Discussion: DeSantis: 'Absurd' To Say That Telling Voters Not To 'Monkey This Up' Is Racist

[drtv]

Hard to clarify the truth, jackass.

[seamus42]

To be fair, monkeys are well-known all over the world for their socialist views. I once met a rhesus macaque who advocated for universal health care and sang “Power to the Union” whenever challenged.

[drtv]

@mattinpa

The idea was to say “monkey” while talking about a black man so all the racist dolts you’re trying to motivate know exactly who you are.

BINGO!

[coimmigrant]

@pluckyinky

I just asked the voters not to renig

Meanwhile, over on the Wapo comment section a poster warns that a vote for Gillum is a vote “for a niggardly government.” It’s rare to find a Republican who labels a Democratic candidate as miserly, penny pinching and illiberal.

[drtv]

@tsp

It most definitely was a racist dog whistle.

My question: Is it really a dog whistle if all of us non-dogs can hear it?

[crackerjack]

@loss_mentality

I have never in my life heard the phrase “monkey this up”. But no, it’s not yes, that’s wildly racist.

FIFY

[drtv]

The one useful thing that jackass has left to us.

[tsp]

That does not matter. It may not mean anything to you, but it definitely does have meaning to many people not like you.

[lizzymom]

Uh-oh, somebody’s gonna be throwing a twitter tantrum pretty soon…

[grack]

To whit: Dear Florida… Don’t Cracker up.

what?

[robaruba]

DeSantis adheres to the Repub view that calling attention to racism is racist

[meri]

I think the question we need to ask ourselves: Did we actually get to the Macaca Moment the day after the primary victory?

[irasdad]

“DeSantis wants you to know he definitely wasn’t being racist in an interview Wednesday when he urged Floridians not to ‘monkey this up’ by voting for the first African-American gubernatorial nominee in the state’s history.”

“Anyone who would misconstrue this as racist is out of their cotton-picking mind,” DeSantis said. “I was merely pointing out how shiftless fiscal policies would have the thuggish effect of ghettoizing Florida’s economy.”

[old_curmudgeon]

“Some of my best friends…”

[khyber900]

I think the Trumpers are going to find out that it’s actually harder to run a racist campaign against a minority candidate. For one, they don’t care about calling you out on your b.s. In addition, GOP can’t subtly accuse Gillum of being some kind of ‘race traitor’, a jab frequently lobbed at white Dem candidates.

FL voted for Obama twice. Don’t tell me there aren’t enough voters out there to deliver Gillum the win against Trumper DeSantis. Also, Gillum is already pivoting to popular issues like health care, education, climate change. He’s going to be able to address it in a statesmanlike manner and earn a lot of support. He’s very intelligent, engaging, charismatic, you know…all the things DeSantis is not. I would not be surprised to see the business community line up behind Gillum.

[old_curmudgeon]

And remember that classic version of Solidarity Forever by that chorus of gibbons.

[pike_bishop]

“Apprentice” reruns - of course!

[m_paul]

At what point does the racist dog whistle motavate more of your openent? Sounds more like they stepped in it.

M. Paul

[khyber900]

I can tell you that Democrats are fired up about this. They didn’t miss this. DeSantis ensured a max African American turnout. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rick Scott throws DeSantis under the bus here and forces him to apologize. Scott knows what a sky high black turnout means in his Senate race.

[drtv]

@tsp

That does not matter. It may not mean anything to you, but it definitely does have meaning to many people not like you.

Thanks for the response. I know that it may not matter. My point was that some of us non-dogs hear these dog whistles all too well, know exactly the message that is being conveyed, are not fooled by them, and are a bit more likely to take some action to negate the message.