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Col3814444 OP , (edited )

Holy fuck, it’s not even mildly subtle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sun_(symbol)

Also, how dare those Nazi fucks bespoil Kate Bush’s wonderful music like that. I hope she sues the living fuck out of them.

-edit, notice also; ‘Make America Florida’. and ‘God’ superimposed over DeSantis.

Laffytaffer ,

It’s subtle only in the sense that most regular people don’t know what the black sun is. My wife got me this keychain that had some pagan symbols on it with a black sun snuck in as well, she had no idea until I told her.

be_excellent_to_each_other ,
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I admit I got all the way to the end waiting for the swastika, and figured, "eh, well it must be that thing."

Thing is, while I find this entirely plausible, unless there's an archive.org of the tweet before deletion, I don't think we can credibly tie this back to anything DeSantis wanted or approved.

He's in my top 5 list of people actively trying to destroy the US, but unless the provenance of the linked video can be proven I don't see this going anywhere. Folks who hate him aren't surprised, folks who don't will ask for more proof, DeSantis will deny if he acknowledges it at all.

Jaytreeman ,

My only pushback is how much evidence do you need? He's anti-latin, anti-gay, anti-teans and uses neo-nazi imagery.
Anyone that's willing to ignore one of those because it's not explicit enough, is highly suspect.

be_excellent_to_each_other ,
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I completely agree with you, but that still leave the minds that will be changed by this existence of this video at zero, the way I read it. Yes it's appalling, but he was appalling before the video too.

Jaytreeman ,

The people that can't have their minds changed are fascists. You should thank them for making it clear

be_excellent_to_each_other ,
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Absolutely fair point I'm just saying I don't think the existence of this moves the needle in any way in the current environment. It can't even be used in a campaign smear against him without being verifiable as to its origin and his approval of it.

TL;DR: Entertaining, but not whatsoever the immediate career destroyer that it could have been, or that we all would have hoped for.

crowsby ,
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The NYT is reporting that it was actually produced by the DeSantis campaign, which is doing nothing to disavow the notion.

p03locke ,
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Wow, using Kate Bush’s music is ironic as hell.

Col3814444 OP ,

Song about a man and a woman changing bodies, no less.

p03locke ,
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Fortunate Son isn’t a national anthem to use political campaigning, either, but Trump and other dumbasses use it, anyway.

nicetriangle ,
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Yeah my first thought as well

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