These pics of a young Ron DeSantis sparked a war on Gay Twitter™
By Jude Cramer · 79 comments· Updated on January 26, 2024
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For the love of god, stop thirsting over fascists.
Gay Twitter™’s latest controversy started when pics of Florida Gov. Ron ‘Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis in high school resurfaced on Reddit. An old classmate apparently found their yearbook and posted photos of DeSantis as a teenager, including headshots and pics from homecoming.
The photos quickly spread across social media faster than a Florida book ban.
When they made it to Twitter, plenty of folks pointed out that everything about DeSantis as a teen screams stereotypical ‘90s bully, questionable middle part and all.
Ron DeSantis is a year younger than me. Every one in my high-school that had this haircut was a massive asshole.? pic.twitter.com/gMhp5E46K9
It was all fun and games until a tweet went viral apparently calling the raging conservative attractive. A gay user posted DeSantis’ yearbook photo with the caption “Oh…”
A two-letter caption may not sound like much, but it was more than enough to catch Twitter’s attention.
Let’s unpack everything wrong with this. First of all, DeSantis is one of America’s most prominent homophobes, responsible for enacting Florida’s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Besides being a horrible person who would never support gay people (let alone sleep with them), the pictures in question show DeSantis as a high schooler, meaning he’s likely underage. Common sense, people.
The garbage girlies are living their worst damn lives and now they are beat for the gawds too!
Naturally, Gay Twitter swiftly mobilized to drag the original poster for filth. There were plenty of critiques about some gay men’s tendency to prioritize horniness over morals…
Not only are you lusting for a fascist but you are doing it over pictures of when he was a minor https://t.co/6XOi3w1v0S
what is it with white queer people and always thirsting over the people that want to mass murder every marginalized community in america this is not normal yall are extremely weird https://t.co/T7Tq22Ec82
— Melia / May / Jonas / Star / scary Danny ?????? (@Star_isnt_funny) April 16, 2023
This is why queer people aren’t rising up. The white people really don’t give af about themselves! Imagine getting horny for someone who hates you this much! https://t.co/JAYKma0XTg
Why are ppl simping over him, he looks like the type of dude you’d cover ur drink around if you saw him at a party ? https://t.co/qt3c2kuiJC
— Shahrzad • ?????? ???????? (@jihadi_commie) April 17, 2023
You can literally go to your local grocery store and find plenty of average white guys with male pattern baldness that aren’t bigots https://t.co/IFArJ148nj
“He is abusing his power and using the state to target political opponents and political enemies. And there’s a word for that, and it’s fascism.”
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OMG people can’t have any contrary opinion. The people who claim to love everyone, go absolutely livid when someone doesn’t think 100% like them. What does that sound like?
@ShaverC that was the old Republican party and those values are no longer proceeding with the Republican Party we have today. After the 1940s progression of civil rights with President Truman, Southern Democrats (Dixiecrates) moved over to the Republican Party. The two parties are not the same and calling back to the old times doesn’t hold any value to what Republicans are espousing today.
Franky100, Republicans generally support smaller government which would reduce how much the government spends in a year. They also support a free market, which means smaller business can thrive better under a Republican government. Lower taxes of course. Just a few things.
Regan helped end the Cold War and Soviet Communism.
Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Act which enforced health and safety standards for workers.
Even bad Orange Man did not get involved in any foreign wars, income increased, poverty decreased, unemployment fell to it’s lowest rate.
Also, Shaver, pretending the party of over a hundred years ago is the same party today is just facile. The Republican party of today would not be abolishing slavery or pioneering votes for women and it’s silly to pretend they would.
dvmcvey, If you’re not spending money to maintain a huge administration, then you’re saving money. Franky100 was right to call me out saying that was the old Republican party, that’s why I provided some more recent examples.
You can’t say that you know what today’s GOP would do about slavery or women’s rights because it’s not a valid example. Today’s Republicans absolutely believe in everyone’s free liberty.
Republicans spend just as much money as Democrats, except they cut the taxes for billionaires and just go further into debt so they can blame Democrats when they get in power.
Republicans spent years overturning Roe to take away women’s bodily autonomy. They care currently going against the free expression of trans people and drag queens. They’re banning books and silencing dissent.
If we’re talking empty platitudes all of your posts are just fantasyland. The current Republican Party is going full force into fascism and you’re bringing up ’50s era patriotism.
dbmcvey, OK. Thank you. Let’s have a discussion.
1. Roe vs. Wade was overturned for a couple of reasons. First it was a fairly convoluted way the Supreme Court came to it’s decision almost 50 years ago. Secondly, no government, including the Democrats, ever codified the decision, making it much easier to overturn. Third, abortion rights prior to Roe vs Wade was determined by the State. Every state had to right to determine if they wanted that right, or not, and the determination would’ve been done by vote, by the people who live there. That is what was resented by many people. So overturning the decision did one thing, give the right back to the State, where it was before. Women in NY can have all the abortions they want, same with California and other Democrat States. Believe it or not, there are many women who do not believe in abortion, and they vote that way in their state. This of course doesn’t stop a woman from going to another state to get one.
2. There are no laws banning free expression of trans people or drag queens. There are laws limiting transition services to adults only, and there are some laws stating that a drag show is NOT for kids. Which it is not. So bringing kids to a drag show, which we all know are raunchy, is not allowed, but drag queens can do what they want with adults.
3. There are no books being banned state wide at all. In any state. There are books that are deemed not appropriate for a certain age group and that would be between kindergarten and grade 3 (Florida) and grade 7 (South Dakota). Sexuality etc, including being gay, is taught in high school.
1. Roe was overturned because Republicans base could not stand the thought of a woman choosing to have a termination, though they don’t care what happens to the child after birth. The right to control your body shouldn’t be left to the whims of each state. Human rights, including marriage equality shouldn’t be left to the whims of each state.
2. There most certainly are laws banning freedom of expression. Parents should be able to choose if their children can be exposed to these non-explicit, non-adult entertainments. Republicans want to decide it for everyone. Also, the laws are vague and prohibit discussion of families that are not heterosexual, which only applies to gay parents.
3. There are books being banned every day from all sides of the political spectrum. In Florida and a few other states it is so vague that any book could be banned on one complaint.
dbmcvey, Have you studied any US history? The country was built on the foundations that every state can decide how to govern themselves. Even in republican states most just limit abortions to 12 or 15 weeks. Alabama seems to be the only place a woman can’t have an abortion at this time, but like I said, any woman can go get one in another state. If women in Alabama want to change the laws they can try and do so. Laws can be changed you know… by the people in that state, if they want it changed.
This is the deal with the US. It’s the UNITED STATES… it’s not one country. It’s one Republic with 50 states that can, for the most part, govern themselves. To change that you’d have to nullify the constitution and create a new one.
And like i said in another thread, no book I know is banned state-wide. Some may be restricted in schools and some libraries due to age concerns… but if a parent really wants their kid to read a book it’s up to them.
Your Rights are clearly outlined and you have no right to take your kids to drag shows.
Stop pretending you actually read the Parental Rights in Education Act … it’s very clear you did not.
We’ve got your back DEEDEE. Keep up the questions. Eventually shavers head will explode and OUT WILL COME MARIO. He still has the hots for Rhonda and the awful rhetoric.
abfab, You think dbmcvey is doing well? He did not read the bill and writes inanities in an attempt to appear informed. abfab, have you read the bill? Can you point out the line number where it bans gay families as dbmcvey insists?
ShaverC is putting forth a party that is trying to take away our lives. That accuses us of terrible things and has committed to eliminating, among other things, our right to marry. Some members of this party have called for truly terrible things to happen to us. But, we’re smart enough to see what he’s doing.
Franky100, Republicans generally support smaller government which would reduce how much the government spends in a year. They also support a free market, which means smaller business can thrive better under a Republican government. Lower taxes of course. Just a few things.
Businesses, large and small, thrive better under Democratic administrations. Look it up. The worst economic crashes we’ve had in the 20th and 21st century have occurred under Republicans (Hoover, HW Bush, W Bush, Don the Con). Republicans also repeatedly start and launch wars that of late have turned into utter disasters. Republicans also support rigged “free markets” (since there is no such thing as a “free market”), and their “lower taxes” explode the deficit and debt (cf. W Bush, Don the Con, etc.). Hell, even Reagan raised taxes 11 times to address deficit concerns caused by his tax cuts!
Even bad Orange Man did not get involved in any foreign wars, income increased, poverty decreased, unemployment fell to it’s lowest rate.
WRONG AGAIN! Don the Con participated in wars in North Africa (look it up), East Africa, Syria, etc. He also failed to extricate the US from Afghanistan, and his plans led to an utterly disastrous withdrawal. The unemployment rate was recently at its lowest level (look it up, lowest since 1969), though they might not report that on FoxNews/Breitbart. Morever, Don the Con left the country in utter disaster; social upheaval, a virus unchecked that led to over 1 million DEAD Americans, utter economic collapse (millions of jobs lost + stock market tumble), poverty surged, etc.
I’m not sure what planet you were living on in 2020, but clearly it was not this one, and certainly not in the United States!
Kangol2, Wow. So much wrong. Trump largely ignored Africa and only allowed to continuation of military presence there but there was no real mandate.
Trump’s unemployment rate was down to 3.5%, ibut of course Covid then ruined everything. Are you blaming Trump for Covid? He actually acted quite quickly and it was because of his administration that the vaccines came out quickly, but of course Biden took credit for that work. The administration of those vaccines were also part of Trump’s plan.
Unemployment is now at 3.4% which is lower but Biden didn’t create any real new jobs. People just started going back to work after covid, he can’t take credit for that.
You all are calling me blind & stupid but it seems like you read headlines only and then make assumptions based on that. You need to read the whole story.
Kangol2, Oh and Trump had an agreed plan in place to leave Afghanistan successfully… but then Biden screwed it up so badly it cost the lives of 3 soldiers, and he left behind billions of dollars of military equipment including arms, ammo, tanks etc. Then he couldn’t even bother to stand still for 15 minutes when the soldiers were brought home, he kept checking his watch because he apparently had someplace better to be.
One of DeSantis’ major donors, Thomas Peteffry, has withheld donations because, specifically, of DeSantis’ crazy abortion limits and book banning. But you claim you’re not a Republican so you shouldn’t worry. Then again, maybe it’s because you’re a foreign chaos agent.
DBMC, Yes I saw that, and that’s his right. We don’t have to agree. I’m not going to follow suit because I made my own decision. I have no skin in the abortion game, and I know that no book in Florida has been banned state-wide. Some books have been deemed inappropriate for certain age groups.
DBMC, How did you read that? A ban means that no one could see the book. If the parents think it’s ok to show their kid a book that’s removed from library aimed at 4 to 8 year olds, they can get the book freely and read it to them. There are no banned books in Florida state-wide. The fact you keep saying it doesn’t make it true.
I don’t quite get why the simple word “Oh” automatically means the person is being complimentary. Maybe he meant “Oh” as in “Oh crap, look at this creep; no wonder he turned out the way he did.”
What he looked like as a young man says nothing about who he is and his ugly hate-milking behavior to suck up more governmental power. But what I find most disturbing about several of those tweets is the shameless stereotyping of all gay men with comments like “This is why queer people…”; and “white gays weakest link…”; and “what is it with white queer people….” It’s that kind of broad generalizing that feeds the kind of stupidity behind such laws like the shameful “Don’t Say Gay” law. Of course, I guess that should come as no surprise considering how so many people can mindlessly jump to their ignorant stereotyped conclusions with a simple word such as “Oh”. Oh!
Plus les choses changent, plus elles restent les mêmes.
dbmcvey, You tell me what’s bad about it. I’ve read it and there is nothing outrageous in there. What about it are you so upset over? Specially please.
So, you couldn’t come up with anything that the people on this site would think is good. You know what’s in the bill. You know that it’s not good and that it isn’t good for LGBTQ+ people.
dbmcvey, LOL. Ok, so you didn’t read it. Let me tell you what the Parental Rights in Education Act states. These rules are applicable for students from kindergarten to grade 3.
Teachers can not start any discussion on sexual orientation or gender identity.
If a discussion naturally occurs, teachers need to tell the principal and the parents about it.
If a discussion naturally occurred and it will be discussed further, parents have to be notified.
The school, teacher must notify parents if a student confides in them anything about mental illness, gender identity, or sexuality.
Sexuality etc is taught in Florida school but, appropriately so, in high school.
Now that you know. What is bad about that?
The Don’t Say Gay law is vague. It bans discussions of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” but does not define those terms. It uses the term “age appropriate” but does not define it. Also, it bans discussions of families if the parents are gay–it only applies to gay parents.
dbmvey, You still haven’t read it have you? It is only 7 pages long. Big print too. It’s not vague at all. It clearly states Kindergarten to Grade 3. It bans no discussions and never mentions gay families at all. Please provide line number/s where it’s stated that discussions about gay families is banned. I have it opened in another window now and would like to see it.
You are trying to convince us that a law that is made for the express purpose of making us into criminals is okay. You are trying to gaslight us to thinking that a party that accuses us of truly vile things is not so bad. You’re despicable.
dbmcvey, Again, the bill was only 7 pages, large print. Each line is numbered, which line number states we’re being criminalized? If you find it and I’m wrong I’ll admit it.
Also, Thomas Peteffry, a major donor to DeSantis has now stopped donating due to, and he says this specifically, of DeSantis’ ridiculous abortion law and book banning.
This f***king monster is now threatening Disney with putting a prison next to Disney world and sticking state inspectors on their rides which are THE safest rides in the country. I live in Orlando and am horrified that he is little tiny dick I mean ego is so bruised that he would go to these lengths to attack such an important part of our tourism industry. The very industry that permits us not to have a state income tax. Disney has done NOTHING but good fro Florida and Orlando . HE IS INSANE
Back in the day, you could dig up shit on these assholes and it was ruins. Nowadays (LOL) the republicans prefer the shit that gets dug up. The red neck cretins love scuzzballs and the under educated.
Praise JESUS, WINEMAKER! I’m sad to think that your 300 year old tribe (who likely enslaved people) is still trying to turn water into wine. Jesus loves you! San Francisco loves you!
This whole concept is strange. He wasn’t bad looking as a teenager, but I notice he has a sad look in his eyes. Either way he’s a bully, a homophobe and a creep now, so why does an old photo even matter?
I am a little concerned over how gratuitously racial many of the replies got, but I am even more concerned over people drooling over the picture of a teenage boy.
Miss Ronda Santy is still that little boy. He has not grown up. He is still a greasy faced chubby little man with silly ideas. I really feel for you Florida. Please do your best to oust him.
Well I’ll confess that the first thing I thought when I saw the shirtless Q-Anon shaman guy on the news was how good-looking he was. And I thought it again when I saw the picture of him above. It’s a terrible shame he’s crazy, but it doesn’t change the fact he was good-looking. I’m not going to pretend he’s ugly for political reasons.
Yes. Queerty has given us countless shirtless photos of, say, Brian Sims, but it’s unlikely they’ll do the same for Gov. Jared Polis who is wonderful but not exactly a porn star type.
No, it’s not appalling, abfab. His picture is in the article above. Maybe you could read the content for context before letting loose? Or maybe not. I suspect you just make judgments and then look perpetually for reasons to pounce.
No. Your confession is your confession. And it’s appauling that anyone would find any of the toxic men who stormed the halls of congress ”good looking”. Esp this cretin. So add him to your list….Charlton Heston, John Wayne and this monster.
I assume there’s a reason why you keep misspelling that word. But I’ve already lost interest in anything else you have to say. I imagine it happens to you a lot, given that you’re so unfriendly. You can have Queerty to yourself. I’m done here. But note that I’ve never called you any offensive names, sweetie.
Imagine all you want. So I make a typo here and there….it shows me you’re paying attention. Your q anon shirtless man has a website….enjoy that SWEETIE!
And he can read things that are in large print and still sound like a gullible old fool. I looked up the word for you, but I’m warning you Shiver, the text is in small print.
Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence
Given the venerableness of so many Queerty readers, I’m surprised no one mentioned that DeSantis resembles a combo of Mo Howard and Shemp Howard from The Three Stooges. The haircut looks like something Shemp in particular would sport. It’s also weird that people (who aren’t teens) are lusting after this teen pic, but hey, maybe they’re like Ali Alexander and Milo Yiannopoulos. Whatever the case, the DeSantis of today is an absolute horror!
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PubisHairus
He’s gone from finger f*ing his prom date to finger f*ing pudding cups. Hate is one helluva drug. He’s only 44…
woodroad34
And look how, at 44, he’s so puffed up that when he wears white boots, his legs look like they end at points–like that starfish from Sponge Bob.
ShaverC
OMG people can’t have any contrary opinion. The people who claim to love everyone, go absolutely livid when someone doesn’t think 100% like them. What does that sound like?
ShiningSex
Republicans are not about different opinion. Republicans are about taking the rights of women, LGBT, etc. and yet THEY claim to be about freedom of….
They’re hypocrites and the worst POS in existence. Get that right. Anyone that supports them are vile.
ShaverC
Shining, You just proved my point.
brian6767
Thank you!!!!
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
So you’re into that teen-age fascist look, eh.
DBMC
@ShaverC
I can’t believe I’m saying this but Shining is right. What did he say that isn’t true?
DarkZephyr
This person is lusting after the picture of a teenage boy….are you serious?
ShiningSex
That’s a serial killer haircut
Godabed
That drag was well deserved!
Plato
Make it OUR bumper sticker:
VOTE OUT EVERY REPUBLICAN NOW!
or
WHAT HAS THE GOP EVER DONE FOR ANYONE?
ShaverC
They abolished slavery (13th Amendment) and pioneered the vote for women (19th Amendment).
Franky100
@ShaverC that was the old Republican party and those values are no longer proceeding with the Republican Party we have today. After the 1940s progression of civil rights with President Truman, Southern Democrats (Dixiecrates) moved over to the Republican Party. The two parties are not the same and calling back to the old times doesn’t hold any value to what Republicans are espousing today.
ShaverC
Franky100, Republicans generally support smaller government which would reduce how much the government spends in a year. They also support a free market, which means smaller business can thrive better under a Republican government. Lower taxes of course. Just a few things.
Regan helped end the Cold War and Soviet Communism.
Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Act which enforced health and safety standards for workers.
Even bad Orange Man did not get involved in any foreign wars, income increased, poverty decreased, unemployment fell to it’s lowest rate.
dbmcvey
Why is a government spending less a good thing?
Also, Shaver, pretending the party of over a hundred years ago is the same party today is just facile. The Republican party of today would not be abolishing slavery or pioneering votes for women and it’s silly to pretend they would.
ShaverC
dvmcvey, If you’re not spending money to maintain a huge administration, then you’re saving money. Franky100 was right to call me out saying that was the old Republican party, that’s why I provided some more recent examples.
You can’t say that you know what today’s GOP would do about slavery or women’s rights because it’s not a valid example. Today’s Republicans absolutely believe in everyone’s free liberty.
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
Republicans spend just as much money as Democrats, except they cut the taxes for billionaires and just go further into debt so they can blame Democrats when they get in power.
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
The current Republican party is NOT about small government. They’re about the government controlling our personal lives.
DBMC
@ShaverC
“Today’s Republicans absolutely believe in everyone’s free liberty.”
Demonstrably untrue.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, You are not providing anything to back up your assertions, you’re just speaking in platitudes.
DBMC, Ok, demonstrate please.
abfab
Platitudes…………..eww, he’s getting fancy!
dbmcvey
Shaver, how stupid do you think we are?
Republicans spent years overturning Roe to take away women’s bodily autonomy. They care currently going against the free expression of trans people and drag queens. They’re banning books and silencing dissent.
If we’re talking empty platitudes all of your posts are just fantasyland. The current Republican Party is going full force into fascism and you’re bringing up ’50s era patriotism.
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
The good things the Republicans did were over 100 years ago. Please stop trying to gaslight us.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, OK. Thank you. Let’s have a discussion.
1. Roe vs. Wade was overturned for a couple of reasons. First it was a fairly convoluted way the Supreme Court came to it’s decision almost 50 years ago. Secondly, no government, including the Democrats, ever codified the decision, making it much easier to overturn. Third, abortion rights prior to Roe vs Wade was determined by the State. Every state had to right to determine if they wanted that right, or not, and the determination would’ve been done by vote, by the people who live there. That is what was resented by many people. So overturning the decision did one thing, give the right back to the State, where it was before. Women in NY can have all the abortions they want, same with California and other Democrat States. Believe it or not, there are many women who do not believe in abortion, and they vote that way in their state. This of course doesn’t stop a woman from going to another state to get one.
2. There are no laws banning free expression of trans people or drag queens. There are laws limiting transition services to adults only, and there are some laws stating that a drag show is NOT for kids. Which it is not. So bringing kids to a drag show, which we all know are raunchy, is not allowed, but drag queens can do what they want with adults.
3. There are no books being banned state wide at all. In any state. There are books that are deemed not appropriate for a certain age group and that would be between kindergarten and grade 3 (Florida) and grade 7 (South Dakota). Sexuality etc, including being gay, is taught in high school.
dbmcvey
1. Roe was overturned because Republicans base could not stand the thought of a woman choosing to have a termination, though they don’t care what happens to the child after birth. The right to control your body shouldn’t be left to the whims of each state. Human rights, including marriage equality shouldn’t be left to the whims of each state.
dbmcvey
2. There most certainly are laws banning freedom of expression. Parents should be able to choose if their children can be exposed to these non-explicit, non-adult entertainments. Republicans want to decide it for everyone. Also, the laws are vague and prohibit discussion of families that are not heterosexual, which only applies to gay parents.
dbmcvey
3. There are books being banned every day from all sides of the political spectrum. In Florida and a few other states it is so vague that any book could be banned on one complaint.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, Have you studied any US history? The country was built on the foundations that every state can decide how to govern themselves. Even in republican states most just limit abortions to 12 or 15 weeks. Alabama seems to be the only place a woman can’t have an abortion at this time, but like I said, any woman can go get one in another state. If women in Alabama want to change the laws they can try and do so. Laws can be changed you know… by the people in that state, if they want it changed.
This is the deal with the US. It’s the UNITED STATES… it’s not one country. It’s one Republic with 50 states that can, for the most part, govern themselves. To change that you’d have to nullify the constitution and create a new one.
And like i said in another thread, no book I know is banned state-wide. Some may be restricted in schools and some libraries due to age concerns… but if a parent really wants their kid to read a book it’s up to them.
Your Rights are clearly outlined and you have no right to take your kids to drag shows.
Stop pretending you actually read the Parental Rights in Education Act … it’s very clear you did not.
abfab
We’ve got your back DEEDEE. Keep up the questions. Eventually shavers head will explode and OUT WILL COME MARIO. He still has the hots for Rhonda and the awful rhetoric.
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
I have studied American History, and whatever we were founded on the current Republican Party is fascist.
ShaverC
abfab, You think dbmcvey is doing well? He did not read the bill and writes inanities in an attempt to appear informed. abfab, have you read the bill? Can you point out the line number where it bans gay families as dbmcvey insists?
dbmcvey
ShaverC is putting forth a party that is trying to take away our lives. That accuses us of terrible things and has committed to eliminating, among other things, our right to marry. Some members of this party have called for truly terrible things to happen to us. But, we’re smart enough to see what he’s doing.
Kangol2
NOPE, WRONG!
Franky100, Republicans generally support smaller government which would reduce how much the government spends in a year. They also support a free market, which means smaller business can thrive better under a Republican government. Lower taxes of course. Just a few things.
Businesses, large and small, thrive better under Democratic administrations. Look it up. The worst economic crashes we’ve had in the 20th and 21st century have occurred under Republicans (Hoover, HW Bush, W Bush, Don the Con). Republicans also repeatedly start and launch wars that of late have turned into utter disasters. Republicans also support rigged “free markets” (since there is no such thing as a “free market”), and their “lower taxes” explode the deficit and debt (cf. W Bush, Don the Con, etc.). Hell, even Reagan raised taxes 11 times to address deficit concerns caused by his tax cuts!
Even bad Orange Man did not get involved in any foreign wars, income increased, poverty decreased, unemployment fell to it’s lowest rate.
WRONG AGAIN! Don the Con participated in wars in North Africa (look it up), East Africa, Syria, etc. He also failed to extricate the US from Afghanistan, and his plans led to an utterly disastrous withdrawal. The unemployment rate was recently at its lowest level (look it up, lowest since 1969), though they might not report that on FoxNews/Breitbart. Morever, Don the Con left the country in utter disaster; social upheaval, a virus unchecked that led to over 1 million DEAD Americans, utter economic collapse (millions of jobs lost + stock market tumble), poverty surged, etc.
I’m not sure what planet you were living on in 2020, but clearly it was not this one, and certainly not in the United States!
DBMC
I am glad that ShaverC is just forthrightly pushing his conservative agenda now. We know who he is, we don’t have to humor him.
ShaverC
Kangol2, Wow. So much wrong. Trump largely ignored Africa and only allowed to continuation of military presence there but there was no real mandate.
Trump’s unemployment rate was down to 3.5%, ibut of course Covid then ruined everything. Are you blaming Trump for Covid? He actually acted quite quickly and it was because of his administration that the vaccines came out quickly, but of course Biden took credit for that work. The administration of those vaccines were also part of Trump’s plan.
Unemployment is now at 3.4% which is lower but Biden didn’t create any real new jobs. People just started going back to work after covid, he can’t take credit for that.
You all are calling me blind & stupid but it seems like you read headlines only and then make assumptions based on that. You need to read the whole story.
ShaverC
Kangol2, Oh and Trump had an agreed plan in place to leave Afghanistan successfully… but then Biden screwed it up so badly it cost the lives of 3 soldiers, and he left behind billions of dollars of military equipment including arms, ammo, tanks etc. Then he couldn’t even bother to stand still for 15 minutes when the soldiers were brought home, he kept checking his watch because he apparently had someplace better to be.
DBMC
@ShaverC
One of DeSantis’ major donors, Thomas Peteffry, has withheld donations because, specifically, of DeSantis’ crazy abortion limits and book banning. But you claim you’re not a Republican so you shouldn’t worry. Then again, maybe it’s because you’re a foreign chaos agent.
ShaverC
DBMC, Yes I saw that, and that’s his right. We don’t have to agree. I’m not going to follow suit because I made my own decision. I have no skin in the abortion game, and I know that no book in Florida has been banned state-wide. Some books have been deemed inappropriate for certain age groups.
DBMC
@ShaverC
Thank you for admitting that DeSantis is banning books.
ShaverC
DBMC, How did you read that? A ban means that no one could see the book. If the parents think it’s ok to show their kid a book that’s removed from library aimed at 4 to 8 year olds, they can get the book freely and read it to them. There are no banned books in Florida state-wide. The fact you keep saying it doesn’t make it true.
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
It’s great you admit you were wrong and that DeSantis is, indeed, banning books. You show that, even as a Republican, you can admit you were wrong.
Man About Town
I don’t quite get why the simple word “Oh” automatically means the person is being complimentary. Maybe he meant “Oh” as in “Oh crap, look at this creep; no wonder he turned out the way he did.”
itzallan
What he looked like as a young man says nothing about who he is and his ugly hate-milking behavior to suck up more governmental power. But what I find most disturbing about several of those tweets is the shameless stereotyping of all gay men with comments like “This is why queer people…”; and “white gays weakest link…”; and “what is it with white queer people….” It’s that kind of broad generalizing that feeds the kind of stupidity behind such laws like the shameful “Don’t Say Gay” law. Of course, I guess that should come as no surprise considering how so many people can mindlessly jump to their ignorant stereotyped conclusions with a simple word such as “Oh”. Oh!
Plus les choses changent, plus elles restent les mêmes.
louie
exactly!
ShaverC
itzallan, What do you think the “Don’t Say Gay” law says? Have you read it?
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
I have. Why don’t you tell us what you think is good about it.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, You tell me what’s bad about it. I’ve read it and there is nothing outrageous in there. What about it are you so upset over? Specially please.
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
So, you couldn’t come up with anything that the people on this site would think is good. You know what’s in the bill. You know that it’s not good and that it isn’t good for LGBTQ+ people.
So dishonest.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, LOL. Ok, so you didn’t read it. Let me tell you what the Parental Rights in Education Act states. These rules are applicable for students from kindergarten to grade 3.
Teachers can not start any discussion on sexual orientation or gender identity.
If a discussion naturally occurs, teachers need to tell the principal and the parents about it.
If a discussion naturally occurred and it will be discussed further, parents have to be notified.
The school, teacher must notify parents if a student confides in them anything about mental illness, gender identity, or sexuality.
Sexuality etc is taught in Florida school but, appropriately so, in high school.
Now that you know. What is bad about that?
dbmcvey
@Shaver
The Don’t Say Gay law is vague. It bans discussions of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” but does not define those terms. It uses the term “age appropriate” but does not define it. Also, it bans discussions of families if the parents are gay–it only applies to gay parents.
ShaverC
dbmvey, You still haven’t read it have you? It is only 7 pages long. Big print too. It’s not vague at all. It clearly states Kindergarten to Grade 3. It bans no discussions and never mentions gay families at all. Please provide line number/s where it’s stated that discussions about gay families is banned. I have it opened in another window now and would like to see it.
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
I have read it. It makes gay parents second class citizens. That’s the whole purpose.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, You clearly haven’t.
dbmcvey
@ShaverC
You are trying to convince us that a law that is made for the express purpose of making us into criminals is okay. You are trying to gaslight us to thinking that a party that accuses us of truly vile things is not so bad. You’re despicable.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, Again, the bill was only 7 pages, large print. Each line is numbered, which line number states we’re being criminalized? If you find it and I’m wrong I’ll admit it.
DBMC
ShaverC is now just out-rightly pushing anti-gay bills and trying to make them seem ok. He’s not an honest player.
DBMC
Also, Thomas Peteffry, a major donor to DeSantis has now stopped donating due to, and he says this specifically, of DeSantis’ ridiculous abortion law and book banning.
FridM
UGLY and getting UGLIER in so many ways. I see someone without a permit taking care of it…
barryaksarben
This f***king monster is now threatening Disney with putting a prison next to Disney world and sticking state inspectors on their rides which are THE safest rides in the country. I live in Orlando and am horrified that he is little tiny dick I mean ego is so bruised that he would go to these lengths to attack such an important part of our tourism industry. The very industry that permits us not to have a state income tax. Disney has done NOTHING but good fro Florida and Orlando . HE IS INSANE
abfab
I think he also mentioned building a nuclear plant near The Tragic Kingdom. He won’t win. In the end he will peter out and end up on Fox.
Toofie
He’s pathetic and petty. Sabotaging Disney is self inflicting wound to the state,
abfab
Back in the day, you could dig up shit on these assholes and it was ruins. Nowadays (LOL) the republicans prefer the shit that gets dug up. The red neck cretins love scuzzballs and the under educated.
Praise JESUS, WINEMAKER! I’m sad to think that your 300 year old tribe (who likely enslaved people) is still trying to turn water into wine. Jesus loves you! San Francisco loves you!
Doug
This whole concept is strange. He wasn’t bad looking as a teenager, but I notice he has a sad look in his eyes. Either way he’s a bully, a homophobe and a creep now, so why does an old photo even matter?
MSM
It doesn’t matter at all.
DarkZephyr
I am a little concerned over how gratuitously racial many of the replies got, but I am even more concerned over people drooling over the picture of a teenage boy.
MSM
Sick, isn’t it?
abfab
Miss Ronda Santy is still that little boy. He has not grown up. He is still a greasy faced chubby little man with silly ideas. I really feel for you Florida. Please do your best to oust him.
FreddieW
Well I’ll confess that the first thing I thought when I saw the shirtless Q-Anon shaman guy on the news was how good-looking he was. And I thought it again when I saw the picture of him above. It’s a terrible shame he’s crazy, but it doesn’t change the fact he was good-looking. I’m not going to pretend he’s ugly for political reasons.
still_onthemark
Yes. Queerty has given us countless shirtless photos of, say, Brian Sims, but it’s unlikely they’ll do the same for Gov. Jared Polis who is wonderful but not exactly a porn star type.
abfab
That you would even bring up that bastard q anon toxic piece of trash is appauling.
FreddieW
No, it’s not appalling, abfab. His picture is in the article above. Maybe you could read the content for context before letting loose? Or maybe not. I suspect you just make judgments and then look perpetually for reasons to pounce.
abfab
No. Your confession is your confession. And it’s appauling that anyone would find any of the toxic men who stormed the halls of congress ”good looking”. Esp this cretin. So add him to your list….Charlton Heston, John Wayne and this monster.
FreddieW
I assume there’s a reason why you keep misspelling that word. But I’ve already lost interest in anything else you have to say. I imagine it happens to you a lot, given that you’re so unfriendly. You can have Queerty to yourself. I’m done here. But note that I’ve never called you any offensive names, sweetie.
abfab
Imagine all you want. So I make a typo here and there….it shows me you’re paying attention. Your q anon shirtless man has a website….enjoy that SWEETIE!
dbmcvey
Assuming ShaverC really is gay, he is the equivalent of a kapo. Not to be trusted.
abfab
And he can read things that are in large print and still sound like a gullible old fool. I looked up the word for you, but I’m warning you Shiver, the text is in small print.
Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence
Kangol2
Given the venerableness of so many Queerty readers, I’m surprised no one mentioned that DeSantis resembles a combo of Mo Howard and Shemp Howard from The Three Stooges. The haircut looks like something Shemp in particular would sport. It’s also weird that people (who aren’t teens) are lusting after this teen pic, but hey, maybe they’re like Ali Alexander and Milo Yiannopoulos. Whatever the case, the DeSantis of today is an absolute horror!
Seth
DeSantis looks like the 4th hottest guy in any given town’s worst trailer park.