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DeSantis vs. Disney

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by dynogator, Apr 13, 2022.

  1. buckeyegator

    buckeyegator Premium Member

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    4 out of the last 6 posts mention trump, and there is no obsession???
     
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  2. surfin_bird

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    Disney used to be a totalitarian state. At least for it's employees and in following environmental regulations. Hair length, earrings, beards, disregarding water discharges and endangered species regulations. Viva le' Mouse!
     
  3. WarDamnGator

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    I think this pro-Trump bot is misfiring ... starting to argue with itself.

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  4. buckeyegator

    buckeyegator Premium Member

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    i dont bring his name up, you all do, can't let him go
     
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  5. reboundgtr

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    Musn't offend anyone at all. Effing fantasyland thinking. Disney Parks have lost their luster long before this. We sold our time share in 2019.
     
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  6. surfin_bird

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    Good, I would always cringe, when a rabid chipmunk called me "princess" when I would visit the tragic kingdom. The nerve...
     
  7. WC53

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    New Disney Character, Rhonda Santos
     
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  8. ursidman

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    Snowflakes and cancel culture
     
  9. swampbabe

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    I’m curious why they weren’t arrested and their cars impounded? They were blocking 535. Hmm….
     
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  10. ursidman

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    Got an idea this was early on in the blockade. Strategic timing though in striking during Easter weekend.
     
  11. gator_lawyer

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    I'm surprised some angry parents didn't harm them. Can you imagine being stuck in a massive traffic jam with children who are supposed to be attending Disney at that time?
     
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  12. ursidman

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    They would deserve whatever mom-rage befell them.
     
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  13. 96Gatorcise

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    Doesn't the new law passed basically give you permission to run protesters over blocking a highway?
     
  14. G8trGr8t

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    this, those cars would have been rolled to the edge of the road or arrests would have been made if I was stuck in that BS.
     
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  15. gator_lawyer

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    No.
     
  16. 96Gatorcise

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    Too bad.
     
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  17. 96Gatorcise

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    Ron DeSantis wants to strip Disney World of special status

    DeSantis, seen as a potential front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said lawmakers will be “considering termination of all special districts that were announced in Florida prior to 1968 — and that includes the Reedy Creek Improvement District.”
     
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  18. slightlyskeptic

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    That shit would piss me right off. Why some people copy the same stuff they supposedly hate never fails to amaze me. Protest all you want but don't ever interfere with my civil rights and freedom to go where I want to go. o_O
     
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  19. GatorNorth

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    "While some observers have questioned the will of lawmakers to scrap the arrangement given Disney’s economic power, DeSantis said Tuesday that he viewed the push as “very important''."

    Why is this suddenly so important to the governor?

    He's such a whiny, retaliatory autocrat wrapped in a faux freedom blanket.

    Protest in the streets-and he makes much of unlawful.

    Impose a mask ordinance-and he threatens to withhold your funding.

    Complain about a new law-and he threatens to take away almost 60 year old tax status.

    He's brazen about governing solely based on those who oppose him.
     
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    He is running in ‘24 and wants to be seen as a fighter that doesn’t back down. Disney handed him a gift on a silver platter after their CEO tried to avoid this issue but got dragged into it after Bob Igor made a comment about it.

    I think this is a brush back pitch by DeSantis as I hope he doesn’t go through with it. Disney doesn’t want this fight and DeSantis doesn’t need to upset one of the biggest employers in his state.
     
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