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packman

(16,296 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:13 AM Mar 2015

Insane Florida employee says wacko words - gets a shitstorm

My god, they are taking it seriously. I thought it was just some sort of joke.

"An employee of Florida’s environmental protection department was forced to take a leave of absence and seek a mental health evaluation for violating governor Rick Scott’s unwritten ban on using the phrases “climate change” or “global warming” under any circumstance, according to a complaint filed against the state."

Jesus H. Christ- quick, someone tell me what book this reminds one of - a mental health evaluation????

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/19/florida-employee-forced-on-leave-climate-change

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Insane Florida employee says wacko words - gets a shitstorm (Original Post) packman Mar 2015 OP

I've suspected for a while that the right-wing in this country deutsey Mar 2015 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #8

k&r: reminds me of the nazi playbook. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #2

Reminds me more of the Soviet playbook than the Nazi one meow2u3 Mar 2015 #5

omg it's worse than we think.. annabanana Mar 2015 #3

So... 2naSalit Mar 2015 #4

We could take this entire House of Cards down with a few poignant directed Federal Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #6

Straight out of the old USSR playbook. hifiguy Mar 2015 #7

Their state is fucked completely and the R response is total, angry denial. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #9

Wow...that IS chilling. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #10

How do you say Gulag in Texan? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #11

Remember - the Florida legislature tried to outlaw "uterus" csziggy Mar 2015 #12

deutsey

(20,166 posts)

1. I've suspected for a while that the right-wing in this country

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:15 AM

Mar 2015

didn't hate the Soviet Union for its ideology as much as they envied its Stalinist totalitarianism.

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ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)

2. k&r: reminds me of the nazi playbook.

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Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:16 AM

Mar 2015

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)

5. Reminds me more of the Soviet playbook than the Nazi one

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:13 PM

Mar 2015

The Soviets locked up dissidents in psych wards to make the people think whoever disagreed with the Commies were nuts.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)

3. omg it's worse than we think..

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:18 AM

Mar 2015

Everyone in Florida should shout "climate change " and"global warming" at every opportunity.

Oh hey.. maybe if he'd said "Global WARNing"

climate alteration?

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)

4. So...

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 12:05 PM

Mar 2015

Can we stop injuring ourselves by way of "benefit of doubt" now?

Some of us have seen this blaring proof of foot-on-neck-of-humanity staring us in the face for a long time.

Baitball Blogger

(46,709 posts)

6. We could take this entire House of Cards down with a few poignant directed Federal

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:15 PM

Mar 2015

lawsuits. It is, afterall, a House of Cards. Start small and work your way up.

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

7. Straight out of the old USSR playbook.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:38 PM

Mar 2015

Dissenters were by definition mentally ill and shipped off to Siberian psycho wards.

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

9. Their state is fucked completely and the R response is total, angry denial.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:40 PM

Mar 2015

They are toddlers.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

10. Wow...that IS chilling.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:59 PM

Mar 2015

And it is not even law..it is an unwritten ban by one man.
One little egomaniac despot, who can go around making up shit and yet the system supports that!

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

11. How do you say Gulag in Texan?

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Fri Mar 20, 2015, 02:03 PM

Mar 2015

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

12. Remember - the Florida legislature tried to outlaw "uterus"

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Fri Mar 20, 2015, 02:43 PM

Mar 2015

From the Florida House to national media, 'uterus' is runaway hit

Aaron SharockmanAaron Sharockman, PunditFact Editor
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 6:22pm

TALLAHASSEE — A little thing happened in the Florida House two weeks ago. A Democrat from Orlando said "uterus" during a floor debate.

No one much noticed, or cared, until word leaked that Republicans told Democrats they couldn't say the word.

<SNIP>

"It's easy to practice an ideology of convenience," he said. "If my wife incorporated her uterus, you all would say hands off. If my friends incorporated their bedroom, you'd say hands off. But now we're standing here and we're saying we're going to increase regulation on a specific type of membership organization. And that's unions."

<SNIP>

Soon after, Randolph was told by the Republican House leadership — through Minority Leader Ron Saunders — that he was not to discuss body parts on the floor.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/from-the-florida-house-to-national-media-uterus-is-runaway-hit/1162163

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