Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t believe in the COVID pandemic, vaccines, or safety precautions such as wearing masks and social distancing. Now, he has proven he doesn’t want anyone else to believe it either.
Current Events
On Wednesday, DeSantis visited the University of South Florida to deliver a speech on funding for cybersecurity education. Several students from Tampa’s Middleton High School were in attendance and were asked to stand behind the governor for optics. In what has become the norm over the past 3 years, all of the students were wearing masks — a move that immediately sent the Republican governor into a tizzy.
As he approached the podium, DeSantis threw an exasperated fit and told the high schoolers “You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything and we’ve gotta stop with this COVID theater.”
He added: “This is ridiculous!”
Upon hearing the admonishment from their governor, a few students actually removed their masks. However, several others ignored his orders and kept their masks on for safety.
After video footage of DeSantis’ words went viral, Hillsborough Schools Superintendent Addison Davis issued a statement, saying the district was “proud” of the students and noted that it is their choice “to protect their health in a way they feel most appropriate.”
“As always, our students should be valued and celebrated. It is a student and parents’ choice to protect their health in a way they feel most appropriate. We are proud of the manner in which our students represented themselves and our school district.”
So, congratulations to those high school teens who had the courage to tune out their governor and follow what they believed to be in their own best interest.
OK WASSUP! covers Current Events:
Gov. DeSantis and his face mask fiasco.
It took me quite awhile to figure out that the general *mindset* of most ignorant and hateful people – especially FAKE alphas – is a mindset that’s shaped by FEAR.
I would posit that that most assuredly is true when it comes to Extremists of every ilk (racists, gun nuts, religious fanatics, right-wing politicians). They are terrified of anything and everything they perceive as “threatening” to them. In this case, it’s wearing a mask.
Wearing a mask for a certain percentage of the American (predominantly white) population disturbs their comfort level. White people aren’t used to having their comfort level disturbed. Wearing a mask reminds them there is something “scary” out there that they CAN’T control. And they simply CANNOT handle that Truth!