(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Hot Air Is Ready To Blow Into Chicago [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-19 Florida Governor/wannabe dictator/racist agitator/power-abusing bullying punk Ron DeSantis is heading to Chicago to speak to a police union in that city next week, and it seems to have resulted in his number one goal of owning the libs. NBC News reports that DeSantis’s visit “has prompted a cascade of condemnations, accusations and infighting” among candidates in a volatile nine-person race for mayor of that city. For instance, one of the front-runners – Paul Vallas – is backed by the same Chicago Fraternal Order of Police that will hear DeSantis speak. To his credit, Vallas has issued a statement condemning DeSantis as a “right-wing extremist.” No argument here on that point. Not that Vallas’s hands are totally clean here. He’s also been criticized for appearing before the conservative group Awake Illinois last year, leading to him issuing an apology. It’s not surprising that the candidates would grab onto anything they can to bludgeon an opponent. That’s the way the game is played. Still, I’d prefer a different response. For example: “Ron DeSantis has every right to visit our city, and he has every right to speak to any group that’s willing to hear him. He obviously doesn’t believe in or stand for the values that this country was built on and are shared by the majority of Americans, but that’s his right. And that’s all I’m going to say about it because he’s not worth the time or energy to do any more than that.” Sure, I would have been tempted to add that he’s a piece of shit, but I’m sure my advisors would have worked really hard to talk me out of it. You can read the NBC News story here. Look, the Chicago situation is an example of what we’re facing in this country. There’re a percentage of people – maybe 30 percent, maybe 35 percent, I don’t know -- who enthusiastically embrace the MAGA philosophy. For starters, you can ask yourself what’s the prevailing mindset of a municipal police department willing to allow a piece of shit like DeSantis to appear before it. See how I slickly got that term in there after all? The thing is there are MAGA folks everywhere. Some are Chicago police officers, but they’re also butchers and bakers and candlestick makers. They’re in every age group and come from every walk of life. Our fight against their dangerous world view and the damage it can cause to our country – even to the rest of the world – is always going to be a numbers game. Can we continue to outnumber them? Can we continue to bring enough voters to the poles to stop their candidates? Can we figure out ways to protect ourself from the cheating, lying, and criminal activity they’ll engage in to overcome our numerical advantage? The day they outnumber us, the day they’re able to pervert the system to allow them to win with less voters, is the day all our nightmares come true. It will be the end of the United States as we know it. Another look at the disaster that could await us is explained in a blog post by MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid. DeSantis is in the middle of that one, too. You can read her post here. As I said earlier, DeSantis lives to own the libs. We can’t let him. We can’t let people forget what a truly evil piece of shit he is (there it is again). We do it with fact, not ranting and raving. You have to cut guys like that to pieces with a scalpel, not a chainsaw – no matter how appealing that idea may be. In the meantime, DeSantis has the right to make all the speeches he wants and to go anywhere his heart desires. And as far as I’m concerned, he can go straight to hell. *** Thank you for reading my post. You can see more of my writings on my blog: Musings of a Nobody. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/19/2153825/-Hot-Air-Is-Ready-To-Blow-Into-Chicago Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/