DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Florida

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/arts/ron-desantis-veto-arts-funding-florida.html

26 comments

  1. Be a nice move for Disney to not only cover the $32mil, but also double it. A little f u to that peckerhead. They won’t do that, but it would be nice.

  2. Fascists despise art and artists because they are soulless husks that lack any ability to create such things themselves. It’s why right wing “comedians” aren’t funny. It’s why right wing memes are so shit. It’s why nearly every one of their symbols is stolen from some other culture. They simply lack the fundamental humanity required to create anything that resonates with other people.

  3. Because who needs art when you have the Ten Commandments? I’m sure there’s one in there about “Thou shall not fund what may bring others joy”.

    Maybe Moses dropped that tablet though, I dunno.

  4. It all goes back to Hitler. Failing at art was so devastating that it modified his DNA which has been passed on to the next generations of facists.

  5. To give no reason is eyebrow raising. Explain your veto, govenor.

  6. I think it’s a push against free expression. Limiting the arts means controlling the narrative and banning any dissent that is commonly expressed through creative means.

  7. What he doesn’t understand is that art is in fact a large part of the economy. Every movie, television series, and rock concert has its own economic value. He has just given it all to California (along with lab grown meat).

  8. A massive piece of fucking shit!!! Fuck you Ron DeSantis!!!

  9. Does that mean Rob Schneider can never do “comedy” again, then I might be able to get behind this

  11. And conservatives still can’t figure out why they’re losing the culture war

  14. Florida’s going to be a tumbleweed parking lot by the time DeSantis is done wiping his ass all over it.

  15. Even for the fascist arts? That’s tough but fair, I suppose. /s

  16. I can’t believe this will play well in Sarasota. People here are big promoters of the Arts.

  17. Wow, he better not outlaw cocaine or there won’t be any reason left for people to continue living in Florida.

  20. I hate that fucking prick.

    Signed,

    A Jacksonville resident who has long supported the arts

  21. I think it’s mostly about making public schools as shitty as possible so that people will get more fired up about private and charter schools.

  23. Moved myself and my child out of FL , 3 years ago and haven’t looked back. It was easy to see what was coming. It’s truly a shit hole state.

  24. Curious how many people still have their elderly parents and grandparents in FL?

    What is your plan for rescuing them when Republicans decide they are too expensive to bother with and decides to enact death panels that determine which ones to let die?

  26. Basically “punish all liberals and intellectuals” where have we seen this before?

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