is Trump with more of a brain, more of a fascist plan.

[@RevShifty]

He's like 45, only more competent (not a high bar, by any stretch), and with an education in law. He could do more damage than 45 ever dreamt of.

[@a9fc]

Yeap. This video is to point out how much of a meatball he us, not that we should underestimate him

[@frannymackin]

dementia joe whole presidency is what you should be trying to clean up

[@miltontorres7638]

Great program. The facts are the facts. Hopefully people can understand what’s happening with another way of seeing things. Nicely done!

[@tomberger8628]

Given that he's lied consistently about his Navy experience (he never deployed with the Seals - he signed their papers, etc. ), I propose the nickname of Ron deSantos.

[@bobpurcell7175]

Ron DeSantorum a little too historical? Not that that isn't good!

[@trevorhast5367]

Ron Dishonest

[@amymorris2341]

No, nail on the head. Ron DeSantos is perfect!

[@leonlowenstadter9223]

Hi, it's me, George Santos. I approve this message.

[@OscarInAsia]

Meanwhile Florida has a bill pending that would require bloggers who criticize DeSandwich to register with the state. But yeah, Florida is the most free state! 😆😆

[@FakingANerve]

But registering assault rifles? "Muh freedoms!!"

[@Robynhoodlum]

So we can add violating Freedom of the Press to his list of unconstitutional laws?

[@oneirishpoet]

As long as Florida has that fascist DeSatan as governor I'll never visit or spend another single dollar in that fucken state

[@oneirishpoet]

@@Robynhoodlum yep exactly

[@erichammer2751]

They also have one pending that will outlaw the Democratic Party. Oh, wait, "That's not what the bill says!" Actually, the bill would outlaw any party that once had slavery as part of its platform. Which is interesting, continuing their stance on systemic racism...

[@sarahperkins6421]

When I was ten, I had a step-dad who snapped at me for gently correcting his pronunciation over family dinner. Turns out, my mom had been looking for an excuse to leave and that was the spark that lit the fire under her ass. We ended up leaving him that night. I was fortunate to have had her for a mother, less so to have experienced that pos for a father figure.

[@celticceltic99]

I’m glad you were able to get away from someone that hurt you.

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 So when did you give up on that whole intellectual thing? A mother making a decision based in part on a provoked protective response is different from a child acting as a shield. Your comment seriously lacks nuance, which might be related to your limited staying power as an intellectual. Your misapprehension of nuance might have confounded your attempts to correct people. Nuance could make the difference between "Thanks, I didn't know that" and "STFU, you self-righteous jerkwad." I know I'm acting like an intellectual asshole. That's intentional. (That's how "intellectuals" often come across when they're trying to "help" people.) I don't like the way you judged someone about something so personal, particularly when she, who lived her reality, came away with such a very different opinion, and there is nothing in what she said that supports your judgement. How do you feel about being corrected?

[@SaraWolffs]

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 Many people will tolerate abuse towards themselves which they'll immediately recognise as unacceptable when directed towards their child. We don't always protect ourselves as well as we protect those we care for.

[@Yamyatos]

Reply i wrote to the women who just deleted all of her comments about how she is the intellectual type and cant understand when people got mad at her for correcting them: There is different scenarios for being corrected. In a relaxed atmosphere of chitchat most people wont mind. If you are talking about a serious topic, potentially trying to get your child to understand something important, or if you just scolded them, and they tell you that you mispronounced a word, thats totally inappropriate. There is a time and place for everything.

[@leobigelow7021]

My father was a wonderful man -- strong, the leader of our family, and someone my mother was totally, permanently in love with. They were married for forty years. After he died, she had absolutely no interest in ever dating anyone again. He was a tremendous father figure, and made me into a really good father myself.

[@martis908]

FANTASTIC! Thank you…as always.

[@anitathomas8812]

I am a native born Floridian and have always loved being one. Now, I hesitate to identify myself as a Floridian because we are becoming the laughing stock of the nation. I've actually considered moving because I am so sick and tired of DeSantis. The only reason I don't move is I refuse to give my state over to these morons. I will stay and fight!

[@elizabethzank9539]

Ooof. Same.

[@SlyAceZeta]

I mean no offense to you and yours... but Florida has been the laughingstock of the nation for decades. That gif you've definitely seen of Bugs Bunny sawing off the state was from 1949. Florida isn't just where "woke" goes to die, it's where everything goes to die.

[@calt5566]

​@@SlyAceZeta oh man.. brutal.

[@betsyvoss49]

If you're going to move, don't go to Texas. Just sayin'.

[@deloresjackson794]

@@SlyAceZeta Seriously...the only good thing about Florida is the pleasant winter months

[@abby--]

“Our kids CANNOT learn about gay couples but you should ask them to explain BDE” lmao

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Yeah, kids need to learn that big dicks are for energy, not having sex with the same sex 😆

[@KM-nd6wj]

And hand them a gun too! That’s A- Ok with them.

[@cz2301]

ask DeSantis about ligma lol

[@ullrsdream]

that's perfect

[@davidray4793]

This guy pretends to be tough he wouldn't be such a bully without state protection so put him in a room without protection & try these tactics one could only dream he's a coward for real wouldn't happen he's not that brave a dictator presenting a bill to suppress a free press from criticism of any kind sounds like the same law they have in Russia he needs to live there.

[@everentropy]

I went to New College of Florida and I really hope that there's an episode on what he's doing to higher education. He's using NCF as a blueprint for taking over larger schools and we are just the smallest and most vulnerable

[@albertmartini9669]

I hope someone is doing a documentary on New College. Crazy what is going on there. The plan is to convert the "hippie" college into a Christian sports academy. One of the biggest cons was to appoint Ron's crony Richard Corcoran as president making twice as much as the previous president or the same salary as the president of Michigan State. Fiscal conservatism at its finest!!

[@dthomas9230]

He is ruining education and abortion rights, but AR.15s are fine with no background checks or license.

[@masterofwriters4176]

As a Floridian, I approve this professional dunking

[@alianna8806]

If he had shut up, she would have finished the question in a lot less time than it took him to argue about the question.

[@ramblerdave1339]

I agree, but with a side note. Reporters need to learn how to ask one question at a time, so they don't pack three questions into a single multi-paragraph question.

[@alianna8806]

@@ramblerdave1339 Yes it was a bit long, but it would have been over very quickly if he just answered. But he didn't want to.

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

@@ramblerdave1339 it was one question, she was just giving examples of the effect of it.

[@alianna8806]

@M. A. Sure but I don't think his method was much more effective

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Throughout history people who banned books and education were the villains

[@Helenah51]

And censorship. Oops, no, that doesn’t fit your narrative.

[@mandyharewood886]

Exactly! Cite some examples to bolster your argument and keep on posting it! Right-wing trolls will see it.

[@daryno9048]

@@Helenah51 conservatives are doing more to censor than democrats

[@geomeopeoleo1740]

Book burnings done by the Nazi, everything else done by the Nazis. Your welcome to research it more.

[@DylanC444]

​@@Helenah51 Censorship and banning books go hand in hand. Youre using YOUR own narrative against yourself.

[@russell6011]

every reporter should start all their questions with a clarifying statement to DeSantis, "Its pronounced Thai food." Or ask him if he still pronounces Thai food as Thigh food for the rest of his political career.

[@LarlemMagic]

[@Infamouswolf83]

Man that will completely sink his campaign with all the thigh people in Florida

[@treetopjones737]

Also use the footage of him in those WHITE boots allegedly for walking in disaster areas meaning getting muddy. #TheyStayedClean

[@peterlongprong7521]

The very fact that DeSantis doesn't want anyone (let alone a date) correct him, is a GIANT AZZ RED FLAG of a narcissistic psychopath - he's just Trump 2.0 in a meatball suit. we don't need soulless bullies as leaders.

[@eboknows9812]

Or just ask him where the closest Thigh restaurant is.

[@CWTyger]

I wonder if the writer's strike will actually harm Ron DeSantis because with no new episodes, people are rewatching this one.