How DeSantis accidentally handed Disney a potent weapon against him

[speak easy]

When the Walt Disney Co. went looking for evidence to feature in its new lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, its lawyers found much of what they needed in DeSantis’s own recently published memoir.

DeSantis’s book brags about his rapid mobilization of the state legislature to target Disney’s tax district. The same passage declares that this happened because of the company’s “support of indoctrinating young schoolchildren in woke gender identity politics.” That admits to retribution against speech opposing his legislation.

The book rips Disney for vowing to work to repeal the governor’s law, describing this as “a frontal assault” on it. That, too, is a description of political speech. Yet the book menacingly declares that, after this, “things got worse for Disney,” and that it would “soon find out” the truth about Florida’s war with Disney, i.e., the state would punish that speech.

The book describes DeSantis’s discussions with Republicans in the Florida legislature about whether they were prepared to tackle the “thorny issue involving the state’s most powerful company.” That confirms Disney was the unique target of legislative action.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/ron-desantis-disney-lawsuit-wokeness-donald-trump-2024/

'Disney was the unique target of legislative action'.

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Hey, Little Boots

I take it back. You can’t change my mind.

[AZ8theist]

9. Charlie Pierce on Stephanie Millers show this morning....

Mentioned he spent time in DC when Destupid was a congressman. He said it was obvious to everyone that he was an idiot.
"Unlikeable, dumb"
His only activity was promoting himself to somewhere above his own intelligence level.

[Cha]

20. TY.. I've read about that.. of course,

deStupid has always been a shithead.

I can't wait until his Fascist Fucked Up head Explodes.

[speak easy]

22. 'Shithead Ron'

Yeah ... that's the best name for him. Won't be used on TV but that's the one that fits.

[MayReasonRule]

24. I Wanna' See A Movie Parody Of "Being John Malkovich" - "Being Red Forman"

[Ocelot II]

2. Oops...

"For 'tis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his own petard; and 't shall go hard, but I will delve one yard below their mines, and blow them at the moon." - W. Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4

[Irish_Dem]

12. Isn't there a law school class about how not to write stupid shit that will get

your ass sued?

[In It to Win It]

3. I posted some snips of it here:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100217863236

[speak easy]

4. ty

[dembotoz]

5. talk to any business owner...if he did it to disney would he blink before he did it to you

or in any political district.

at least the mafia would offer protection with their extortion

[PortTack]

6. And ppl say little white boots is soooo smart...come again?!

[MLAA]

7. These racist misogynistic right wing sociopathic evangelical zealots often have one thing going

for them, their stupidity and ability to self incriminate complete with receipts!

[First Speaker]

8. DeSantis isn't exactly the sharpest swordfish in the sea, is he...?

[Irish_Dem]

11. How did this guy graduate from Harvard Law School?

[mitch96]

14. I knew lots of "smart" doctors that were clueless and out of touch. Just good with the book learning

One that I remember had a photographic memory. He was great at diagnosing problems. I asked how he did it and he said he just would look it up in his head of what he read on the problem. Absolutely NO bedside manner and it was always about HIM. He could not even start an IV. Always a few dozen sticks leading to failure... What a dick he was...but "smart".
m

[Irish_Dem]

16. Low social IQ.

Yes a photographic memory can be a curse.
Memorizing everything often means you don't have to use critical thinking skills.

[not fooled]

15. My question exactly.

Boggles the mind.

[Irish_Dem]

17. His ego and arrogance overrides his training and judgement.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Wouldn't an attorney know better than to write incriminating material

which could be used against him in court?

[TeamProg]

13. His flagrant stupidity gets in the way of his overt narcissism... Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's

STUPIDEST of them all? Bang! Bobble Bang! Bobble Bang! Bobble

[erronis]

18. In his defense, he probably didn't actually write the book.

He farmed it out to a ghost. When challenged on it in court by Disney on First Amendment rights, he'll say "Some low-intelligence clerk wrote it. It's not what I wanted."

[Cha]

19. Say Gay All You Damn Please!

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. DeSantis hands the mouse a big piece of cheese

Link to tweet

[Initech]

23. Desantis seems like the kind of guy who would fuck up an order of chicken nuggets.