Meatball Ron DeSanctimonious

A Rose By Any Other Name...

There is nothing sweet-smelling about Ron DeSantis. He has revealed who he is, what he stands for, and how he wants to rule the United States with the same iron fist as in Florida. Those poor dears are being subject to the Nancy Sinatra of GOP governors. (Cue the white go-go boots image.)

From all reports, teachers in Florida are stressing out about registering every book in their library into a new system where an independent group of Christian lunatics will determine which books are appropriate for the children to read. As I write this, a teacher who released a video showing the empty selves of her library was fired. Anyone who doesn’t see Ronda Santis (my personal favorite nickname for him based on his high-pitched voice) as a threat to democracy is living in denial that a version of Nazi Germany can’t happen here in the United States. Between his overreach with corporations like Disney & the Norweigan Cruise Lines, coupled with the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and anti-trans legislation, shades of the Fourth Reich have started rearing their ugly head.

The actual crime, however, is the media is doing all they can to neutralize his blatant fascist leanings with articles in The New York Times like “What Liberals Can Learn From Ron DeSantis” or “Dismiss Ron DeSantis at Your Peril” and even scarier, Governor DeSantis Elevates Civil Discourse and Intellectual Freedom in Higher Education. Scarier because in researching this wannabe dick-tater, articles like that are being promoted on his own website, written by his own staff. Talk about fake news. These puff pieces make it seem that what he is up to is not the no good that we all can see, hear, and smell…due to the stench of MAGA Republican politics run amuck.

Don’t even get me started on his banning Advanced Placement classes, which include African American studies that DeSantis says lean left and lack “educational value.” Earlier this month, the College Board said it was revising the course to eliminate lessons on Black Lives Matter and the reparations movement.

The final straw for me was learning that DeSanctimonious banned the book “Chik Chak Shabbat.” This innocent children’s picture book features Goldie, an older woman who lives alone and invites her neighbors to join her Friday night ritual because “Shabbat is for sharing.” Why? Too Jewish? No. He lumped that book in with “Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story,” “Dumpling Soup,” “The Gift of Ramadan,” and “Hush!: A Thai Lullaby” as too subversive. For what? A bunch of friggen Christian Nationalist Fundamentalist Fascists? And with that, he can go fuck far off.