I know I sound like a broken record (scratched CD, corrupted MP3, whatever), but Steve is 100% right here about the all-out push by every Murdoch outlet to make President DeSantis happen:
Also: We should be boycotting the whole state. Every business. No vacations, no conventions. Not a dime until DeSantis is gone.
— Steve M. (@nomoremister) April 1, 2022
I’m on board with a boycott even though I’d be collateral damage; we have to keep this sociopath out of the Oval Office. But the depressing truth is it’s probably too late for an effective boycott because DeSantis, with the help of Fox News and other far-right propaganda outlets, is successfully creating consent for Republican cultural and economic control through disinformation.
Case in point: DeSantis is currently in a showdown with Disney over the Don’t Say Gay law. When the state operated as a comically corrupt but still functionally capitalist and democratic entity, a right-wing political crank who took on Big Mouse over a culture issue would get squashed like a palmetto bug at a pest control industry picnic. Maybe not this time:
Ingraham: When Republicans get back into power, Apple and Disney have to understand one thing: Everything will be on the table, your copyright/trademark protection, your special status in certain states, and even your corporate structure itself… pic.twitter.com/7kKhPH07Rs
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2022
What Ingraham is describing here with her trademark lock-jawed, menacing smugness isn’t “choosing where your dollars go,” and it sure as hell isn’t legitimate regulation of industry. It’s fascism.