67
submitted 1 year ago by Fonchote@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

A survey shows perceptions of the Florida governor's favorabilty have dropped, even among Republicans, as he refuses to back down in a feud with Disney.

top 18 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

The man has gone and gotten his dick stuck in a finger trap. At this point, i don't know that he's capable of walking away from this; the right time to do this was a while ago. Trump, while I'm not fan of his, would have managed the politics of this much better, in terms of accomplishing his goals. He would have launched the first attack, declared victory, and walked away. Ron "Thigh food" DeSantis seems to actually be invested in winning, by whatever metric he uses, and he is just not going to win against the Nazgul.

So, in short, Let Them Fight!

[-] gerowen@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

On one hand, what he's "saying" isn't wrong, at a fundamental level. A corporation should have to follow the same laws as everybody else. That said, it's kinda obvious that Disney has had no major issues arise from their special status in Florida, and the only reason he's going after them isn't because he wants to level the playing field, it's because they had the guts to stand up to him and his hateful policies, so he's trying to be seen as "tough" on big corporations to bolster his chances in the presidential election.

[-] parrot-party@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

There's also many other special areas like the Villages, and he made sure not to touch those. It's obviously just a direct attack at Disney, targeted for the crime of not being bigoted enough.

[-] falsem@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

It's also hilarious because having a corporation instead of tax payers pay for maintaining roads and utilities is a "small-government" wet dream but he's intent on trying to get rid of it.

[-] SoupOfTheDay@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Disney also overpaid taxes and things like that. He really wants to slaughter the goose that lays the golden eggs.

[-] Otome-chan@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

the feud is so dumb but the best thing that could result from this is if DeSantis attacked copyright laws to "attack disney". that'd be amazing.

[-] dipbeneaththelasers@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I like where your head is at, but I also know DeSantis would "attack" copyright law by, like, allowing a gas company to buy Disney properties, and nothing else.

[-] Otome-chan@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

You're right and it's depressing lol

[-] exohuman@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Anyone from the outside can see it’s hate that drives him.

[-] californiarepublik@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Don’t forget narcissism and the thirst for power.

[-] anselmschueler@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I don’t like DeSantis or Disney, but in this particular instance, I am in favor of Disney.

[-] PabloDiscobar@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Can we keep it for /m/policics?

[-] cybercunt3000@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

no no, please restrict US politics to /m/USpolitics. /m/politics should be for global politics.

[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I'm Guessing Kbin.social is back in the federation

Ad Astra Per Aspera

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I really want them both to lose.

[-] geoffervescent@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's pretty funny to me that Ron was basically like:

"Disney and Lawsuits? What's that?"

Like Mentos and Coke from the classic Randall Munroe "lucky 10,000"

And everyone even tried to warn him! But he just kept going. Lol.

[-] Rentlar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Of all the things that would hamper DeSantis' candidacy, Disney was not on my list before this spat.

Seeing Ron repeatedly trying and failing to go against the big mouse is like watching someone climb up a grease-covered slide.

this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
67 points (100.0% liked)

News

90 readers
4 users here now

Breaking news and current events worldwide.

founded 1 year ago