Ron DeSantis & the Politics of Ugly Freedoms
Henry Giroux, 2023-07-19
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* This is a sober/thorough assessment of Ron DeSantis (and the Republican Party/far-right generally) and their concept of "freedom."
Americans live in an age when the summons to freedom is being falsely appropriated by the far-right to dominate, suppress, & exclude those considered unworthy, disposable, & excess.
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In effect, he promotes a notion of freedom that fetishizes politics and promotes an authoritarian cult of violence.
As a member of Congress, he was one of the founding members of the far-right Freedom Caucus.
Obsessed with presenting himself as a principled defender of freedom, he uses the term with reference to almost every policy he supports, every attack he launches, and every speech he presents.
He shamelessly ignores his misuse of the term ...
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... he states repeatedly that in Florida “We’re No. 1 in economic freedom, No. 1 in education freedom, No. 1 for parental involvement in education … And we’re No. 1 for public higher education."
DeSantis’ ugly freedoms become glaringly obvious when looking at how they serve the citizens of Florida.
His appeal to freedom exposes its dark side when his miserable record of governance is revealed.
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